diff --git a/spec/cdata_spec.js b/spec/cdata_spec.js
index 821179a5..b0026582 100644
--- a/spec/cdata_spec.js
+++ b/spec/cdata_spec.js
@@ -383,4 +383,49 @@ patronymic</person></root>`;
         // console.log(JSON.stringify(result,null,4));
         expect(result).toEqual(expected);
     });
+
+    it("should preserve carriage returns in CDATA", function () {
+        const xmlData = `<properties object="" engine="">
+    <property type="string" name="x" state="changed">
+        <![CDATA[This is a carriage return \r...]]>
+    </property>
+    <property type="string" name="y" state="changed">
+        <![CDATA[\r]]>
+    </property>
+</properties>`;
+
+        const expected = {
+            "properties": {
+                "property": [
+                    {
+                        "#value": "This is a carriage return \r...",
+                        "@type": "string",
+                        "@name": "x",
+                        "@state": "changed"
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "#value": "\r",
+                        "@type": "string",
+                        "@name": "y",
+                        "@state": "changed"
+                    }
+                ],
+                "@object": "",
+                "@engine": ""
+            }
+        };
+
+        const options = {
+            attributeNamePrefix: "@",
+            ignoreAttributes: false,
+            parseAttributeValue: false,
+            parseTagValue: false,
+            textNodeName: "#value",
+        };
+
+        const parser = new XMLParser(options);
+        let result = parser.parse(xmlData);
+
+        expect(result).toEqual(expected);
+    });
 });
diff --git a/src/xmlparser/OrderedObjParser.js b/src/xmlparser/OrderedObjParser.js
index ec8d24d4..f3ea083c 100644
--- a/src/xmlparser/OrderedObjParser.js
+++ b/src/xmlparser/OrderedObjParser.js
@@ -274,8 +274,55 @@ function buildAttributesMap(attrStr, jPath, tagName, force = false) {
     return attrs;
   }
 }
+function normalizeLineEndingsOutsideCDATA(xmlData) {
+  if (xmlData.indexOf("\r") === -1) return xmlData;
+
+  let normalizedXml = "";
+  let segmentStart = 0;
+  let insideTag = false;
+  let quoteChar = "";
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < xmlData.length; i++) {
+    const ch = xmlData[i];
+
+    if (insideTag) {
+      if (quoteChar) {
+        if (ch === quoteChar) quoteChar = "";
+      } else if (ch === '"' || ch === "'") {
+        quoteChar = ch;
+      } else if (ch === ">") {
+        insideTag = false;
+      }
+    } else if (ch === "<") {
+      if (xmlData.startsWith("<![CDATA[", i)) {
+        normalizedXml += xmlData.substring(segmentStart, i).replace(/\r\n?/g, "\n");
+
+        const cdataEnd = xmlData.indexOf("]]>", i + 9);
+        if (cdataEnd === -1) {
+          normalizedXml += xmlData.substring(i);
+          return normalizedXml;
+        }
+
+        const cdataCloseIndex = cdataEnd + 3;
+        normalizedXml += xmlData.substring(i, cdataCloseIndex);
+        i = cdataCloseIndex - 1;
+        segmentStart = cdataCloseIndex;
+      } else if (xmlData.startsWith("<!--", i)) {
+        const commentEnd = xmlData.indexOf("-->", i + 4);
+        if (commentEnd === -1) break;
+        i = commentEnd + 2;
+      } else {
+        insideTag = true;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  normalizedXml += xmlData.substring(segmentStart).replace(/\r\n?/g, "\n");
+  return normalizedXml;
+}
+
 const parseXml = function (xmlData) {
-  xmlData = xmlData.replace(/\r\n?/g, "\n"); //TODO: remove this line
+  xmlData = normalizeLineEndingsOutsideCDATA(xmlData);
   const xmlObj = new xmlNode('!xml');
   let currentNode = xmlObj;
   let textData = "";
@@ -835,4 +882,4 @@ function sanitizeName(name, options) {
     return options.onDangerousProperty(name);
   }
   return name;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}