diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 79cd2c4..1ff1e75 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 * Feat: SCP: Secret Laboratory (2020) - Added support (#715, thanks @Draakoor)
 * Fix: Farming Simulator handle possible missing mod attribute (By @yellowfromseegg #723)
 * Fix: BeamMP would not match on given port (#730)
+* Fix: version field would sometimes be a Number type (#735)
 
 ## 5.3.1
 * Fix: HTTP requests would end up making more retries than needed due to got's internal retry mechanism (#690, thanks @RattleSN4K3)
diff --git a/protocols/core.js b/protocols/core.js
index fd92fac..5a874cd 100644
--- a/protocols/core.js
+++ b/protocols/core.js
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ export default class Core extends EventEmitter {
     state.name = (state.name || '').trim()
     state.connect = state.connect || `${state.gameHost || options.host || options.address}:${state.gamePort || options.port}`
     state.ping = this.shortestRTT
+    state.version = String(state.version) // #734 - we should eventually do this for the entire query schema
 
     delete state.gameHost
     delete state.gamePort