diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
index cc6352250..ee1049a45 100644
--- a/__init__.py
+++ b/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "name": "Frontier's Cobra Engine Formats",
     "author": "Harlequinz Ego, HENDRIX et al.",
     "blender": (4, 0, 0),
-    "version": (2024, 12, 8),
+    "version": (2024, 12, 9),
     "location": "File > Import-Export",
     "description": "Import-Export models, skeletons and animations",
     "warning": "",
diff --git a/__version__.py b/__version__.py
index af8821c70..765603c43 100644
--- a/__version__.py
+++ b/__version__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # this file is auto-generated by the pre-commit hook increment_version.py
-VERSION = "2024.12.08"
-COMMIT_HASH = "5fbd4571f"
-COMMIT_TIME = "Sun Dec 8 20:05:06 2024 +0100"
+VERSION = "2024.12.09"
+COMMIT_HASH = "1b5753f1e"
+COMMIT_TIME = "Mon Dec 9 14:51:49 2024 +0100"
diff --git a/constants/converter.py b/constants/converter.py
index f750eeb17..c1de91708 100644
--- a/constants/converter.py
+++ b/constants/converter.py
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ def write_mimes_dict(out_fp, mimes):
 	with open(out_fp, "w") as f:
 		f.write(f"from constants import Mime\n\n")
 		f.write("mimes = {\n")
-		f.write(",\n".join(f"\t\"{k}\": {v}" for k, v in sorted(mimes.items())))
+		# for np 2.0, cast scalars to str manually
+		f.write(",\n".join(f"\t\"{k}\": {str(v)}" for k, v in sorted(mimes.items())))
 		f.write("\n}\n")
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9b21db151..122fa9878 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "cobra-tools"
-version = "2024.12.08"
+version = "2024.12.09"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }
 requires-python = "==3.11.*"