diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/go/model.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/go/model.mustache
index f669ec2c2bb..4243daa4e2d 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/go/model.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/go/model.mustache
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ type {{classname}} struct {
 {{#description}}
 	// {{{description}}}
 {{/description}}
-	{{name}} {{{dataType}}} `json:"{{baseName}}{{^required}},omitempty{{/required}}"{{#withXml}} xml:"{{baseName}}"{{/withXml}}`
+	{{name}} {{{dataType}}} `json:"{{baseName}}{{^required}},omitempty{{/required}}"{{#withXml}} xml:"{{baseName}}{{#isXmlAttribute}},attr{{/isXmlAttribute}}"{{/withXml}}`
 {{/vars}}
 }
 {{/isEnum}}