diff --git a/bgpd/bgp_route.c b/bgpd/bgp_route.c
index 72e798a7e2c9..5feda7183739 100644
--- a/bgpd/bgp_route.c
+++ b/bgpd/bgp_route.c
@@ -12318,8 +12318,7 @@ void route_vty_out_detail_header(struct vty *vty, struct bgp *bgp,
 		} else {
 			if (incremental_print) {
 				vty_out(vty, "\"prefix\": \"%pFX\",\n", p);
-				vty_out(vty, "\"version\": \"%" PRIu64 "\",",
-					dest->version);
+				vty_out(vty, "\"version\": %" PRIu64 ",", dest->version);
 			} else {
 				json_object_string_addf(json, "prefix", "%pFX",
 							p);