diff --git a/src/Plugin/migrate_plus/data_parser/Xml.php b/src/Plugin/migrate_plus/data_parser/Xml.php
index 152fcb1ebfaf236e1d65ff6886f2eb4a67d6e487..c27922a9c3d341e28f89133c51c3fd273cc5c7df 100644
--- a/src/Plugin/migrate_plus/data_parser/Xml.php
+++ b/src/Plugin/migrate_plus/data_parser/Xml.php
@@ -114,7 +114,11 @@ class Xml extends DataParserPluginBase implements ContainerFactoryPluginInterfac
     }
 
     foreach ($this->fieldSelectors() as $field_name => $xpath) {
-      if (substr($xpath, 0, 3) === '..\\') {
+      $prefix = substr($xpath, 0, 3);
+      if ($prefix === '../') {
+        $this->parentElementsOfInterest[] = str_replace('../', '', $xpath);
+      }
+      elseif ($prefix === '..\\') {
         $this->parentElementsOfInterest[] = str_replace('..\\', '', $xpath);
       }
     }