diff --git a/0001-qemu_process-fix-crash-in-qemuSaveImageDecompression.patch b/0001-qemu_process-fix-crash-in-qemuSaveImageDecompression.patch
index dcd3fa0..7472e08 100644
--- a/0001-qemu_process-fix-crash-in-qemuSaveImageDecompression.patch
+++ b/0001-qemu_process-fix-crash-in-qemuSaveImageDecompression.patch
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
+From b049f42dda977b094895acdf348304ba2f4f1cd4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Pavel Hrdina <phrdina@redhat.com>
 Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2023 14:03:55 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] qemu_process: fix crash in qemuSaveImageDecompressionStart
+Subject: [PATCH 1/7] qemu_process: fix crash in
+ qemuSaveImageDecompressionStart
 MIME-Version: 1.0
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
-Content-type: text/plain
 
 Commit changing the code to allow passing NULL as @data into
 qemuSaveImageDecompressionStart() was not correct as it left the
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ Introduced-by: 2f3e582a1ac1008eba8d43c751cdba8712dd1614
 Fixes: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247754
 Signed-off-by: Pavel Hrdina <phrdina@redhat.com>
 Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com>
+(cherry picked from commit 4f4a8dce944e05311565b690a84f6bb1ef67c086)
 ---
  src/qemu/qemu_process.c | 3 ---
  1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
@@ -32,3 +34,6 @@ index 1ef032dbd2..b9267d8699 100644
      /* No cookie means libvirt which saved the domain was too old to mess up
       * the CPU definitions.
       */
+-- 
+2.43.0
+
diff --git a/0002-vbox_snapshot_conf-Parse-XMLs-without-net-access.patch b/0002-vbox_snapshot_conf-Parse-XMLs-without-net-access.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9afe87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0002-vbox_snapshot_conf-Parse-XMLs-without-net-access.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+From 982184d57fff654c1cccf0d4a4a5d1631058819d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
+Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2023 04:49:53 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 2/7] vbox_snapshot_conf: Parse XMLs without net access
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+When working with VirtualBox's snapshots, the snapshot XML is
+firstly parsed, stored in memory (with some parts being stored as
+verbatim XML snippets, strings), requested changes are made and
+then this modified XML is formatted via
+virVBoxSnapshotConfSaveVboxFile() which calls
+xmlParseInNodeContext() to format those previously stored XML
+snippets.
+
+The first parse of whole VirtualBox snapshot file is done using
+virXMLParse() (in virVBoxSnapshotConfLoadVboxFile()) and thus
+with XML_PARSE_NONET specified.
+
+But those ad-hoc parsings when formatting the XML back pass zero
+flags mask: xmlParseInNodeContext(..., options = 0, ...);
+
+This is potentially dangerous.
+
+Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
+Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com>
+(cherry picked from commit d8cb1cd50c608eb647fcb17c4347a2e9d5004e8d)
+---
+ src/vbox/vbox_snapshot_conf.c | 14 ++++++++------
+ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/vbox/vbox_snapshot_conf.c b/src/vbox/vbox_snapshot_conf.c
+index 84f7aceac2..467255f77f 100644
+--- a/src/vbox/vbox_snapshot_conf.c
++++ b/src/vbox/vbox_snapshot_conf.c
+@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ virVBoxSnapshotConfSerializeSnapshot(xmlNodePtr node,
+     int firstRegexResult = 0;
+     g_auto(GStrv) secondRegex = NULL;
+     int secondRegexResult = 0;
++    const int parseFlags = XML_PARSE_NONET;
+ 
+     uuid = g_strdup_printf("{%s}", snapshot->uuid);
+ 
+@@ -406,7 +407,7 @@ virVBoxSnapshotConfSerializeSnapshot(xmlNodePtr node,
+     parseError = xmlParseInNodeContext(node,
+                                        snapshot->hardware,
+                                        (int)strlen(snapshot->hardware),
+-                                       0,
++                                       parseFlags,
+                                        &hardwareNode);
