scala libraryDependencies += "org.scala-lang.modules" %% "scala-xml" % "1.3.0" scala import scala.xml._ scala val xmlData = XML.loadFile("example.xml") scala val name = (xmlData \\ "name").text scala val newElement = <newElement>Some text</newElement> val modifiedXmlData = xmlData.copy(child = xmlData.child ++ newElement) XML.save("modified.xml", modifiedXmlData, "UTF-8", true)