diff --git a/ckanext/harvester_data_qld_geoscience/geoscience_dataset.json b/ckanext/harvester_data_qld_geoscience/geoscience_dataset.json
index a5f4bda..5c4f5c7 100644
--- a/ckanext/harvester_data_qld_geoscience/geoscience_dataset.json
+++ b/ckanext/harvester_data_qld_geoscience/geoscience_dataset.json
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     {
       "field_name": "version",
       "label": "Version",
-      "validators": "scheming_required unicode package_version_validator",
+      "validators": "scheming_required unicode_safe package_version_validator",
       "form_placeholder": "1.0",
       "required": true
     },