+     if (parseError != XML_ERR_OK) {
+         virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR, "%s",
+@@ -418,7 +419,7 @@ virVBoxSnapshotConfSerializeSnapshot(xmlNodePtr node,
+     /* storageController */
+     if (xmlParseInNodeContext(node, snapshot->storageController,
+                               (int)strlen(snapshot->storageController),
+-                              0,
++                              parseFlags,
+                               &storageControllerNode) != XML_ERR_OK) {
+         virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR, "%s",
+                        _("Unable to add the snapshot storageController"));
+@@ -944,6 +945,7 @@ virVBoxSnapshotConfSaveVboxFile(virVBoxSnapshotConfMachine *machine,
+     int firstRegexResult = 0;
+     g_auto(GStrv) secondRegex = NULL;
+     int secondRegexResult = 0;
++    const int parseFlags = XML_PARSE_NONET;
+ 
+     if (machine == NULL) {
+         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
+@@ -1051,7 +1053,7 @@ virVBoxSnapshotConfSaveVboxFile(virVBoxSnapshotConfMachine *machine,
+         parseError = xmlParseInNodeContext(mediaRegistryNode,
+                               machine->mediaRegistry->otherMedia[i],
+                               (int)strlen(machine->mediaRegistry->otherMedia[i]),
+-                              0,
++                              parseFlags,
+                               &cur);
+         if (parseError != XML_ERR_OK) {
+             virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR, "%s",
+@@ -1071,7 +1073,7 @@ virVBoxSnapshotConfSaveVboxFile(virVBoxSnapshotConfMachine *machine,
+     parseError = xmlParseInNodeContext(machineNode,
+                                        machine->hardware,
+                                        (int)strlen(machine->hardware),
+-                                       0,
++                                       parseFlags,
+                                        &cur);
+     if (parseError != XML_ERR_OK) {
+         virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR, "%s",
+@@ -1084,7 +1086,7 @@ virVBoxSnapshotConfSaveVboxFile(virVBoxSnapshotConfMachine *machine,
+         parseError = xmlParseInNodeContext(xmlDocGetRootElement(xml),
+                                            machine->extraData,
+                                            (int)strlen(machine->extraData),
+-                                           0,
++                                           parseFlags,
+                                            &cur);
+         if (parseError != XML_ERR_OK) {
+             virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR, "%s",
+@@ -1097,7 +1099,7 @@ virVBoxSnapshotConfSaveVboxFile(virVBoxSnapshotConfMachine *machine,
+     parseError = xmlParseInNodeContext(machineNode,
+                                        machine->storageController,
+                                        (int)strlen(machine->storageController),
+-                                       0,
++                                       parseFlags,
+                                        &cur);
+     if (parseError != XML_ERR_OK) {
+         virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR, "%s",
+-- 
+2.43.0
+
diff --git a/0003-vbox_snapshot_conf-Keep-indent-in-snapshot-XML.patch b/0003-vbox_snapshot_conf-Keep-indent-in-snapshot-XML.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8b8cce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0003-vbox_snapshot_conf-Keep-indent-in-snapshot-XML.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+From ee3f790a24ec16308e016f9e7dc1cc5e29a6a525 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
+Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 10:40:36 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 3/7] vbox_snapshot_conf: Keep indent in snapshot XML
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+As mentioned in previous commit, VirtualBox has its own snapshot
+XML which we parse, change and then format back. During this, we
+ought to keep the indentation to produce better looking result
+(especially when we want to compare the output in tests later on,
+like we do in vboxsnapshotxmltest).
+
+Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
+Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com>
+(cherry picked from commit d1f58b10f687050dd097c5a60becf62c35deee68)
+---
+ src/vbox/vbox_snapshot_conf.c | 12 ++++++++----
+ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/vbox/vbox_snapshot_conf.c b/src/vbox/vbox_snapshot_conf.c
+index 467255f77f..89cd685954 100644
+--- a/src/vbox/vbox_snapshot_conf.c
++++ b/src/vbox/vbox_snapshot_conf.c
+@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
+ #include "virstring.h"
+ #include "virxml.h"
+ 
++#include <libxml/xmlsave.h>
+ #include <libxml/xpathInternals.h>
+ 
+ #define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_VBOX
+@@ -364,12 +365,11 @@ virVBoxSnapshotConfSerializeSnapshot(xmlNodePtr node,
+     xmlParserErrors parseError = XML_ERR_OK;
+     char *uuid = NULL;
+     char *timeStamp = NULL;
+-
+     g_auto(GStrv) firstRegex = NULL;
+     int firstRegexResult = 0;
+     g_auto(GStrv) secondRegex = NULL;
+     int secondRegexResult = 0;
+-    const int parseFlags = XML_PARSE_NONET;
++    const int parseFlags = XML_PARSE_NONET | XML_PARSE_NOBLANKS;
+ 
+     uuid = g_strdup_printf("{%s}", snapshot->uuid);
+ 
+@@ -940,12 +940,14 @@ virVBoxSnapshotConfSaveVboxFile(virVBoxSnapshotConfMachine *machine,
+     xmlParserErrors parseError = XML_ERR_OK;
+     char *currentSnapshot = NULL;
+     char *timeStamp = NULL;
+-
+     g_auto(GStrv) firstRegex = NULL;
+     int firstRegexResult = 0;
+     g_auto(GStrv) secondRegex = NULL;
+     int secondRegexResult = 0;
+-    const int parseFlags = XML_PARSE_NONET;
++    const int parseFlags = XML_PARSE_NONET | XML_PARSE_NOBLANKS;
++    int oldIndentTreeOutput = xmlIndentTreeOutput;
++
++    xmlIndentTreeOutput = 1;
+ 
+     if (machine == NULL) {
+         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
+@@ -1127,6 +1129,8 @@ virVBoxSnapshotConfSaveVboxFile(virVBoxSnapshotConfMachine *machine,
+     ret = 0;
+ 
+  cleanup:
++    xmlIndentTreeOutput = oldIndentTreeOutput;
++
+     VIR_FREE(currentSnapshot);
+     VIR_FREE(timeStamp);
+ 
+-- 
+2.43.0
+
diff --git a/0004-virxml-include-libxml-xmlsave.h-for-xmlIndentTreeOut.patch b/0004-virxml-include-libxml-xmlsave.h-for-xmlIndentTreeOut.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0458c5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0004-virxml-include-libxml-xmlsave.h-for-xmlIndentTreeOut.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+From 09f06f6286f864fefdf4877b5792999e0d4e89d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
+Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2023 03:18:12 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 4/7] virxml: include <libxml/xmlsave.h> for
+ xmlIndentTreeOutput declaration
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+After libxml2's commit of v2.12.0~101 we no longer get
+xmlIndentTreeOutput declaration by us including just
+libxml/xpathInternals.h and libxml2's header files leakage.
+
+Resolves: https://bugs.gentoo.org/917516
+Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
+Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com>
+(cherry picked from commit 7a5f232be2269e74943a029c0e8b1b0124674a6c)
+---
+ src/util/virxml.c | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/src/util/virxml.c b/src/util/virxml.c
+index 0c1eae8c3c..4f215a0e59 100644
+--- a/src/util/virxml.c
++++ b/src/util/virxml.c
+@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
+ #include <math.h>               /* for isnan() */
+ #include <sys/stat.h>
+ 
++#include <libxml/xmlsave.h>
+ #include <libxml/xpathInternals.h>
+ 
+ #include "virerror.h"
+-- 
+2.43.0
+
diff --git a/0005-virXMLParseHelper-Store-XML-parsing-flags-in-a-varia.patch b/0005-virXMLParseHelper-Store-XML-parsing-flags-in-a-varia.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d5c919
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0005-virXMLParseHelper-Store-XML-parsing-flags-in-a-varia.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+From 68a14369033486ad9e02cb144cde2aced7351ce2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
+Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2023 04:17:47 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 5/7] virXMLParseHelper: Store XML parsing flags in a variable
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+The virXMLParseHelper() can work in two modes: either it parses a
+file or a string. Either way, the same set of flags is specified
+in call of corresponding function. Save flags in a local variable
+instead.
+
+Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
+Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com>
+(cherry picked from commit 1beb69df877596fe57efc8d8a117a30a72e5d04e)
+---
+ src/util/virxml.c | 9 +++------
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/util/virxml.c b/src/util/virxml.c
+index 4f215a0e59..027cdb97b9 100644
+--- a/src/util/virxml.c
++++ b/src/util/virxml.c
+@@ -1136,6 +1136,7 @@ virXMLParseHelper(int domcode,
+     g_autoptr(xmlDoc) xml = NULL;
+     xmlNodePtr rootnode;
+     const char *docname;
++    const int parseFlags = XML_PARSE_NONET | XML_PARSE_NOWARNING;
+ 
+     if (filename)
+         docname = filename;
+@@ -1154,13 +1155,9 @@ virXMLParseHelper(int domcode,
+     pctxt->sax->error = catchXMLError;
+ 
+     if (filename) {
+-        xml = xmlCtxtReadFile(pctxt, filename, NULL,
+-                              XML_PARSE_NONET |
+-                              XML_PARSE_NOWARNING);
++        xml = xmlCtxtReadFile(pctxt, filename, NULL, parseFlags);
+     } else {
+-        xml = xmlCtxtReadDoc(pctxt, BAD_CAST xmlStr, url, NULL,
+-                             XML_PARSE_NONET |
+-                             XML_PARSE_NOWARNING);
++        xml = xmlCtxtReadDoc(pctxt, BAD_CAST xmlStr, url, NULL, parseFlags);
+     }
+ 
+     if (!xml) {
+-- 
+2.43.0
+
diff --git a/0006-virxml-Introduce-parsing-APIs-that-keep-indentation.patch b/0006-virxml-Introduce-parsing-APIs-that-keep-indentation.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db734fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0006-virxml-Introduce-parsing-APIs-that-keep-indentation.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+From 6371a0d85b6febd8e034eeec02d70c551535ad5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
+Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 10:39:58 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 6/7] virxml: Introduce parsing APIs that keep indentation
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+When parsing an XML it may be important to keep indentation to
+produce a better looking result when formatting the XML back.
+Just look at all those xmlKeepBlanksDefault() calls just before
+virXMLParse() is called.
+
+Anyway, as of libxml2 commit v2.12.0~108 xmlKeepBlanksDefault()
+is deprecated. Therefore, introduce virXMLParse...WithIndent()
+variants which would do exactly xmlKeepBlanksDefault() did but
+with non-deprecated APIs.
+
+Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
+Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com>
+(cherry picked from commit 69958ba3102810bb4f90a91d2f6d9032e1a1da2d)
+---
+ src/util/virxml.c |  9 +++++++--
+ src/util/virxml.h | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----
+ 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/util/virxml.c b/src/util/virxml.c
+index 027cdb97b9..6d0c8f0311 100644
+--- a/src/util/virxml.c
++++ b/src/util/virxml.c
+@@ -1129,14 +1129,15 @@ virXMLParseHelper(int domcode,
+                   const char *rootelement,
+                   xmlXPathContextPtr *ctxt,
+                   const char *schemafile,
+-                  bool validate)
++                  bool validate,
++                  bool keepindent)
+ {
+     struct virParserData private;
+     g_autoptr(xmlParserCtxt) pctxt = NULL;
+     g_autoptr(xmlDoc) xml = NULL;
+     xmlNodePtr rootnode;
+     const char *docname;
+-    const int parseFlags = XML_PARSE_NONET | XML_PARSE_NOWARNING;
++    int parseFlags = XML_PARSE_NONET | XML_PARSE_NOWARNING;
+ 
+     if (filename)
+         docname = filename;
+@@ -1154,6 +1155,10 @@ virXMLParseHelper(int domcode,
+     pctxt->_private = &private;
+     pctxt->sax->error = catchXMLError;
+ 
++    if (keepindent) {
++        parseFlags |= XML_PARSE_NOBLANKS;
++    }
++
+     if (filename) {
+         xml = xmlCtxtReadFile(pctxt, filename, NULL, parseFlags);
+     } else {
+diff --git a/src/util/virxml.h b/src/util/virxml.h
+index 7af47437bd..03a85bfb25 100644
+--- a/src/util/virxml.h
++++ b/src/util/virxml.h
+@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@ virXMLParseHelper(int domcode,
+                   const char *rootelement,
+                   xmlXPathContextPtr *ctxt,
+                   const char *schemafile,
+-                  bool validate);
++                  bool validate,
++                  bool keepindent);
+ 
+ const char *
+ virXMLPickShellSafeComment(const char *str1,
+@@ -219,7 +220,17 @@ virXMLPickShellSafeComment(const char *str1,
+  * Return the parsed document object, or NULL on failure.
