diff --git a/src/formatting/formatters/v2-xml-formatter.ts b/src/formatting/formatters/v2-xml-formatter.ts
index f7934d3..1a91e43 100644
--- a/src/formatting/formatters/v2-xml-formatter.ts
+++ b/src/formatting/formatters/v2-xml-formatter.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export class V2XmlFormatter implements XmlFormatter {
         xml = xml.replace(/"\s+(?=[^\s]+=)/g, "\" "); // spaces between attributes
         xml = xml.replace(/"\s+(?=>)/g, "\""); // spaces between the last attribute and tag close (>)
         xml = xml.replace(/"\s+(?=\/>)/g, "\" "); // spaces between the last attribute and tag close (/>)
-        xml = xml.replace(/[^ <>="]\s+[^ <>="]+=/g, (match: string) => { // spaces between the node name and the first attribute
+        xml = xml.replace(/(?!<!\[CDATA\[)[^ <>="]\s+[^ <>="]+=(?![^<]*?\]\]>)/g, (match: string) => { // spaces between the node name and the first attribute
             return match.replace(/\s+/g, " ");
         });
 
diff --git a/src/test/extension.test.ts b/src/test/extension.test.ts
index 8c3627b..675aa6b 100644
--- a/src/test/extension.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/extension.test.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ describe("V2XmlFormatter", () => {
             testFormatter(xmlFormatter, options, "issue-200");
         });
 
+        it("should not remove spaces between the node name and the first attribute within CDATA", () => {
+            testFormatter(xmlFormatter, options, "issue-227");
+        });
     });
 
 });
diff --git a/src/test/test-data/issue-227.formatted.xml b/src/test/test-data/issue-227.formatted.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4ead94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/test-data/issue-227.formatted.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<Job>
+    <SQLQuery test="">
+        <SQLSelect Test="test" test="test">
+            <![CDATA[
+select
+*
+from test
+where
+aaa.aaa='AAA' and 
+isnull(BBB.BBB,0)=0 and
+isnull(CCTestC.CCC,0)=1 and
+DDD.DDD is null and
+exists (select 1 from EEE where EEE.EEE=EEE.EEE and EEE is null) and
+exists (select 1 from FFF where FFF.FFF=FFF.FFF) and
+'{GGG}' like '%'+GGG.GGG+'%'
+]]>
+        </SQLSelect>
+    </SQLQuery>
+</Job>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/test-data/issue-227.unformatted.xml b/src/test/test-data/issue-227.unformatted.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b55e3f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/test-data/issue-227.unformatted.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<Job>
+  <SQLQuery      test="">
+    <SQLSelect    Test="test"     test="test">
+             <![CDATA[
+select
+*
+from test
+where
+aaa.aaa='AAA' and 
+isnull(BBB.BBB,0)=0 and
+isnull(CCTestC.CCC,0)=1 and
+DDD.DDD is null and
+exists (select 1 from EEE where EEE.EEE=EEE.EEE and EEE is null) and
+exists (select 1 from FFF where FFF.FFF=FFF.FFF) and
+'{GGG}' like '%'+GGG.GGG+'%'
+]]>
+    </SQLSelect>
+	</SQLQuery>
+</Job>
\ No newline at end of file