diff --git a/plugins/edsm.py b/plugins/edsm.py
index e61fa5ab..0c0ec3db 100644
--- a/plugins/edsm.py
+++ b/plugins/edsm.py
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ def worker() -> None:
                         'commanderName': username.encode('utf-8'),
                         'apiKey': apikey,
                         'fromSoftware': applongname,
-                        'fromSoftwareVersion': appversion(),
+                        'fromSoftwareVersion': str(appversion()),
                         'message': json.dumps(pending, ensure_ascii=False).encode('utf-8'),
                     }
 
diff --git a/plugins/inara.py b/plugins/inara.py
index c7333b0a..fcb5c86f 100644
--- a/plugins/inara.py
+++ b/plugins/inara.py
@@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@ def new_worker():
             data = {
                 'header': {
                     'appName': applongname,
-                    'appVersion': appversion(),
+                    'appVersion': str(appversion()),
                     'APIkey': creds.api_key,
                     'commanderName': creds.cmdr,
                     'commanderFrontierID': creds.fid