diff --git a/src/diagrams/sequence/svgDraw.js b/src/diagrams/sequence/svgDraw.js
index 88ba29b21..d14f80e9a 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/sequence/svgDraw.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/sequence/svgDraw.js
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ const _drawTextCandidateFunc = (function() {
       .attr('height', height);
 
     const text = f
-      .append('div')
+      .append('xhtml:div')
       .style('display', 'table')
       .style('height', '100%')
       .style('width', '100%');
diff --git a/src/diagrams/user-journey/svgDraw.js b/src/diagrams/user-journey/svgDraw.js
index b1c12ea70..d8c66d1f8 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/user-journey/svgDraw.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/user-journey/svgDraw.js
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ const _drawTextCandidateFunc = (function() {
       .attr('position', 'fixed');
 
     const text = f
-      .append('div')
+      .append('xhtml:div')
       .style('display', 'table')
       .style('height', '100%')
       .style('width', '100%');