diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a5af4255..b353df04 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Note: If you find missing information about particular minor version, that version must have been changed without any functional change in this library.
 
+** 4.0.0-beta.5 / 2021-12-04**
+* fix: when a tag with name "attributes"
+
 ** 4.0.0-beta.4 / 2021-12-02**
 * Support HTML document parsing
 * skip stop nodes parsing when building the XML from JS object
diff --git a/docs/v4/2.XMLparseOptions.md b/docs/v4/2.XMLparseOptions.md
index 5616b7e6..adb0e923 100644
--- a/docs/v4/2.XMLparseOptions.md
+++ b/docs/v4/2.XMLparseOptions.md
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ const XMLdata = `
                 ]
             }
         ],
-        "attributes": {
+        ":@": {
             "standard" : "3"
         }
     }
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 8d642328..9f5e02f0 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "fast-xml-parser",
-  "version": "4.0.0-beta.4",
+  "version": "4.0.0-beta.5",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "fast-xml-parser",
-      "version": "4.0.0-beta.4",
+      "version": "4.0.0-beta.5",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "strnum": "^1.0.5"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dfe1e5fe..dd4aec19 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "fast-xml-parser",
-  "version": "4.0.0-beta.4",
+  "version": "4.0.0-beta.5",
   "description": "Validate XML, Parse XML, Build XML without C/C++ based libraries",
   "main": "./src/fxp.js",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/spec/entities_spec.js b/spec/entities_spec.js
index 1675fbe7..509e3fe4 100644
--- a/spec/entities_spec.js
+++ b/spec/entities_spec.js
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ describe("XMLParser Entities", function() {
                         ]
                     }
                 ],
-                "attributes": {
+                ":@": {
                     "@heading": "Reminder > \"Alert"
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/xmlbuilder/orderedJs2Xml.js b/src/xmlbuilder/orderedJs2Xml.js
index 4cba7e39..44de29ad 100644
--- a/src/xmlbuilder/orderedJs2Xml.js
+++ b/src/xmlbuilder/orderedJs2Xml.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function arrToStr(arr, options, jPath, level){
             xmlStr += indentation + `<!--${tagObj[tagName][0][options.textNodeName]}-->`;
             continue;
         }
-        const attStr = attr_to_str(tagObj.attributes, options);
+        const attStr = attr_to_str(tagObj[":@"], options);
         let tagStart =  indentation + `<${tagName}${attStr}`;
         let tagValue = arrToStr(tagObj[tagName], options, newJPath, level + 1);
         if( (!tagValue || tagValue.length === 0) && options.suppressEmptyNode){ 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ function propName(obj){
     const keys = Object.keys(obj);
     for (let i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
       const key = keys[i];
-      if(key !== "attributes") return key;
+      if(key !== ":@") return key;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/xmlparser/OrderedObjParser.js b/src/xmlparser/OrderedObjParser.js
index aaa30225..718d7c5f 100644
--- a/src/xmlparser/OrderedObjParser.js
+++ b/src/xmlparser/OrderedObjParser.js
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ const parseXml = function(xmlData) {
             , currentNode.tagname
             , jPath
             ,false
-            , currentNode.attributes ? Object.keys(currentNode.attributes).length !== 0 : false
+            , currentNode[":@"] ? Object.keys(currentNode[":@"]).length !== 0 : false
             , Object.keys(currentNode.child).length === 0);
           if(textData !== undefined &&  textData !== "") currentNode.add(this.options.textNodeName, textData);
           textData = "";
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ const parseXml = function(xmlData) {
               , currentNode.tagname
               , jPath
               ,false
-              , currentNode.attributes ? Object.keys(currentNode.attributes).length !== 0 : false
+              , currentNode[":@"] ? Object.keys(currentNode[":@"]).length !== 0 : false
               , Object.keys(currentNode.child).length === 0);
   
