diff --git a/snippets/xml.json b/snippets/xml.json
index d4b9a75..46f5de8 100644
--- a/snippets/xml.json
+++ b/snippets/xml.json
@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@
     "odoo_data": {
         "prefix": "odata",
         "body": [
+            "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>",
             "<odoo>",
             "\t<data noupdate=\"${1:1}\"/>",
             "\t\t<!-- Add you code here -->",