diff --git a/src/ArrayToXml.php b/src/ArrayToXml.php
index 7853eef..9e0fde0 100644
--- a/src/ArrayToXml.php
+++ b/src/ArrayToXml.php
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ protected function createRootElement(string|array $rootElement): DOMElement
                 continue;
             }
 
-            $this->addAttributes($element, $rootElement[$key]);
+            $this->addAttributes($element, $value);
         }
 
         return $element;