diff --git a/src/Html/FormElementTrait.php b/src/Html/FormElementTrait.php
index 3b94d4b..ef29248 100644
--- a/src/Html/FormElementTrait.php
+++ b/src/Html/FormElementTrait.php
@@ -165,14 +165,14 @@ final public function setValue(string $value = null) : FormElementInterface
         return $this;
     }
 
-    final protected function renderFormElementAttributes() : string
+    final protected function renderFormElementAttributes(bool $renderValueAttribute = true) : string
     {
         return
             Util::renderHtmlAttribute('autofocus', $this->autofocus)
             . Util::renderHtmlAttribute('disabled', $this->disabled)
             . Util::renderHtmlAttribute('form', $this->FormElementTraitForm)
             . Util::renderHtmlAttribute('name', $this->name)
-            . Util::renderHtmlAttribute('value', $this->value)
+            . ($renderValueAttribute ? Util::renderHtmlAttribute('value', $this->value) : '')
         ;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Html/Textarea.php b/src/Html/Textarea.php
index 5cc0118..b5c3727 100644
--- a/src/Html/Textarea.php
+++ b/src/Html/Textarea.php
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ final public function setWrap(string $wrap = null) : self
     protected function renderAttributes() : string
     {
         return parent::renderAttributes()
-            . $this->renderFormElementAttributes()
+            . $this->renderFormElementAttributes(false)
             . $this->renderAutocompleteAttribute()
             . $this->renderMinlengthMaxlengthAttributes()
             . $this->renderPlaceholderAttribute()
@@ -173,4 +173,12 @@ protected function renderAttributes() : string
             . Util::renderHtmlAttribute('wrap', $this->wrap)
         ;
     }
+
+    public function render(): string
+    {
+        return '<' . self::TAG . $this->renderAttributes() . '>'
+            . ($this->hasValue() ? Util::escapeHtml($this->getValue()) : null)
+            . '</' . self::TAG . '>' . PHP_EOL
+        ;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Util.php b/src/Util.php
index f99da21..b762c21 100644
--- a/src/Util.php
+++ b/src/Util.php
@@ -83,12 +83,12 @@ public static final function getRelativePath($sourceFile, $targetFile, $canonica
 
     public static function escapeHtml($value)
     {
-        return \htmlentities($value, \ENT_COMPAT|\ENT_HTML5, 'UTF-8');
+        return \htmlentities($value, \ENT_COMPAT|\ENT_HTML401, 'UTF-8');
     }
 
     public static function escapeHtmlAttributeValue($value)
     {
-        return \htmlspecialchars($value, \ENT_QUOTES||\ENT_HTML5, 'UTF-8');
+        return \htmlspecialchars($value, \ENT_QUOTES|\ENT_HTML401, 'UTF-8');
     }
 
     public static function renderHtmlAttribute(string $name, $value) : string
diff --git a/tests/Html/TextareaTest.php b/tests/Html/TextareaTest.php
index 3cfa1f0..e9079cf 100644
--- a/tests/Html/TextareaTest.php
+++ b/tests/Html/TextareaTest.php
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ protected function factory() : HtmlElement
         "disabled"       => true,
         "form"           => null,
         "name"           => ["foo", "bar"],
-        "value"          => ["foo", "bar"],
 
         "autocomplete"   => [Form::AUTOCOMPLETE_ON, Form::AUTOCOMPLETE_OFF],
         "cols"           => [20, 10],
@@ -45,4 +44,30 @@ protected function factory() : HtmlElement
         "rows"           => [5, 10],
         "wrap"           => [Textarea::WRAP_SOFT, Textarea::WRAP_HARD],
     ];
+
+    /**
+     * Special handling for text area value (that is written as element content, not value attribute)
+     *
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function testValue()
+    {
+        $values = [
+            "simple text",
+            "text with\n\nnewlines\n",
+            "text with <pre>html</pre> which must be escaped\nand a newline\nand a <textarea>textarea</textarea> element",
+        ];
+
+        $element = $this->factory();
+
+        foreach ($values as $value) {
+            $this->assertSame($element, $element->setValue($value));
+            $this->assertTrue($element->hasValue());
+            $this->assertSame($value, $element->getValue());
+
+            $parsed = \DOMDocument::loadHtml($element->render());
+            $dom = $parsed->getElementsByTagName($element::TAG)[0];
+            $this->assertEquals($value, $dom->nodeValue);
+        }
+    }
 }