diff --git a/player/service/package-lock.json b/player/service/package-lock.json
index 9a34395..7c0c368 100644
--- a/player/service/package-lock.json
+++ b/player/service/package-lock.json
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-styles/-/ansi-styles-3.2.1.tgz",
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+      "version": "13.15.23",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/validator/-/validator-13.15.23.tgz",
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@@ -5315,7 +5317,7 @@
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         "lodash.get": "^4.4.2",
         "lodash.isequal": "^4.5.0",
-        "validator": "^13.7.0"
+        "validator": "^13.9.0"
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diff --git a/player/service/package.json b/player/service/package.json
index 1572f33..86cd5af 100644
--- a/player/service/package.json
+++ b/player/service/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     "joi": "^17.12.1",
     "knex": "^3.1.0",
     "knex-stringcase": "^1.4.5",
-    "libxmljs": "^0.19.8",
+    "libxmljs": "^1.0.11",
     "make-dir": "^4.0.0",
     "mysql": "^2.18.1",
     "node-stream-zip": "^1.13.6",
@@ -55,5 +55,10 @@
     "chai": "^4",
     "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
     "mocha": "^11.7.5"
+  },
+  "overrides": {
+    "z-schema": {
+      "validator": "^13.9.0"
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/player/service/plugins/routes/v1/courses.js b/player/service/plugins/routes/v1/courses.js
index 071e579..6fb342d 100644
--- a/player/service/plugins/routes/v1/courses.js
+++ b/player/service/plugins/routes/v1/courses.js
@@ -215,7 +215,10 @@ const validateAndReduceStructure = (document, lmsId) => {
             blocks: {}
         };
 
-    result.course.id = course.attr("id").value();
+    // result.course.id = course.attr("id").value();
+    const attr = course.attr("id");
+    result.course.id = attr && attr.value; // .value is now a property
+
 
     validateIRI(result.course.id);