diff --git a/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/stream/StaxEventXmlReader.java b/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/stream/StaxEventXmlReader.java
index fe7ef0a0..0cba124a 100644
--- a/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/stream/StaxEventXmlReader.java
+++ b/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/stream/StaxEventXmlReader.java
@@ -223,8 +223,12 @@ public class StaxEventXmlReader extends AbstractStaxXmlReader {
             if (namespace == null || !hasNamespacesFeature()) {
                 namespace = "";
             }
-            attributes.addAttribute(namespace, qName.getLocalPart(), QNameUtils.toQualifiedName(qName),
-                    attribute.getDTDType(), attribute.getValue());
+            String type = attribute.getDTDType();
+            if (type == null) {
+                type = "CDATA";
+            }
+            attributes.addAttribute(namespace, qName.getLocalPart(), QNameUtils.toQualifiedName(qName), type,
+                    attribute.getValue());
         }
         if (hasNamespacePrefixesFeature()) {
             for (Iterator i = event.getNamespaces(); i.hasNext();) {
diff --git a/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/stream/StaxStreamXmlReader.java b/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/stream/StaxStreamXmlReader.java
index 08dc26e3..9613a363 100644
--- a/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/stream/StaxStreamXmlReader.java
+++ b/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/stream/StaxStreamXmlReader.java
@@ -196,6 +196,9 @@ public class StaxStreamXmlReader extends AbstractStaxXmlReader {
                 namespace = "";
             }
             String type = reader.getAttributeType(i);
+            if (type == null) {
+                type = "CDATA";
+            }
             attributes.addAttribute(namespace, reader.getAttributeLocalName(i),
                     QNameUtils.toQualifiedName(reader.getAttributeName(i)), type, reader.getAttributeValue(i));
         }