             if(textData !== undefined &&  textData !== "") currentNode.add(this.options.textNodeName, textData);
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ const parseXml = function(xmlData) {
             , currentNode.tagname
             , jPath
             ,false
-            , currentNode.attributes ? Object.keys(currentNode.attributes).length !== 0 : false
+            , currentNode[":@"] ? Object.keys(currentNode[":@"]).length !== 0 : false
             , Object.keys(currentNode.child).length === 0);
 
           if(textData !== undefined &&  textData !== "") currentNode.add(this.options.textNodeName, textData);
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ const parseXml = function(xmlData) {
               , currentNode.tagname
               , jPath
               , false
-              , currentNode.attributes ? Object.keys(currentNode.attributes).length !== 0 : false
+              , currentNode[":@"] ? Object.keys(currentNode[":@"]).length !== 0 : false
               , false);
             if(textData !== undefined &&  textData !== "") currentNode.add(this.options.textNodeName, textData);
             textData = "";
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ const parseXml = function(xmlData) {
 
           const childNode = new xmlNode(tagName);
           if(tagName !== tagExp && attrExpPresent){
-            childNode.attributes = this.buildAttributesMap(tagExp, jPath);
+            childNode[":@"] = this.buildAttributesMap(tagExp, jPath);
           }
           jPath = jPath.substr(0, jPath.lastIndexOf("."));
           childNode.add(this.options.textNodeName, tagContent);
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ const parseXml = function(xmlData) {
 
             const childNode = new xmlNode(tagName);
             if(tagName !== tagExp && attrExpPresent){
-              childNode.attributes = this.buildAttributesMap(tagExp, jPath);
+              childNode[":@"] = this.buildAttributesMap(tagExp, jPath);
             }
             jPath = jPath.substr(0, jPath.lastIndexOf("."));
             currentNode.addChild(childNode);
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ const parseXml = function(xmlData) {
             this.tagsNodeStack.push(currentNode);
             
             if(tagName !== tagExp && attrExpPresent){
-              childNode.attributes = this.buildAttributesMap(tagExp, jPath);
+              childNode[":@"] = this.buildAttributesMap(tagExp, jPath);
             }
             currentNode.addChild(childNode);
             currentNode = childNode;
diff --git a/src/xmlparser/node2json.js b/src/xmlparser/node2json.js
index 3a952832..0ce08512 100644
--- a/src/xmlparser/node2json.js
+++ b/src/xmlparser/node2json.js
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ function compress(arr, options, jPath){
       let val = compress(tagObj[property], options, newJpath);
       const isLeaf = isLeafTag(val, options);
 
-      if(tagObj.attributes){
-        assignAttributes( val, tagObj.attributes, newJpath, options);
+      if(tagObj[":@"]){
+        assignAttributes( val, tagObj[":@"], newJpath, options);
       }else if(Object.keys(val).length === 1 && val[options.textNodeName] !== undefined && !options.alwaysCreateTextNode){
         val = val[options.textNodeName];
       }else if(Object.keys(val).length === 0){
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ function propName(obj){
   const keys = Object.keys(obj);
   for (let i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
     const key = keys[i];
-    if(key !== "attributes") return key;
+    if(key !== ":@") return key;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/xmlparser/xmlNode.js b/src/xmlparser/xmlNode.js
index 3e758cd5..ff60d709 100644
--- a/src/xmlparser/xmlNode.js
+++ b/src/xmlparser/xmlNode.js
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@ class XmlNode{
   constructor(tagname) {
     this.tagname = tagname;
     this.child = []; //nested tags, text, cdata, comments in order
-    this.attributes = {}; //attributes map
+    this[":@"] = {}; //attributes map
   }
   add(key,val){
     // this.child.push( {name : key, val: val, isCdata: isCdata });
     this.child.push( {[key]: val });
   }
   addChild(node) {
-    if(node.attributes && Object.keys(node.attributes).length > 0){
-      this.child.push( { [node.tagname]: node.child, attributes: node.attributes });
+    if(node[":@"] && Object.keys(node[":@"]).length > 0){
+      this.child.push( { [node.tagname]: node.child, [":@"]: node[":@"] });
     }else{
       this.child.push( { [node.tagname]: node.child });
     }