diff --git a/src/library/basetracktablemodel.cpp b/src/library/basetracktablemodel.cpp
index 4255e906a807..126285638932 100644
--- a/src/library/basetracktablemodel.cpp
+++ b/src/library/basetracktablemodel.cpp
@@ -646,7 +646,11 @@ QVariant BaseTrackTableModel::roleValue(
         }
         case ColumnCache::COLUMN_LIBRARYTABLE_LAST_PLAYED_AT: {
             QDateTime lastPlayedAt;
+#if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 0, 0)
+            if (rawValue.metaType().id() == QMetaType::QString) {
+#else
             if (rawValue.type() == QVariant::String) {
+#endif
                 // column value
                 lastPlayedAt = mixxx::sqlite::readGeneratedTimestamp(rawValue);
             } else {