diff --git a/addon.xml b/addon.xml
index 6a49b165..e632d92e 100644
--- a/addon.xml
+++ b/addon.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   <requires>
     <import addon="xbmc.python" version="2.1.0"/>
     <import addon="script.module.requests" version="2.9.1" />
+    <import addon="script.module.defusedxml" version="0.5.0"/>
     <import addon="plugin.video.plexkodiconnect.movies" version="2.0.5" />
     <import addon="plugin.video.plexkodiconnect.tvshows" version="2.0.5" />
   </requires>
diff --git a/resources/lib/downloadutils.py b/resources/lib/downloadutils.py
index 6ad5d8b0..3ae64e7c 100644
--- a/resources/lib/downloadutils.py
+++ b/resources/lib/downloadutils.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, unicode_literals
 from logging import getLogger
-import xml.etree.ElementTree as etree
+import defusedxml.ElementTree as etree  # etree parse unsafe
 import requests
 
 from . import utils
diff --git a/resources/lib/utils.py b/resources/lib/utils.py
index 0194605e..9f3ee06a 100644
--- a/resources/lib/utils.py
+++ b/resources/lib/utils.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from StringIO import StringIO
 from time import localtime, strftime
 from unicodedata import normalize
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as etree
+import defusedxml.ElementTree as defused_etree  # etree parse unsafe
 from functools import wraps, partial
 from urllib import quote_plus
 import hashlib
@@ -669,7 +670,7 @@ class XmlKodiSetting(object):
 
     def __enter__(self):
         try:
-            self.tree = etree.parse(self.path)
+            self.tree = defused_etree.parse(self.path)
         except IOError:
             # Document is blank or missing
             if self.force_create is False:
@@ -828,7 +829,7 @@ def passwords_xml():
     path = path_ops.translate_path('special://userdata/')
     xmlpath = "%spasswords.xml" % path
     try:
-        xmlparse = etree.parse(xmlpath)
+        xmlparse = defused_etree.parse(xmlpath)
     except IOError:
         # Document is blank or missing
         root = etree.Element('passwords')
diff --git a/resources/lib/websocket_client.py b/resources/lib/websocket_client.py
index 13f0b793..ff81c30f 100644
--- a/resources/lib/websocket_client.py
+++ b/resources/lib/websocket_client.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from logging import getLogger
 from json import loads
-import xml.etree.ElementTree as etree
+import defusedxml.ElementTree as etree  # etree parse unsafe
 from threading import Thread
 from ssl import CERT_NONE
 from xbmc import sleep