diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/sbom-cve-check/files/0001-export_yocto-use-correct-type-for-the-version-attrib.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/sbom-cve-check/files/0001-export_yocto-use-correct-type-for-the-version-attrib.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..392f0b99ea7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/sbom-cve-check/files/0001-export_yocto-use-correct-type-for-the-version-attrib.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+From 1a5ae49c520d3569ed12f0c6373b4223d428f92b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Ross Burton <ross.burton@arm.com>
+Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 11:55:19 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] export_yocto: use correct type for the version attribute
+
+This should be a string, not an integer:
+
+https://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/tree/meta/classes/cve-check.bbclass?h=yocto-5.2.4#n235
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport
+Signed-off-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton@arm.com>
+---
+ src/sbom_cve_check/export/export_yocto.py | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/sbom_cve_check/export/export_yocto.py b/src/sbom_cve_check/export/export_yocto.py
+index c8261f4..78d72c0 100644
+--- a/src/sbom_cve_check/export/export_yocto.py
++++ b/src/sbom_cve_check/export/export_yocto.py
+@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class YoctoCveCheckExport(BaseExport):
+         :return: Generator context.
+         """
+         yield
+-        json_obj = {"version": 1, "package": self._packages}
++        json_obj = {"version": "1", "package": self._packages}
+         with self._open_output_as_text() as f:
+             json.dump(json_obj, f, indent=2)
+ 
+-- 
+2.43.0
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/sbom-cve-check/python3-sbom-cve-check_1.2.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/sbom-cve-check/python3-sbom-cve-check_1.2.0.bb
index 070e8789713..2a09d8ea4c3 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/sbom-cve-check/python3-sbom-cve-check_1.2.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/sbom-cve-check/python3-sbom-cve-check_1.2.0.bb
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=570a9b3749dd0463a1778803b12a6dce"
 PYPI_PACKAGE = "sbom_cve_check"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "0b01474c541fb4b9d29d36f86fae6d0f27ff2b991fcb59b2fbeb70c1eaa09664"
 
+SRC_URI += "file://0001-export_yocto-use-correct-type-for-the-version-attrib.patch"
+
 inherit pypi python_hatchling
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += " \