diff --git a/__tests__/__outputs__/junit-with-message.md b/__tests__/__outputs__/junit-with-message.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..948309a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/__outputs__/junit-with-message.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+![Tests failed](https://img.shields.io/badge/tests-1%20failed-critical)
+|Report|Passed|Failed|Skipped|Time|
+|:---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
+|fixtures/junit-with-message.xml||1 ❌||1ms|
+## ❌ <a id="user-content-r0" href="#r0">fixtures/junit-with-message.xml</a>
+**1** tests were completed in **1ms** with **0** passed, **1** failed and **0** skipped.
+|Test suite|Passed|Failed|Skipped|Time|
+|:---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
+|[Test](#r0s0)||1 ❌||1ms|
+### ❌ <a id="user-content-r0s0" href="#r0s0">Test</a>
+```
+Fails
+  ❌ Test
+	error.cpp:01
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/__tests__/__snapshots__/jest-junit.test.ts.snap b/__tests__/__snapshots__/jest-junit.test.ts.snap
index fd1e839..eb20dfe 100644
--- a/__tests__/__snapshots__/jest-junit.test.ts.snap
+++ b/__tests__/__snapshots__/jest-junit.test.ts.snap
@@ -26,6 +26,38 @@ TestRunResult {
 }
 `;
 
+exports[`jest-junit tests parsing junit report with message succeeds 1`] = `
+TestRunResult {
+  "path": "fixtures/junit-with-message.xml",
+  "suites": [
+    TestSuiteResult {
+      "groups": [
+        TestGroupResult {
+          "name": "Fails",
+          "tests": [
+            TestCaseResult {
+              "error": {
+                "details": "error.cpp:01
+      Expected: true
+      Which is: false >",
+                "line": undefined,
+                "path": undefined,
+              },
+              "name": "Test",
+              "result": "failed",
+              "time": 0,
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+      "name": "Test",
+      "totalTime": 1,
+    },
+  ],
+  "totalTime": 1,
+}
+`;
+
 exports[`jest-junit tests report from #235 testing react components named <ComponentName /> 1`] = `
 TestRunResult {
   "path": "fixtures/external/jest/jest-react-component-test-results.xml",
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/junit-with-message.xml b/__tests__/fixtures/junit-with-message.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e3d584
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/junit-with-message.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<testsuites tests="1" failures="1" disabled="0" errors="0" time="0.001" name="Failure">
+  <testsuite name="Test" tests="6" failures="1" disabled="0" errors="0" time="0.001">
+    <testcase name="Test" status="run" time="0" classname="Fails">
+      <failure message="error" type=""><![CDATA[error.cpp:01
+      Expected: true
+      Which is: false >]]></failure>
+    </testcase>
+  </testsuite>
+</testsuites>
diff --git a/__tests__/jest-junit.test.ts b/__tests__/jest-junit.test.ts
index 751893a..d52c047 100644
--- a/__tests__/jest-junit.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/jest-junit.test.ts
@@ -125,4 +125,24 @@ describe('jest-junit tests', () => {
     fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(outputPath), {recursive: true})
     fs.writeFileSync(outputPath, report)
   })
+
+  it('parsing junit report with message succeeds', async () => {
+    const fixturePath = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'junit-with-message.xml')
+    const outputPath = path.join(__dirname, '__outputs__', 'junit-with-message.md')
+    const filePath = normalizeFilePath(path.relative(__dirname, fixturePath))
+    const fileContent = fs.readFileSync(fixturePath, {encoding: 'utf8'})
+
+    const opts: ParseOptions = {
+      parseErrors: true,
+      trackedFiles: ['test.js']
+    }
+
+    const parser = new JestJunitParser(opts)
+    const result = await parser.parse(filePath, fileContent)
+    expect(result).toMatchSnapshot()
+
+    const report = getReport([result])
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(outputPath), {recursive: true})
+    fs.writeFileSync(outputPath, report)
+  })
 })
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index fa45c86..fd169b7 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@ class JestJunitParser {
         if (!this.options.parseErrors || !tc.failure) {
             return undefined;
         }
-        const details = tc.failure[0];
+        const details = typeof tc.failure[0] === 'string' ? tc.failure[0] : tc.failure[0]['_'];
         let path;
         let line;
         const src = (0, node_utils_1.getExceptionSource)(details, this.options.trackedFiles, file => this.getRelativePath(file));
diff --git a/src/parsers/jest-junit/jest-junit-parser.ts b/src/parsers/jest-junit/jest-junit-parser.ts
index be009a9..6631d00 100644
--- a/src/parsers/jest-junit/jest-junit-parser.ts
+++ b/src/parsers/jest-junit/jest-junit-parser.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export class JestJunitParser implements TestParser {
       return undefined
     }
 
-    const details = tc.failure[0]
+    const details = typeof tc.failure[0] === 'string' ? tc.failure[0] : tc.failure[0]['_']
     let path
     let line