diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/xml/DOMNamespaceContext.java b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/xml/DOMNamespaceContext.java
index e30e044ea8..b24429bed8 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/xml/DOMNamespaceContext.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/xml/DOMNamespaceContext.java
@@ -53,8 +53,13 @@ public class DOMNamespaceContext implements NamespaceContext {
 	}
 
 	private void addNamespaces(Node element) {
-		if (element.getParentNode() != null) {
-			addNamespaces(element.getParentNode());
+		if (element.getChildNodes() != null) {
+			// loops through child Element Nodes and check for namespace attributes
+			for (int i = 0; i < element.getChildNodes().getLength(); i++) {
+				if (element.getChildNodes().item(i) instanceof Element) {
+					addNamespaces(element.getChildNodes().item(i));
+				}
+			}
 		}
 		if (element instanceof Element) {
 			Element el = (Element) element;
@@ -62,7 +67,7 @@ public class DOMNamespaceContext implements NamespaceContext {
 			for (int x = 0; x < map.getLength(); x++) {
 				Attr attr = (Attr) map.item(x);
 				if ("xmlns".equals(attr.getPrefix())) {
-					namespaceMap.put(attr.getLocalName(), attr.getValue());
+					namespaceMap.putIfAbsent(attr.getLocalName(), attr.getValue());
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/XmlMethodBodyBuilderSpec.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/XmlMethodBodyBuilderSpec.groovy
index 16a7e97896..a60cfe614b 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/XmlMethodBodyBuilderSpec.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/XmlMethodBodyBuilderSpec.groovy
@@ -180,6 +180,64 @@ class XmlMethodBodyBuilderSpec extends Specification {
 			}
 	}
 
+	@Unroll
+	def 'should generate correct verification from xml with namespace [#methodBuilderName]'() {
+		given:
+			Contract contractDsl =
+					Contract.make {
+						request {
+							method GET()
+							urlPath '/get'
+							headers {
+								contentType(applicationXml())
+							}
+						}
+						response {
+							status(OK())
+							headers {
+								contentType(applicationXml())
+							}
+							body """
+<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
+        <soap:Body>
+            <ns2:Res xmlns:ns2="http://*******/****/****/******/schema">
+                <ns2:ID>1</ns2:ID>
+            </ns2:Res>
+        </soap:Body>
+    </soap:Envelope>"""
+						}
+					}
+			methodBuilder()
+		when:
+			String test = singleTestGenerator(contractDsl)
+		then:
+			test.contains('assertThat(valueFromXPath(parsedXml, "/soap:Envelope/soap:Body/ns2:Res/ns2:ID/text()")).isEqualTo("1")')
+			test.contains('assertThat(valueFromXPath(parsedXml, "/soap:Envelope/namespace::soap")).isEqualTo("http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/")')
+			test.contains('valueFromXPath(parsedXml, "/soap:Envelope/soap:Body/ns2:Res/namespace::ns2")).isEqualTo("http://*******/****/****/******/schema"')
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompile(methodBuilderName, test)
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName | methodBuilder
+			"spock"           | {
+				properties.testFramework = TestFramework.SPOCK
+			}
+			"testng"          | {
+				properties.testFramework = TestFramework.TESTNG
+			}
+			"junit"           | {
+				properties.testMode = TestMode.MOCKMVC
+			}
+			"jaxrs-spock"     | {
+				properties.testFramework = TestFramework.SPOCK; properties.testMode = TestMode.JAXRSCLIENT
+			}
+			"jaxrs"           | {
+				properties.testFramework = TestFramework.JUNIT; properties.testMode = TestMode.JAXRSCLIENT
+			}
+			"webclient"       | {
+				properties.testMode = TestMode.WEBTESTCLIENT
+			}
+	}
+
 	@Unroll
 	def 'should generate correct verification from named xml with body matchers  [#methodBuilderName]'() {
 		given: