diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/FromXmlParser.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/FromXmlParser.java
index 7e723bdc..ccdf5889 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/FromXmlParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/FromXmlParser.java
@@ -521,6 +521,10 @@ public void close() throws IOException
     {
         if (!_closed) {
             _closed = true;
+            // 30-May-2025, tatu: was missing before 2.20
+            if (JsonParser.Feature.CLEAR_CURRENT_TOKEN_ON_CLOSE.enabledIn(_features)) {
+                _currToken = null;
+            }
             try {
                 if (_ioContext.isResourceManaged() || isEnabled(JsonParser.Feature.AUTO_CLOSE_SOURCE)) {
                     _xmlTokens.closeCompletely();
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/XmlNumberParsingGetType1433Test.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/XmlNumberParsingGetType1433Test.java
index 63a00bf5..ffaae244 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/XmlNumberParsingGetType1433Test.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/XmlNumberParsingGetType1433Test.java
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.*;
 
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
@@ -35,8 +34,6 @@ void getNumberType() throws Exception
         assertEquals(JsonParser.NumberType.INT, p.getNumberType());
         assertToken(JsonToken.END_OBJECT, p.nextToken());
         _verifyGetNumberTypeFail(p, "END_OBJECT");
-        assertNull(p.nextToken());
-        _verifyGetNumberTypeFail(p, "null");
         p.close();
         _verifyGetNumberTypeFail(p, "null");
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/XsiNilBasic714Test.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/XsiNilBasic714Test.java
index c91caa98..3b6f2c23 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/XsiNilBasic714Test.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/XsiNilBasic714Test.java
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectReader;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.XmlMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.XmlTestUtil;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.deser.FromXmlParser;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;