diff --git a/Sources/OrderedPlistEncoder/Container/KeyedOrderedPlistEncodingContainer.swift b/Sources/OrderedPlistEncoder/Container/KeyedOrderedPlistEncodingContainer.swift
index f56a015..cca1430 100644
--- a/Sources/OrderedPlistEncoder/Container/KeyedOrderedPlistEncodingContainer.swift
+++ b/Sources/OrderedPlistEncoder/Container/KeyedOrderedPlistEncodingContainer.swift
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ struct KeyedOrderedPlistEncodingContainer<Key>: KeyedEncodingContainerProtocol w
 
     private mutating func addChildElement(forKey key: Key) -> XMLElement {
         // TODO: Add check for duplicate keys (should we throw an EncodingError?)
-        let childElement: XMLElement = .init()
+        let childElement = XMLElement(kind: .comment)
         element.addChild(XMLElement(name: "key", stringValue: key.stringValue))
         element.addChild(childElement)
         return childElement
diff --git a/Sources/OrderedPlistEncoder/Container/UnkeyedOrderedPlistEncodingContainer.swift b/Sources/OrderedPlistEncoder/Container/UnkeyedOrderedPlistEncodingContainer.swift
index b8c89fa..a40a8d8 100644
--- a/Sources/OrderedPlistEncoder/Container/UnkeyedOrderedPlistEncodingContainer.swift
+++ b/Sources/OrderedPlistEncoder/Container/UnkeyedOrderedPlistEncodingContainer.swift
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ struct UnkeyedOrderedPlistEncodingContainer: UnkeyedEncodingContainer {
     }
 
     private mutating func addItemElement() -> XMLElement {
-        let itemElement: XMLElement = .init()
+        let itemElement = XMLElement(kind: .comment)
         element.addChild(itemElement)
         count += 1
         return itemElement
diff --git a/Sources/OrderedPlistEncoder/OrderedPlistEncoderImpl.swift b/Sources/OrderedPlistEncoder/OrderedPlistEncoderImpl.swift
index 7fa72cc..5cf8fbe 100644
--- a/Sources/OrderedPlistEncoder/OrderedPlistEncoderImpl.swift
+++ b/Sources/OrderedPlistEncoder/OrderedPlistEncoderImpl.swift
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ struct OrderedPlistEncoderImpl: Encoder {
 
     private(set) var element: XMLElement
 
-    init(element: XMLElement = .init(), codingPath: [any CodingKey] = []) {
+    init(element: XMLElement = XMLElement(kind: .comment), codingPath: [any CodingKey] = []) {
         self.element = element
         self.codingPath = codingPath
     }