diff --git a/src/hermes/commands/harvest/cff.py b/src/hermes/commands/harvest/cff.py
index 4cc879b0..e333b27c 100644
--- a/src/hermes/commands/harvest/cff.py
+++ b/src/hermes/commands/harvest/cff.py
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ def __call__(self, command: HermesHarvestCommand) -> t.Tuple[t.Dict, t.Dict]:
 
         # Validate the content to be correct CFF
         cff_dict = self._load_cff_from_file(cff_data)
+
         if command.settings.cff.enable_validation and not self._validate(cff_file, cff_dict):
             raise HermesValidationError(cff_file)
 
@@ -54,6 +55,8 @@ def __call__(self, command: HermesHarvestCommand) -> t.Tuple[t.Dict, t.Dict]:
         codemeta_dict = self._convert_cff_to_codemeta(cff_data)
         # TODO Replace the following temp patch for #112 once there is a new cffconvert version with cffconvert#309
         codemeta_dict = self._patch_author_emails(cff_dict, codemeta_dict)
+        if "version" in codemeta_dict:
+            codemeta_dict["version"] = str(codemeta_dict["version"])   # Convert Version to string
 
         return codemeta_dict, {'local_path': str(cff_file)}