diff --git a/excelize_test.go b/excelize_test.go
index 79010b1..4169983 100644
--- a/excelize_test.go
+++ b/excelize_test.go
@@ -1003,7 +1003,11 @@ func TestSharedStrings(t *testing.T) {
 	if !assert.NoError(t, err) {
 		t.FailNow()
 	}
-	f.GetRows("Sheet1")
+	rows, err := f.GetRows("Sheet1")
+	if !assert.NoError(t, err) {
+		t.FailNow()
+	}
+	assert.Equal(t, "A", rows[0][0])
 }
 
 func TestSetSheetRow(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/rows.go b/rows.go
index cb0e31f..220c233 100644
--- a/rows.go
+++ b/rows.go
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ func (f *File) Rows(sheet string) (*Rows, error) {
 		return nil, ErrSheetNotExist{sheet}
 	}
 	if xlsx != nil {
-		output, _ := xml.Marshal(f.Sheet[name])
-		f.saveFileList(name, replaceWorkSheetsRelationshipsNameSpaceBytes(output))
+		data := f.readXML(name)
+		f.saveFileList(name, replaceWorkSheetsRelationshipsNameSpaceBytes(namespaceStrictToTransitional(data)))
 	}
 	return &Rows{
 		f:    f,