diff --git a/.changes/wry-activity.md b/.changes/wry-activity.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e89c40984
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/wry-activity.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"wry": patch
+---
+
+Fixed an issue that could cause `Return type mismatch: expected 'kotlin.String', actual 'kotlin.String?'` errors.
diff --git a/src/android/kotlin/WryActivity.kt b/src/android/kotlin/WryActivity.kt
index 3b3013502..58b355d85 100644
--- a/src/android/kotlin/WryActivity.kt
+++ b/src/android/kotlin/WryActivity.kt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ abstract class WryActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
             try {
                 @Suppress("DEPRECATION")
                 val info = packageManager.getPackageInfo(webViewPackage, 0)
-                return info.versionName
+                return info.versionName.toString()
             } catch (ex: Exception) {
                 Logger.warn("Unable to get package info for '$webViewPackage'$ex")
             }
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ abstract class WryActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
             try {
                 @Suppress("DEPRECATION")
                 val info = packageManager.getPackageInfo("com.android.webview", 0)
-                return info.versionName
+                return info.versionName.toString()
             } catch (ex: Exception) {
                 Logger.warn("Unable to get package info for 'com.android.webview'$ex")
             }