diff --git a/src/base/search/searchpluginmanager.cpp b/src/base/search/searchpluginmanager.cpp
index e3d10bdd3..b2c72de02 100644
--- a/src/base/search/searchpluginmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/base/search/searchpluginmanager.cpp
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ void SearchPluginManager::installPlugin_impl(const QString &name, const Path &pa
     const PluginInfo *plugin = pluginInfo(name);
     if (plugin && !(plugin->version < newVersion))
     {
-        LogMsg(tr("Plugin already at version %1, which is greater than %2").arg(plugin->version, newVersion), Log::INFO);
+        LogMsg(tr("Plugin already at version %1, which is greater than %2").arg(plugin->version.toString(), newVersion.toString()), Log::INFO);
         emit pluginUpdateFailed(name, tr("A more recent version of this plugin is already installed."));
         return;
     }
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ void SearchPluginManager::parseVersionInfo(const QByteArray &info)
         ++numCorrectData;
         if (isUpdateNeeded(pluginName, version))
         {
-            LogMsg(tr("Plugin \"%1\" is outdated, updating to version %2").arg(pluginName, version), Log::INFO);
+            LogMsg(tr("Plugin \"%1\" is outdated, updating to version %2").arg(pluginName, version.toString()), Log::INFO);
             updateInfo[pluginName] = version;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/base/utils/foreignapps.cpp b/src/base/utils/foreignapps.cpp
index 13f96a7e1..2af79ca15 100644
--- a/src/base/utils/foreignapps.cpp
+++ b/src/base/utils/foreignapps.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ namespace
             }
 
             LogMsg(QCoreApplication::translate("Utils::ForeignApps", "Python detected, executable name: '%1', version: %2")
-                .arg(info.executableName, info.version), Log::INFO);
+                .arg(info.executableName, info.version.toString()), Log::INFO);
             return true;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/base/utils/version.h b/src/base/utils/version.h
index 9dd24cfe2..b9034c5a5 100644
--- a/src/base/utils/version.h
+++ b/src/base/utils/version.h
@@ -35,11 +35,12 @@
 
 #include "base/exceptions.h"
 #include "base/global.h"
+#include "base/interfaces/istringable.h"
 
 namespace Utils
 {
     template <typename T, std::size_t N, std::size_t Mandatory = N>
-    class Version
+    class Version final : public IStringable
     {
         static_assert(N > 0, "The number of version components may not be smaller than 1");
         static_assert(N >= Mandatory,
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ namespace Utils
             return m_components.at(i);
         }
 
-        operator QString() const
+        QString toString() const override
         {
             // find the last one non-zero component
             std::size_t lastSignificantIndex = N - 1;
diff --git a/src/gui/mainwindow.cpp b/src/gui/mainwindow.cpp
index 5a44222e9..18cd09ec0 100644
--- a/src/gui/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -1892,14 +1892,14 @@ void MainWindow::on_actionSearchWidget_triggered()
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
             const QMessageBox::StandardButton buttonPressed = QMessageBox::question(this, tr("Old Python Runtime")
                 , tr("Your Python version (%1) is outdated. Minimum requirement: %2.\nDo you want to install a newer version now?")
-                    .arg(pyInfo.version, QLatin1String("3.5.0"))
+                    .arg(pyInfo.version.toString(), u"3.5.0")
                 , (QMessageBox::Yes | QMessageBox::No), QMessageBox::Yes);
             if (buttonPressed == QMessageBox::Yes)
                 installPython();
 #else
             QMessageBox::information(this, tr("Old Python Runtime")
                 , tr("Your Python version (%1) is outdated. Please upgrade to latest version for search engines to work.\nMinimum requirement: %2.")
-                .arg(pyInfo.version, QLatin1String("3.5.0")));
+                .arg(pyInfo.version.toString(), u"3.5.0"));
 #endif
             return;
         }
diff --git a/src/gui/search/pluginselectdialog.cpp b/src/gui/search/pluginselectdialog.cpp
index 0be305a15..ca8b68862 100644
--- a/src/gui/search/pluginselectdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/search/pluginselectdialog.cpp
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ void PluginSelectDialog::addNewPlugin(const QString &pluginName)
                     DownloadRequest(plugin->url + u"/favicon.ico").saveToFile(true)
                     , this, &PluginSelectDialog::iconDownloadFinished);
     }
-    item->setText(PLUGIN_VERSION, plugin->version);
+    item->setText(PLUGIN_VERSION, plugin->version.toString());
 }
 
 void PluginSelectDialog::startAsyncOp()
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ void PluginSelectDialog::pluginUpdated(const QString &name)
     finishAsyncOp();
     PluginVersion version = m_pluginManager->pluginInfo(name)->version;
     QTreeWidgetItem *item = findItemWithID(name);
-    item->setText(PLUGIN_VERSION, version);
+    item->setText(PLUGIN_VERSION, version.toString());
     m_updatedPlugins.append(name);
     finishPluginUpdate();
 }
diff --git a/src/webui/api/appcontroller.cpp b/src/webui/api/appcontroller.cpp
index 13112210b..fee2fea95 100644
--- a/src/webui/api/appcontroller.cpp
+++ b/src/webui/api/appcontroller.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 
 void AppController::webapiVersionAction()
 {
-    setResult(static_cast<QString>(API_VERSION));
+    setResult(API_VERSION.toString());
 }
 
 void AppController::versionAction()
diff --git a/src/webui/api/searchcontroller.cpp b/src/webui/api/searchcontroller.cpp
index 7f130ea3b..5e4c085f1 100644
--- a/src/webui/api/searchcontroller.cpp
+++ b/src/webui/api/searchcontroller.cpp
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ QJsonArray SearchController::getPluginsInfo(const QStringList &plugins) const
         pluginsArray << QJsonObject
         {
             {u"name"_qs, pluginInfo->name},
-            {u"version"_qs, QString(pluginInfo->version)},
+            {u"version"_qs, pluginInfo->version.toString()},
             {u"fullName"_qs, pluginInfo->fullName},
             {u"url"_qs, pluginInfo->url},
             {u"supportedCategories"_qs, getPluginCategories(pluginInfo->supportedCategories)},