diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f7ccc711d..6b87a52b8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ DFHack future
   Workflow plugin:
     - properly considers minecarts assigned to routes busy.
     - code for deducing job outputs rewritten in lua for flexibility.
+    - logic fix: collecting webs produces silk, and ungathered webs are not thread.
 
 DFHack v0.34.11-r2
 
diff --git a/library/xml b/library/xml
index ee38c5446..4a6903dc9 160000
--- a/library/xml
+++ b/library/xml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit ee38c5446e527edcdc9d8c3e23a4ae138d213546
+Subproject commit 4a6903dc9b8d4cd21c5c5d74df4e9f74a4dd58dd
diff --git a/plugins/workflow.cpp b/plugins/workflow.cpp
index ca8388413..d46daed44 100644
--- a/plugins/workflow.cpp
+++ b/plugins/workflow.cpp
@@ -1055,6 +1055,8 @@ static void map_job_items(color_ostream &out)
             break;
 
         case item_type::THREAD:
+            if (item->flags.bits.spider_web)
+                continue;
             if (item->getTotalDimension() < 15000)
                 is_invalid = true;
             break;