diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/xhtml/XhtmlParser.java b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/xhtml/XhtmlParser.java
index fa6e02545..f7db1cc7f 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/xhtml/XhtmlParser.java
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/xhtml/XhtmlParser.java
@@ -970,9 +970,9 @@ public class XhtmlParser {
       throw new FHIRFormatError("Invalid literal declaration following text: " + s);
     else if (c.charAt(0) == '#') {
       if (isInteger(c.substring(1), 10))
-        s.append((char) Integer.parseInt(c.substring(1)));
+        s.append(Character.toString(Integer.parseInt(c.substring(1))));
       else if (c.charAt(1) == 'x' && isInteger(c.substring(2), 16))
-        s.append((char) Integer.parseInt(c.substring(2), 16));
+        s.append(Character.toString(Integer.parseInt(c.substring(2), 16)));
     } else if (declaredEntities.containsKey(c)) {
       s.append(declaredEntities.get(c));
     } else {
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/test/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/tests/XhtmlNodeTest.java b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/test/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/tests/XhtmlNodeTest.java
index 62f6ed1b4..114f087ce 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/test/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/tests/XhtmlNodeTest.java
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/test/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/tests/XhtmlNodeTest.java
@@ -207,5 +207,17 @@ public class XhtmlNodeTest {
     Assertions.assertEquals("<div><p>This <b>is</b> a <b>long</b> paragraph</p></div>", new XhtmlComposer(true, false).compose(x));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testEntityNumberGreaterThanFFFF_Decimal() throws IOException {
+    XhtmlNode x = new XhtmlParser().parse("<div>&#128567;</div>", "div");
+    Assertions.assertEquals("\uD83D\uDE37", x.getFirstElement().getChildNodes().get(0).getContent());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testEntityNumberGreaterThanFFFF_Hex() throws IOException {
+    XhtmlNode x = new XhtmlParser().parse("<div>&#x1F637;</div>", "div");
+    Assertions.assertEquals("\uD83D\uDE37", x.getFirstElement().getChildNodes().get(0).getContent());
+  }
+
 
 }
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