diff --git a/src/main/java/com/simter/domain/chatbot/service/ClaudeAPIService.java b/src/main/java/com/simter/domain/chatbot/service/ClaudeAPIService.java
index e01541e..de9882c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/simter/domain/chatbot/service/ClaudeAPIService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/simter/domain/chatbot/service/ClaudeAPIService.java
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ public Mono<ClaudeResponseDto> chatWithClaude(ClaudeRequestDto request, Long cou
                 + "</example>"
                 + "</systemPrompt>";
 
-        // 전체 XML 구조 통합
         String xmlPrompt = "<conversationAnalysis>\n"
                 + systemPrompt
                 + "</conversationAnalysis>\n";
@@ -184,10 +183,11 @@ public Mono<ClaudeResponseDto> chatWithClaude(ClaudeRequestDto request, Long cou
 
     private Mono<ClaudeResponseDto> parseXMLChatResponse(String xmlResponse, CounselingLog counselingLog, ClaudeRequestDto request) {
         try {
+            String cleanedResponse = cleanXmlString(xmlResponse);
             // XML 파서 초기화
             DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
             DocumentBuilder builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
-            String assistantResponseText = new JSONObject(xmlResponse)
+            String assistantResponseText = new JSONObject(cleanedResponse)
                     .getJSONArray("content")
                     .getJSONObject(0)
                     .getString("text");
@@ -488,6 +488,10 @@ private LocalDateTime generateRandomTime() {
         long randomSeconds = ThreadLocalRandom.current().nextLong(minSeconds, maxSeconds);
         return LocalDateTime.now().plusSeconds(randomSeconds);
     }
+
+    private String cleanXmlString(String xml) {
+        return xml.trim().replaceFirst("^([\\W&&[^<]]+)<", "<");
+    }
 }