diff --git a/libs/checkpoint-sqlite/langgraph/checkpoint/sqlite/__init__.py b/libs/checkpoint-sqlite/langgraph/checkpoint/sqlite/__init__.py
index 215c84206..25d823c86 100644
--- a/libs/checkpoint-sqlite/langgraph/checkpoint/sqlite/__init__.py
+++ b/libs/checkpoint-sqlite/langgraph/checkpoint/sqlite/__init__.py
@@ -510,6 +510,8 @@ def get_next_version(self, current: Optional[str], channel: ChannelProtocol) ->
         """
         if current is None:
             current_v = 0
+        elif isinstance(current, int):
+            current_v = current
         else:
             current_v = int(current.split(".")[0])
         next_v = current_v + 1
diff --git a/libs/checkpoint-sqlite/langgraph/checkpoint/sqlite/aio.py b/libs/checkpoint-sqlite/langgraph/checkpoint/sqlite/aio.py
index 0e3ab0ecb..73bc3ef02 100644
--- a/libs/checkpoint-sqlite/langgraph/checkpoint/sqlite/aio.py
+++ b/libs/checkpoint-sqlite/langgraph/checkpoint/sqlite/aio.py
@@ -515,6 +515,8 @@ def get_next_version(self, current: Optional[str], channel: ChannelProtocol) ->
         """
         if current is None:
             current_v = 0
+        elif isinstance(current, int):
+            current_v = current
         else:
             current_v = int(current.split(".")[0])
         next_v = current_v + 1