Bingo!! Exactly what i am facing. . I am using camel 2.12.
As per the bug definition, this issue is a known issue for Xalan 2.7.1. Just checked my maven dependency tree, i can see *xalan:xalan:jar:2.7.0:compile* net.sf.saxon:Saxon-HE:jar:9.4:compile [INFO] | +- org.jdom:jdom:jar:1.1:compile [INFO] | +- xom:xom:jar:1.2.5:compile [INFO] | | +- xml-apis:xml-apis:jar:1.3.03:compile [INFO] | | +- xerces:xercesImpl:jar:2.8.0:compile [INFO] | | | \- (xml-apis:xml-apis:jar:1.3.03:compile - omitted for duplicate) [INFO] | | \- xalan:xalan:jar:2.7.0:compile [INFO] | | \- (xml-apis:xml-apis:jar:1.0.b2:compile - omitted for conflict with 1.3.03) [INFO] | +- dom4j:dom4j:jar:1.6.1:compile [INFO] | | \- (xml-apis:xml-apis:jar:1.0.b2:compile - omitted for conflict with 1.3.03) [INFO] | \- (xml-resolver:xml-resolver:jar:1.2:compile - omitted for duplicate) Thanks -- View this message in context: http://camel.465427.n5.nabble.com/XSLT-transformation-produces-junk-charachters-tp5754357p5754384.html Sent from the Camel - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.