diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/XsiNilBasicTest.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/XsiNilBasicTest.java
index 50a32dd7..9a385feb 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/XsiNilBasicTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/XsiNilBasicTest.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectReader;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.XmlMapper;
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ public class XsiNilBasicTest extends XmlTestUtil
 {
     private final static String XSI_NS_DECL = "xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance'";
 
-    protected static class DoubleWrapper {
+    public static class DoubleWrapper {
         public Double d;
 
         public DoubleWrapper() { }
@@ -22,14 +23,17 @@ public DoubleWrapper(Double value) {
         }
     }
 
-    protected static class DoubleWrapper2 {
+    public static class DoubleWrapper2 {
         public Double a = 100.0; // init to ensure it gets overwritten
         public Double b = 200.0;
 
         public DoubleWrapper2() { }
     }
 
-    private final XmlMapper MAPPER = newMapper();
+    // 30-Jan-2025, tatu: To tease out [dataformat-xml#714] let's do this:
+    private final XmlMapper MAPPER = mapperBuilder()
+            .enable(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_TRAILING_TOKENS)
+            .build();
 
     @Test
     public void testWithDoubleAsNull() throws Exception
@@ -94,6 +98,8 @@ public void testWithDoubleAsMixed() throws Exception
         assertEquals(defaultValue.b, bean.b);
     }
 
+    // [dataformat-xml#714]: trailing END_OBJECT
+    /*
     @Test
     public void testRootPojoAsNull() throws Exception
     {
@@ -102,6 +108,7 @@ public void testRootPojoAsNull() throws Exception
                 Point.class);
         assertNull(bean);
     }
+    */
 
     @Test
     public void testRootPojoAsNonNull() throws Exception
@@ -142,6 +149,8 @@ public void testDisableXsiNilLeafProcessing() throws Exception
 
     // [dataformat-xml#468]: Allow disabling xsi:nil special handling
 
+    // [dataformat-xml#714]: trailing END_OBJECT
+    /*
     @Test
     public void testDisableXsiNilRootProcessing() throws Exception
     {
@@ -153,10 +162,10 @@ public void testDisableXsiNilRootProcessing() throws Exception
 
         // 07-Jul-2021, tatu: Alas! 2.x sets format feature flags too late to
         //   affect root element (3.0 works correctly). So cannot test
-/*
+
         ObjectReader noXsiNilReader = r.without(FromXmlParser.Feature.PROCESS_XSI_NIL);
         assertEquals(a2q("{'nil':'true'}"),
                 noXsiNilReader.readValue(DOC).toString());
-                */
     }
+    */
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/tofix/XsiNilBasic714Test.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/tofix/XsiNilBasic714Test.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d7ac244a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/tofix/XsiNilBasic714Test.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.tofix;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectReader;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.XmlMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.XmlTestUtil;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.deser.FromXmlParser;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.testutil.failure.JacksonTestFailureExpected;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+public class XsiNilBasic714Test extends XmlTestUtil
+{
+    private final static String XSI_NS_DECL = "xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance'";
+
+    // 30-Jan-2025, tatu: To tease out [dataformat-xml#714] let's do this:
+    private final XmlMapper MAPPER = mapperBuilder()
+            .enable(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_TRAILING_TOKENS)
+            .build();
+
+    // [dataformat-xml#714]: trailing END_OBJECT
+    @JacksonTestFailureExpected
+    @Test
+    public void testRootPojoAsNull() throws Exception
+    {
+        Point bean = MAPPER.readValue(
+"<Point "+XSI_NS_DECL+" xsi:nil='true' />",
+                Point.class);
+        assertNull(bean);
+    }
+
+    // [dataformat-xml#468]: Allow disabling xsi:nil special handling
+
+    // [dataformat-xml#714]: trailing END_OBJECT
+    @JacksonTestFailureExpected
+    @Test
+    public void testDisableXsiNilRootProcessing() throws Exception
+    {
+        final ObjectReader r = MAPPER.readerFor(JsonNode.class);
+        final String DOC = "<Point "+XSI_NS_DECL+" xsi:nil='true'></Point>";
+
+        // with default processing:
+        assertEquals("null", r.readValue(DOC).toString());
+
+        // 07-Jul-2021, tatu: Alas! 2.x sets format feature flags too late to
+        //   affect root element (3.0 works correctly). So cannot test
+
+        ObjectReader noXsiNilReader = r.without(FromXmlParser.Feature.PROCESS_XSI_NIL);
+        assertEquals(a2q("{'nil':'true'}"),
+                noXsiNilReader.readValue(DOC).toString());
+    }
+}