+  */
+ #define virXMLParse(filename, xmlStr, url, rootelement, ctxt, schemafile, validate) \
+-    virXMLParseHelper(VIR_FROM_THIS, filename, xmlStr, url, rootelement, ctxt, schemafile, validate)
++    virXMLParseHelper(VIR_FROM_THIS, filename, xmlStr, url, rootelement, ctxt, schemafile, validate, false)
++
++/**
++ * virXMLParseWithIndent:
++ *
++ * Just like virXMLParse, except indentation is preserved. Should be used when
++ * facing an user provided XML which may be formatted back and keeping verbatim
++ * spacing is necessary (e.g. due to <metadata/>).
++ */
++#define virXMLParseWithIndent(filename, xmlStr, url, rootelement, ctxt, schemafile, validate) \
++    virXMLParseHelper(VIR_FROM_THIS, filename, xmlStr, url, rootelement, ctxt, schemafile, validate, true)
+ 
+ /**
+  * virXMLParseStringCtxt:
+@@ -233,7 +244,17 @@ virXMLPickShellSafeComment(const char *str1,
+  * Return the parsed document object, or NULL on failure.
+  */
+ #define virXMLParseStringCtxt(xmlStr, url, pctxt) \
+-    virXMLParseHelper(VIR_FROM_THIS, NULL, xmlStr, url, NULL, pctxt, NULL, false)
++    virXMLParseHelper(VIR_FROM_THIS, NULL, xmlStr, url, NULL, pctxt, NULL, false, false)
++
++/**
++ * virXMLParseStringCtxtWithIndent:
++ *
++ * Just like virXMLParseStringCtxt, except indentation is preserved.  Should be
++ * used when facing an user provided XML which may be formatted back and
++ * keeping verbatim spacing is necessary (e.g. due to <metadata/>).
++ */
++#define virXMLParseStringCtxtWithIndent(xmlStr, url, pctxt) \
++    virXMLParseHelper(VIR_FROM_THIS, NULL, xmlStr, url, NULL, pctxt, NULL, false, true)
+ 
+ /**
+  * virXMLParseFileCtxt:
+@@ -246,7 +267,7 @@ virXMLPickShellSafeComment(const char *str1,
+  * Return the parsed document object, or NULL on failure.
+  */
+ #define virXMLParseFileCtxt(filename, pctxt) \
+-    virXMLParseHelper(VIR_FROM_THIS, filename, NULL, NULL, NULL, pctxt, NULL, false)
++    virXMLParseHelper(VIR_FROM_THIS, filename, NULL, NULL, NULL, pctxt, NULL, false, false)
+ 
+ int
+ virXMLSaveFile(const char *path,
+-- 
+2.43.0
+
diff --git a/0007-lib-Replace-xmlKeepBlanksDefault-with-virXMLParseWit.patch b/0007-lib-Replace-xmlKeepBlanksDefault-with-virXMLParseWit.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07a9c4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0007-lib-Replace-xmlKeepBlanksDefault-with-virXMLParseWit.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+From 215a4afe93c051e35d09fabea19172ab51959737 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
+Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2023 16:20:51 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 7/7] lib: Replace xmlKeepBlanksDefault() with
+ virXMLParseWithIndent()
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+Now that we have virXMLParseWithIndent() and
+virXMLParseStringCtxtWithIndent(), we can use them directly and
+drop calls to xmlKeepBlanksDefault().
