diff --git a/src/DumpCommand.php b/src/DumpCommand.php
index d15ca46..137f98c 100644
--- a/src/DumpCommand.php
+++ b/src/DumpCommand.php
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
         }
 
         $xmlCommands = $process->getOutput();
+        $sanitisedXmlCommands = preg_replace('/\x1b\[[0-9;]*m/', '', $xmlCommands);
         $xml = simplexml_load_string($xmlCommands);
 
         $commands = array();
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/acme b/tests/fixtures/acme
index 3d4ff5b..734aaa1 100755
--- a/tests/fixtures/acme
+++ b/tests/fixtures/acme
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ $command1
     ->setDefinition(array(
         new InputOption('dangerous-option', null, InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, 'This $hould be `escaped`.'),
         new InputOption('option-without-description'),
+        new InputOption('option-with-ansi-codes', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'I am GREEN!'),
     ))
 ;
 
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/bash/cached.txt b/tests/fixtures/bash/cached.txt
index 89a4031..987b49f 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/bash/cached.txt
+++ b/tests/fixtures/bash/cached.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ _acme()
         case "$com" in
 
             hello)
-            opts="${opts} --dangerous-option --option-without-description"
+            opts="${opts} --dangerous-option --option-without-description --option-with-ansi-codes"
             ;;
 
             help)
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/fish/cached.txt b/tests/fixtures/fish/cached.txt
index 7635bb9..6f4854f 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/fish/cached.txt
+++ b/tests/fixtures/fish/cached.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ complete -c acme -f -n '__fish_acme_no_subcommand' -a command:with:colons -d ''
 # hello
 complete -c acme -A -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from hello' -l dangerous-option -d 'This $hould be `escaped`.'
 complete -c acme -A -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from hello' -l option-without-description -d ''
+complete -c acme -A -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from hello' -l option-with-ansi-codes -d 'I am GREEN!'
 
 # help
 complete -c acme -A -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from help' -l xml -d 'To output help as XML'
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/zsh/cached.txt b/tests/fixtures/zsh/cached.txt
index 3fe5e4a..b123ffe 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/zsh/cached.txt
+++ b/tests/fixtures/zsh/cached.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ _acme()
             case "$com" in
 
             hello)
-            opts+=("--dangerous-option:This \$hould be \`escaped\`." "--option-without-description")
+            opts+=("--dangerous-option:This \$hould be \`escaped\`." "--option-without-description" "--option-with-ansi-codes:I am GREEN!")
             ;;
 
             help)