diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/reporters/junit.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/reporters/junit.ts
index 9af97aa7aa4f..64d2705cf622 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/reporters/junit.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/reporters/junit.ts
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ function removeInvalidXMLCharacters(value: any, removeDiscouragedChars: boolean)
 
 function escapeXML(value: any): string {
   return removeInvalidXMLCharacters(
-    String(value)
+    stripVTControlCharacters(String(value))
       .replace(/&/g, '&')
       .replace(/"/g, '"')
       .replace(/'/g, ''')
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ export class JUnitReporter implements Reporter {
           return
         }
         const result = this.ctx.logger.formatError(error, errorOptions)
-        await this.baseLog(escapeXML(stripVTControlCharacters(result.output.trim())))
+        await this.baseLog(escapeXML(result.output.trim()))
       },
     )
   }
diff --git a/test/e2e/test/reporters/junit.test.ts b/test/e2e/test/reporters/junit.test.ts
index 46936e10f89a..59d7be9a7202 100644
--- a/test/e2e/test/reporters/junit.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/test/reporters/junit.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { resolve } from 'pathe'
 import { expect, test, TestRunner } from 'vitest'
 import { rolldownVersion } from 'vitest/node'
-import { runVitest, runVitestCli } from '#test-utils'
+import { runInlineTests, runVitest, runVitestCli } from '#test-utils'
 import { getDuration } from '../../../../packages/vitest/src/node/reporters/junit'
 
 const root = resolve(import.meta.dirname, '../../fixtures/reporters')
@@ -113,6 +113,36 @@ test('format error', async () => {
   expect(stabilizeReport(readJunitReport(ctx!.config.root))).toMatchSnapshot()
 })
 
+test('strips ANSI sequences from the failure message attribute', async () => {
+  const { root } = await runInlineTests(
+    {
+      'ansi.test.ts': /* ts */ `
+        import { test } from 'vitest'
+
+        test('ansi', () => {
+          throw new Error('\\x1b[36m<body>\\x1b[39m')
+        })
+      `,
+    },
+    { reporters: 'junit' },
+  )
+
+  expect(stabilizeReport(readJunitReport(root))).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+    "<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+    <testsuites name="vitest tests" tests="1" failures="1" errors="0" time="...">
+        <testsuite name="ansi.test.ts" timestamp="..." hostname="..." tests="1" failures="1" errors="0" skipped="0" time="...">
+            <testcase classname="ansi.test.ts" name="ansi" time="...">
+                <failure message="&lt;body&gt;" type="Error">
+    Error: &lt;body&gt;
+     ❯ ansi.test.ts:5:17
+                </failure>
+            </testcase>
+        </testsuite>
+    </testsuites>
+    "
+  `)
+})
+
 test('write testsuite name relative to root config', async () => {
   const { ctx } = await runVitest({
     reporters: 'junit',