diff --git a/validator/src/main/java/org/mustangproject/validator/PDFValidator.java b/validator/src/main/java/org/mustangproject/validator/PDFValidator.java
index cc548951..7c3ef983 100644
--- a/validator/src/main/java/org/mustangproject/validator/PDFValidator.java
+++ b/validator/src/main/java/org/mustangproject/validator/PDFValidator.java
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public class PDFValidator extends Validator {
 		final ZUGFeRDImporter zi = new ZUGFeRDImporter();
 		zi.doIgnoreCalculationErrors();//of course the calculation will still be schematron checked
 		zi.setInputStream(inputStream);
-		final String xmp = zi.getXMP();
+		final String xmp = zi.getXMP().substring(zi.getXMP().indexOf('<'));
 
 		final Document docXMP;
 
diff --git a/validator/src/test/java/org/mustangproject/validator/PDFValidatorTest.java b/validator/src/test/java/org/mustangproject/validator/PDFValidatorTest.java
index 08daa3ec..2bc09042 100644
--- a/validator/src/test/java/org/mustangproject/validator/PDFValidatorTest.java
+++ b/validator/src/test/java/org/mustangproject/validator/PDFValidatorTest.java
@@ -179,6 +179,15 @@ public class PDFValidatorTest extends ResourceCase {
 			
 			assertEquals(true, actual
 					.contains("<error type=\"28\">XMP Metadata: Could not parse XMP metadata (XML invalid)</error>"));
+
+			contents = getResourceAsByteArray("103767-Invoice-2026-03-24-1.pdf");
+
+			pv.setFilenameAndContents("103767-Invoice-2026-03-24-1.pdf", contents);
+			vc.clear();
+			pv.validate();
+			actual = pv.getXMLResult();
+
+			assertEquals(false, actual.contains("<error"));
 		} catch (final IrrecoverableValidationError e) {
 			// ignore, will be in XML output anyway
 		}
diff --git a/validator/src/test/resources/103767-Invoice-2026-03-24-1.pdf b/validator/src/test/resources/103767-Invoice-2026-03-24-1.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ed751846
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