1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/luarocks/cmd/write_rockspec.lua b/src/luarocks/cmd/write_rockspec.lua
index 4a8a997e..aad91910 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/cmd/write_rockspec.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/cmd/write_rockspec.lua
@@ -220,6 +220,13 @@ local function rockspec_cleanup(rockspec)
          rockspec[list] = nil
       end
    end
+   for _, list in ipairs({"dependencies", "build_dependencies", "test_dependencies"}) do
+      if rockspec[list] then
+         for i, entry in ipairs(rockspec[list]) do
+            rockspec[list][i] = tostring(entry)
+         end
+      end
+   end
 end
 
 function write_rockspec.command(flags, name, version, url_or_dir)