diff --git a/validator/src/test/resources/validV2.xml b/validator/src/test/resources/validV2.xml
index 3d129ea2..80459f65 100644
--- a/validator/src/test/resources/validV2.xml
+++ b/validator/src/test/resources/validV2.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!-- the document starts with an invisible utf8 byte order mark, which is valid-->
+<?xml encoding="UTF-8"  version='1.0'?>
 <rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:rsm="urn:un:unece:uncefact:data:standard:CrossIndustryInvoice:100" xmlns:ram="urn:un:unece:uncefact:data:standard:ReusableAggregateBusinessInformationEntity:100" xmlns:udt="urn:un:unece:uncefact:data:standard:UnqualifiedDataType:100">
 	<rsm:ExchangedDocumentContext>
 		<ram:GuidelineSpecifiedDocumentContextParameter>