diff --git a/lib/internal/test_runner/reporter/junit.js b/lib/internal/test_runner/reporter/junit.js
index 5052f5444c0d..e5a3fa961eac 100644
--- a/lib/internal/test_runner/reporter/junit.js
+++ b/lib/internal/test_runner/reporter/junit.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const inspectOptions = { __proto__: null, colors: false, breakLength: Infinity }
 const HOSTNAME = hostname();
 
 function escapeAttribute(s = '') {
-  return escapeContent(RegExpPrototypeSymbolReplace(/"/g, RegExpPrototypeSymbolReplace(/\n/g, s, '
'), '"'));
+  return RegExpPrototypeSymbolReplace(/"/g, RegExpPrototypeSymbolReplace(/\n/g, escapeContent(s), '
'), '"');
 }
 
 function escapeContent(s = '') {
diff --git a/test/fixtures/test-runner/output/junit_quote.js b/test/fixtures/test-runner/output/junit_quote.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4f77d9ffbb0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/test-runner/output/junit_quote.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// Flags: --test --test-reporter=junit
+'use strict';
+const test = require('node:test');
+
+test('quote"only', () => {});
+test('quote"only', () => {});
+test('amp&and"quote"', () => {});
+test('lt<and"quote', () => {});
+test('line\n"break', () => {});
diff --git a/test/fixtures/test-runner/output/junit_quote.snapshot b/test/fixtures/test-runner/output/junit_quote.snapshot
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..48d3ac2c53c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/test-runner/output/junit_quote.snapshot
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<testsuites>
+	<testcase name="quote&quot;only" time="*" classname="test" file="*"/>
+	<testcase name="quote&amp;quot;only" time="*" classname="test" file="*"/>
+	<testcase name="amp&amp;and&quot;quote&quot;" time="*" classname="test" file="*"/>
+	<testcase name="lt&lt;and&quot;quote" time="*" classname="test" file="*"/>
+	<testcase name="line&#10;&quot;break" time="*" classname="test" file="*"/>
+	<!-- tests 5 -->
+	<!-- suites 0 -->
+	<!-- pass 5 -->
+	<!-- fail 0 -->
+	<!-- cancelled 0 -->
+	<!-- skipped 0 -->
+	<!-- todo 0 -->
+	<!-- duration_ms * -->
+</testsuites>
diff --git a/test/test-runner/test-output-junit-quote.mjs b/test/test-runner/test-output-junit-quote.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6d1769eea83f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-runner/test-output-junit-quote.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Test that the output of test-runner/output/junit_quote.js matches
+// test-runner/output/junit_quote.snapshot
+import '../common/index.mjs';
+import * as fixtures from '../common/fixtures.mjs';
+import { spawnAndAssert, junitTransform, ensureCwdIsProjectRoot } from '../common/assertSnapshot.js';
+
+ensureCwdIsProjectRoot();
+await spawnAndAssert(
+  fixtures.path('test-runner/output/junit_quote.js'),
+  junitTransform,
+);