diff --git a/Tests/HtmlSanitizerAllTest.php b/Tests/HtmlSanitizerAllTest.php
index a0a1511..90436ca 100644
--- a/Tests/HtmlSanitizerAllTest.php
+++ b/Tests/HtmlSanitizerAllTest.php
@@ -309,6 +309,12 @@ public static function provideSanitizeBody()
                 'Lorem ipsum  ',
             ],
 
+            // Processing instructions
+            [
+                'Lorem ipsum<?div x?>foo',
+                'Lorem ipsumfoo',
+            ],
+
             // Normal tags
             [
                 '<abbr>Lorem ipsum</abbr>',
diff --git a/Visitor/DomVisitor.php b/Visitor/DomVisitor.php
index 4c2eba0..8cda8cf 100644
--- a/Visitor/DomVisitor.php
+++ b/Visitor/DomVisitor.php
@@ -134,9 +134,10 @@ private function visitChildren(\DOMNode $domNode, Cursor $cursor): void
             if ('#text' === $child->nodeName) {
                 // Add text directly for performance
                 $cursor->node->addChild(new TextNode($cursor->node, $child->nodeValue));
-            } elseif (!$child instanceof \DOMText) {
+            } elseif (!$child instanceof \DOMText && !$child instanceof \DOMProcessingInstruction) {
                 // Otherwise continue the visit recursively
                 // Ignore comments for security reasons (interpreted differently by browsers)
+                // Ignore processing instructions (treated as comments)
                 $this->visitNode($child, $cursor);
             }
         }