+
+Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
+Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com>
+(cherry picked from commit 1fdca3083b52507d7a99f6e9b84e91d8df68013e)
+---
+ src/conf/backup_conf.c     |  8 +++-----
+ src/conf/checkpoint_conf.c |  8 +++-----
+ src/conf/domain_conf.c     | 11 +++--------
+ src/conf/network_conf.c    |  6 ++----
+ src/conf/snapshot_conf.c   |  8 +++-----
+ tools/virsh-util.c         |  5 +----
+ 6 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/conf/backup_conf.c b/src/conf/backup_conf.c
+index e151c29738..1fea6a2be7 100644
+--- a/src/conf/backup_conf.c
++++ b/src/conf/backup_conf.c
+@@ -276,13 +276,11 @@ virDomainBackupDefParseString(const char *xmlStr,
+ {
+     g_autoptr(xmlDoc) xml = NULL;
+     g_autoptr(xmlXPathContext) ctxt = NULL;
+-    int keepBlanksDefault = xmlKeepBlanksDefault(0);
+     bool validate = !(flags & VIR_DOMAIN_BACKUP_PARSE_INTERNAL);
+ 
+-    xml = virXMLParse(NULL, xmlStr, _("(domain_backup)"),
+-                      "domainbackup", &ctxt, "domainbackup.rng", validate);
+-
+-    xmlKeepBlanksDefault(keepBlanksDefault);
++    xml = virXMLParseWithIndent(NULL, xmlStr, _("(domain_backup)"),
++                                "domainbackup", &ctxt, "domainbackup.rng",
++                                validate);
+ 
+     if (!xml)
+         return NULL;
+diff --git a/src/conf/checkpoint_conf.c b/src/conf/checkpoint_conf.c
+index 89f8675235..3c797f0f5b 100644
+--- a/src/conf/checkpoint_conf.c
++++ b/src/conf/checkpoint_conf.c
+@@ -192,12 +192,10 @@ virDomainCheckpointDefParseString(const char *xmlStr,
+ {
+     g_autoptr(xmlDoc) xml = NULL;
+     g_autoptr(xmlXPathContext) ctxt = NULL;
+-    int keepBlanksDefault = xmlKeepBlanksDefault(0);
+ 
+-    xml = virXMLParse(NULL, xmlStr, _("(domain_checkpoint)"),
+-                      "domaincheckpoint", &ctxt, "domaincheckpoint.rng", true);
+-
+-    xmlKeepBlanksDefault(keepBlanksDefault);
++    xml = virXMLParseWithIndent(NULL, xmlStr, _("(domain_checkpoint)"),
++                                "domaincheckpoint", &ctxt,
++                                "domaincheckpoint.rng", true);
+ 
+     if (!xml)
+         return NULL;
+diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+index 80f467ae7a..2b6f765b6d 100644
+--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
++++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+@@ -19503,13 +19503,10 @@ virDomainDefParse(const char *xmlStr,
+ {
+     g_autoptr(xmlDoc) xml = NULL;
+     g_autoptr(xmlXPathContext) ctxt = NULL;
+-    int keepBlanksDefault = xmlKeepBlanksDefault(0);
+     bool validate = flags & VIR_DOMAIN_DEF_PARSE_VALIDATE_SCHEMA;
+ 
+-    xml = virXMLParse(filename, xmlStr, _("(domain_definition)"),
+-                      "domain", &ctxt, "domain.rng", validate);
+-
+-    xmlKeepBlanksDefault(keepBlanksDefault);
++    xml = virXMLParseWithIndent(filename, xmlStr, _("(domain_definition)"),
++                                "domain", &ctxt, "domain.rng", validate);
+ 
+     if (!xml)
+         return NULL;
+@@ -19566,10 +19563,8 @@ virDomainObjParseFile(const char *filename,
+ {
+     g_autoptr(xmlDoc) xml = NULL;
+     g_autoptr(xmlXPathContext) ctxt = NULL;
+-    int keepBlanksDefault = xmlKeepBlanksDefault(0);
+ 
+-    xml = virXMLParse(filename, NULL, NULL, "domstatus", &ctxt, NULL, false);
+-    xmlKeepBlanksDefault(keepBlanksDefault);
