diff --git a/src/catch2/internal/catch_xmlwriter.cpp b/src/catch2/internal/catch_xmlwriter.cpp
index 9adbfcf7..730f1dbd 100644
--- a/src/catch2/internal/catch_xmlwriter.cpp
+++ b/src/catch2/internal/catch_xmlwriter.cpp
@@ -211,7 +211,8 @@ namespace {
         }
     }
 
-    XmlWriter::ScopedElement& XmlWriter::ScopedElement::writeText( std::string const& text, XmlFormatting fmt ) {
+    XmlWriter::ScopedElement&
+    XmlWriter::ScopedElement::writeText( StringRef text, XmlFormatting fmt ) {
         m_writer->writeText( text, fmt );
         return *this;
     }
diff --git a/src/catch2/internal/catch_xmlwriter.hpp b/src/catch2/internal/catch_xmlwriter.hpp
index 8230c8c2..36a3b69b 100644
--- a/src/catch2/internal/catch_xmlwriter.hpp
+++ b/src/catch2/internal/catch_xmlwriter.hpp
@@ -56,10 +56,14 @@ namespace Catch {
 
             ~ScopedElement();
 
-            ScopedElement& writeText( std::string const& text, XmlFormatting fmt = XmlFormatting::Newline | XmlFormatting::Indent );
+            ScopedElement&
+            writeText( StringRef text,
+                       XmlFormatting fmt = XmlFormatting::Newline |
+                                           XmlFormatting::Indent );
 
             template<typename T>
-            ScopedElement& writeAttribute( std::string const& name, T const& attribute ) {
+            ScopedElement& writeAttribute( StringRef name,
+                                           T const& attribute ) {
                 m_writer->writeAttribute( name, attribute );
                 return *this;
             }