diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index b2f1bb8..d7710d6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         java: ["8", "17"]
-        basex: ["9.7", "9.7.3", "11.5"]
+        basex: ["9.7", "9.7.3", "11.5", "12.2"]
         exclude:
           - basex: "11.5"
             java: "8"
+          - basex: "12.2"
+            java: "8"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 7e2f260..61c3a0e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ repositories {
   }
 }
 
-def basexVersion = System.getenv('BASEX_VERSION') ?: "11.5"
+def basexVersion = System.getenv('BASEX_VERSION') ?: "12.2"
 
 dependencies {
   runtimeOnly "org.basex:basex:${basexVersion}"
diff --git a/test/xml-catalog-resolver-test.xqm b/test/xml-catalog-resolver-test.xqm
index e81c890..ae31120 100644
--- a/test/xml-catalog-resolver-test.xqm
+++ b/test/xml-catalog-resolver-test.xqm
@@ -135,6 +135,12 @@ declare %unit:test function resolverTest:parse-xml() {
   let $examplexml := file:resolve-path("example.xml", $base)
   let $result := resolver:parse-xml($examplexml, $catalog)
   return unit:assert-equals($result, document{<example att="default">expansion from external DTD</example>})
+  ,
+  let $base := file:base-dir()
+  let $catalog := file:resolve-path("catalog1.xml", $base)
+  let $examplexml := file:resolve-path("example.xml", $base) => unparsed-text()
+  let $result := resolver:parse-xml($examplexml, $catalog)
+  return unit:assert-equals($result, document{<example att="default">expansion from external DTD</example>})
 };
 
 
diff --git a/xml-catalog-resolver.xqm b/xml-catalog-resolver.xqm
index 974a6c8..c40ee83 100644
--- a/xml-catalog-resolver.xqm
+++ b/xml-catalog-resolver.xqm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  : This module provides an XML Resolver for OASIS XML Catalogs entirely in XQuery.
  : Use this module to resolve the location a DTD specified in a DOCTYPE before parsing XML.
  : 
- : Tested with BaseX versions 9.7.3 and 11.5
+ : Tested with BaseX versions 9.7.3, 11.5, and 12.2
  : May work in other XQuery processors.
  :
  : @author Vincent Lizzi
@@ -170,11 +170,8 @@ declare function resolver:resolveURI($uri as xs:string, $catalog as xs:string) a
  :)
 declare function resolver:parse-xml($xml as xs:string, $catalog as xs:string) as document-node() {
   let $temp := file:create-temp-file('xml-catalog-resolver', '.xml')
-  let $raw := if ($xml castable as xs:anyURI) then unparsed-text($xml) else $xml
-  let $resolved := resolver:resolveDOCTYPE($raw, $catalog)
   return (
-    file:write-text($temp, $resolved),
-    (# db:dtd true #) (# db:intparse false #) { doc($temp) },
+    resolver:parse-xml($xml, $catalog, $temp),
     file:delete($temp)
   )
 };
@@ -190,7 +187,7 @@ declare function resolver:parse-xml($xml as xs:string, $catalog as xs:string) as
  : @return parsed XML document
  :)
 declare function resolver:parse-xml($xml as xs:string, $catalog as xs:string, $path as xs:string) as document-node() {
-  let $raw := if ($xml castable as xs:anyURI) then unparsed-text($xml) else $xml
+  let $raw := if (starts-with($xml, '<')) then $xml else unparsed-text($xml)
   let $resolved := resolver:resolveDOCTYPE($raw, $catalog)
   return (
     file:write-text($path, $resolved),