++    xml = virXMLParseWithIndent(filename, NULL, NULL, "domstatus", &ctxt, NULL, false);
+ 
+     if (!xml)
+         return NULL;
+diff --git a/src/conf/network_conf.c b/src/conf/network_conf.c
+index 1a6fd86180..0449b6f07c 100644
+--- a/src/conf/network_conf.c
++++ b/src/conf/network_conf.c
+@@ -1962,11 +1962,9 @@ virNetworkDefParse(const char *xmlStr,
+ {
+     g_autoptr(xmlDoc) xml = NULL;
+     g_autoptr(xmlXPathContext) ctxt = NULL;
+-    int keepBlanksDefault = xmlKeepBlanksDefault(0);
+ 
+-    xml = virXMLParse(filename, xmlStr, _("(network_definition)"),
+-                      "network", &ctxt, "network.rng", validate);
+-    xmlKeepBlanksDefault(keepBlanksDefault);
++    xml = virXMLParseWithIndent(filename, xmlStr, _("(network_definition)"),
++                                "network", &ctxt, "network.rng", validate);
+ 
+     if (!xml)
+         return NULL;
+diff --git a/src/conf/snapshot_conf.c b/src/conf/snapshot_conf.c
+index 4b0555eb8c..d7fcded302 100644
+--- a/src/conf/snapshot_conf.c
++++ b/src/conf/snapshot_conf.c
+@@ -426,13 +426,11 @@ virDomainSnapshotDefParseString(const char *xmlStr,
+ {
+     g_autoptr(xmlXPathContext) ctxt = NULL;
+     g_autoptr(xmlDoc) xml = NULL;
+-    int keepBlanksDefault = xmlKeepBlanksDefault(0);
+     bool validate = flags & VIR_DOMAIN_SNAPSHOT_PARSE_VALIDATE;
+ 
+-    xml = virXMLParse(NULL, xmlStr, _("(domain_snapshot)"),
+-                      "domainsnapshot", &ctxt, "domainsnapshot.rng", validate);
+-
+-    xmlKeepBlanksDefault(keepBlanksDefault);
++    xml = virXMLParseWithIndent(NULL, xmlStr, _("(domain_snapshot)"),
++                                "domainsnapshot", &ctxt, "domainsnapshot.rng",
++                                validate);
+ 
+     if (!xml)
+         return NULL;
+diff --git a/tools/virsh-util.c b/tools/virsh-util.c
+index fb6327613a..a6026eed53 100644
+--- a/tools/virsh-util.c
++++ b/tools/virsh-util.c
+@@ -474,16 +474,13 @@ virshDumpXML(vshControl *ctl,
+     g_autofree xmlNodePtr *nodes = NULL;
+     int nnodes = 0;
+     size_t i;
+-    int oldblanks;
+ 
+     if (xpath == NULL) {
+         vshPrint(ctl, "%s", xml);
+         return true;
+     }
+ 
+-    oldblanks = xmlKeepBlanksDefault(0);
+-    doc = virXMLParseStringCtxt(xml, url, &ctxt);
+-    xmlKeepBlanksDefault(oldblanks);
++    doc = virXMLParseStringCtxtWithIndent(xml, url, &ctxt);
+     if (!doc)
+         return false;
+ 
+-- 
+2.43.0
+
diff --git a/libvirt.spec b/libvirt.spec
index c231ab0..77cef71 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec
+++ b/libvirt.spec
@@ -251,7 +251,14 @@ URL: https://libvirt.org/
 Source: https://download.libvirt.org/%{?mainturl}libvirt-%{version}.tar.xz
 
 # Fix crash with snapshot restore (bz #2247754)
-Patch0001: 0001-qemu_process-fix-crash-in-qemuSaveImageDecompression.patch
+Patch: 0001-qemu_process-fix-crash-in-qemuSaveImageDecompression.patch
+# Fix libxml2 API changes
+Patch: 0002-vbox_snapshot_conf-Parse-XMLs-without-net-access.patch
+Patch: 0003-vbox_snapshot_conf-Keep-indent-in-snapshot-XML.patch
+Patch: 0004-virxml-include-libxml-xmlsave.h-for-xmlIndentTreeOut.patch
+Patch: 0005-virXMLParseHelper-Store-XML-parsing-flags-in-a-varia.patch
+Patch: 0006-virxml-Introduce-parsing-APIs-that-keep-indentation.patch
+Patch: 0007-lib-Replace-xmlKeepBlanksDefault-with-virXMLParseWit.patch
 
 Requires: libvirt-daemon = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires: libvirt-daemon-config-network = %{version}-%{release}