using System.Xml.Serialization;
[XmlType(typeName: "int")]
public class ValueContainer
public static void Main()
var ov = new XmlAttributeOverrides();
ov.Add(typeof(MyEnum), nameof(MyEnum.One), new XmlAttributes { XmlEnum = new XmlEnumAttribute("0") });
var newSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(ValueContainer), ov, new[] { typeof(MyEnum) }, null, null);
var instance = new ValueContainer();
instance.Value = MyEnum.One;
var memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
newSerializer.Serialize(memoryStream, instance);
var str = Encoding.Default.GetString(memoryStream.ToArray());