diff --git a/.github/workflows/make-release.yml b/.github/workflows/make-release.yml
index 5343d280..78d0518b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/make-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/make-release.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
           rm -rf .??*
           rm *.md
           news=$(awk '/^## /{rel_num++} {if(rel_num==2){exit} if(rel_num==1){print}}' changelog.txt | sed -E 's/ ?#[[:digit:]]+[., ]?//;s/\r//')
-          xmlstarlet ed -L -P -u '/addon/extension[@point="xbmc.addon.metadata"]/news' -v "${news:0:1500}" addon.xml
+          xmlstarlet ed -L -P -s '/addon/extension[@point="xbmc.addon.metadata"]' -t elem -n news -v "${news:0:1500}" addon.xml
           version=$(xmlstarlet sel -t -v 'string(/addon/@version)' addon.xml)
           filename=${{ github.event.repository.name }}-${version}.zip
           cd ..
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ jobs:
           rm -rf .??*
           rm *.md
           news=$(awk '/^## /{rel_num++} {if(rel_num==2){exit} if(rel_num==1){print}}' changelog.txt | sed -E 's/ ?#[[:digit:]]+[., ]?//;s/\r//')
-          xmlstarlet ed -L -P -u '/addon/extension[@point="xbmc.addon.metadata"]/news' -v "${news:0:1500}" addon.xml
+          xmlstarlet ed -L -P -s '/addon/extension[@point="xbmc.addon.metadata"]' -t elem -n news -v "${news:0:1500}" addon.xml
           version=$(xmlstarlet sel -t -v 'string(/addon/@version)' addon.xml)
           xmlstarlet ed -L -P -u '/addon/@version' -v "${version}+unofficial.1" addon.xml
           filename=${{ github.event.repository.name }}-${version}.unofficial.1.zip
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ jobs:
           rm -rf .??*
           rm *.md
           news=$(awk '/^## /{rel_num++} {if(rel_num==2){exit} if(rel_num==1){print}}' changelog.txt | sed -E 's/ ?#[[:digit:]]+[., ]?//;s/\r//')
-          xmlstarlet ed -L -P -u '/addon/extension[@point="xbmc.addon.metadata"]/news' -v "${news:0:1500}" addon.xml
+          xmlstarlet ed -L -P -s '/addon/extension[@point="xbmc.addon.metadata"]' -t elem -n news -v "${news:0:1500}" addon.xml
           version=$(xmlstarlet sel -t -v 'string(/addon/@version)' addon.xml)
           xmlstarlet ed -L -P -u '/addon/@version' -v "${version}+matrix.1" addon.xml
           xmlstarlet ed -L -P -u '/addon/requires/import[@addon="xbmc.python"]/@version' -v '3.0.0' addon.xml
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ jobs:
           rm -rf .??*
           rm *.md
           news=$(awk '/^## /{rel_num++} {if(rel_num==2){exit} if(rel_num==1){print}}' changelog.txt | sed -E 's/ ?#[[:digit:]]+[., ]?//;s/\r//')
-          xmlstarlet ed -L -P -u '/addon/extension[@point="xbmc.addon.metadata"]/news' -v "${news:0:1500}" addon.xml
+          xmlstarlet ed -L -P -s '/addon/extension[@point="xbmc.addon.metadata"]' -t elem -n news -v "${news:0:1500}" addon.xml
           version=$(xmlstarlet sel -t -v 'string(/addon/@version)' addon.xml)
           xmlstarlet ed -L -P -u '/addon/@version' -v "${version}+matrix.unofficial.1" addon.xml
           xmlstarlet ed -L -P -u '/addon/requires/import[@addon="xbmc.python"]/@version' -v '3.0.0' addon.xml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/submit-release.yml b/.github/workflows/submit-release.yml
index c3355d9f..14185b4b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/submit-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/submit-release.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
           git add .
           git commit -m "Remove Unwanted Files"
           news=$(awk '/^## /{rel_num++} {if(rel_num==2){exit} if(rel_num==1){print}}' changelog.txt | sed -E 's/ ?#[[:digit:]]+[., ]?//;s/\r//')
-          xmlstarlet ed -L -P -u '/addon/extension[@point="xbmc.addon.metadata"]/news' -v "${news:0:1500}" addon.xml
+          xmlstarlet ed -L -P -s '/addon/extension[@point="xbmc.addon.metadata"]' -t elem -n news -v "${news:0:1500}" addon.xml
           git add .
           git commit -m "Update news"
         working-directory: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ jobs:
           git add .
           git commit -m "Remove Unwanted Files"
           news=$(awk '/^## /{rel_num++} {if(rel_num==2){exit} if(rel_num==1){print}}' changelog.txt | sed -E 's/ ?#[[:digit:]]+[., ]?//;s/\r//')
-          xmlstarlet ed -L -P -u '/addon/extension[@point="xbmc.addon.metadata"]/news' -v "${news:0:1500}" addon.xml
+          xmlstarlet ed -L -P -s '/addon/extension[@point="xbmc.addon.metadata"]' -t elem -n news -v "${news:0:1500}" addon.xml
           git add .
           git commit -m "Update news"
           version=$(xmlstarlet sel -t -v 'string(/addon/@version)' addon.xml)
diff --git a/addon.xml b/addon.xml
index 0485bbaa..29f3ec62 100644
--- a/addon.xml
+++ b/addon.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
         <provides>executable</provides>
     </extension>
     <extension point="xbmc.addon.metadata">
-        <news></news>
         <assets>
             <icon>resources/media/icon.png</icon>
             <fanart>resources/media/fanart.jpg</fanart>