diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1c494773..54a7892e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ For **1.x** release notes, please see [v1.x/CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/aws
 * **[#1109](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/1109) Add support for stream ARNs**
 * **[#1065](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/1065) Allow tags to be added when lease table is created**
 * [#1094](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/1094) Code cleanup to introduce better testing
-* [#1088](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/1088) Minimize race in PSSM to optimize shard sync calls 
+* [#1088](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/1088) Minimize race in PSSM to optimize shard sync calls
 * [#1086](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/1086) Add additional SingleStreamTracker constructor with stream position parameter
 * [#1084](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/1084) More consistent testing behavior with restartAfterRequestTimerExpires
 * [#1066](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/1066) More consistent testing behavior with HashRangesAreAlwaysComplete
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/RetrievalConfig.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/RetrievalConfig.java
index 9e9332b3..a75fb377 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/RetrievalConfig.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/RetrievalConfig.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class RetrievalConfig {
      */
     public static final String KINESIS_CLIENT_LIB_USER_AGENT = "amazon-kinesis-client-library-java";
 
-    public static final String KINESIS_CLIENT_LIB_USER_AGENT_VERSION = 2.5.0;
+    public static final String KINESIS_CLIENT_LIB_USER_AGENT_VERSION = "2.5.0";
 
     /**
      * Client used to make calls to Kinesis for records retrieval