diff --git a/tests/metadata.TestCase b/tests/metadata.TestCase
index 343d2b1c..52f1bf6e 100755
--- a/tests/metadata.TestCase
+++ b/tests/metadata.TestCase
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ class MetadataTest(unittest.TestCase):
         app.UpdateCheckMode = 'Tags'
         build = fdroidserver.metadata.Build()
         build.versionName = 'Unknown'  # taken from fdroidserver/import.py
-        build.versionCode = '0'  # taken from fdroidserver/import.py
+        build.versionCode = 0  # taken from fdroidserver/import.py
         build.disable = 'Generated by import.py ...'
         build.commit = 'Unknown'
         build.gradle = ['yes']