diff --git a/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtLoader.java b/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtLoader.java
index 352645fc074..a93dbd76598 100644
--- a/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtLoader.java
+++ b/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtLoader.java
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ abstract class QtLoader {
         if (metadata == null || !metadata.containsKey(key))
             return "";
 
-        return metadata.getString(key);
+        return String.valueOf(metadata.get(key));
     }
 
     @SuppressLint("DiscouragedApi")