diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Document.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Document.h
index 02b9b8dd2c..7b2fe36774 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Document.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Document.h
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ private:
     QuirksMode m_quirks_mode { QuirksMode::No };
 
     // https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#concept-document-type
-    Type m_type { Type::HTML };
+    Type m_type { Type::XML };
 
     bool m_editable { false };