diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f43f547e1..d5d16add3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-03-31 Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
+
+	* Source/NSKeyedArchiver.m: Encode archive version as a number rather
+	than a string.
+
 2004-03-30  Willem Rein Oudshoorn  <Wim.Oudshoorn@agilisys.com>
 
 	* Source/NSNotificationCenter.m ([-removeObserver:]): Do not raise an exception
diff --git a/Source/NSKeyedArchiver.m b/Source/NSKeyedArchiver.m
index b31d6c420..240450979 100644
--- a/Source/NSKeyedArchiver.m
+++ b/Source/NSKeyedArchiver.m
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ static NSDictionary *makeReference(unsigned ref)
 
   final = [NSMutableDictionary new];
   [final setObject: NSStringFromClass([self class]) forKey: @"$archiver"];
-  [final setObject: @"100000" forKey: @"$version"];
+  [final setObject: [NSNumber numberWithInt: 100000] forKey: @"$version"];
   [final setObject: _enc forKey: @"$top"];
   [final setObject: _obj forKey: @"$objects"];
   data = [NSPropertyListSerialization dataFromPropertyList: final