diff --git a/REFERENCE.md b/REFERENCE.md
index 4352dd43..f5d739e2 100644
--- a/REFERENCE.md
+++ b/REFERENCE.md
@@ -1212,5 +1212,14 @@ Alias of `Pattern[/^(<|>|<=|>=|==) [0-9]*(\.[0-9]+)*$/, /\Alatest\Z/]`
 
 Match all valid versions for python
 
-Alias of `Pattern[/\A(python)?[0-9](\.?[0-9])*/, /\Apypy\Z/, /\Asystem\Z/, /\Arh-python[0-9]{2}(?:-python)?\Z/]`
+Alias of
+
+```puppet
+Variant[Integer, Pattern[
+    /\A(python)?[0-9](\.?[0-9])*/,
+    /\Apypy\Z/,
+    /\Asystem\Z/,
+    /\Arh-python[0-9]{2}(?:-python)?\Z/
+  ]]
+```
 
diff --git a/types/version.pp b/types/version.pp
index 5bbcaaa8..075d3587 100644
--- a/types/version.pp
+++ b/types/version.pp
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 # @summary Match all valid versions for python
 #
-type Python::Version = Pattern[
-  /\A(python)?[0-9](\.?[0-9])*/,
-  /\Apypy\Z/,
-  /\Asystem\Z/,
-  /\Arh-python[0-9]{2}(?:-python)?\Z/
+type Python::Version = Variant[Integer,
+  Pattern[
+    /\A(python)?[0-9](\.?[0-9])*/,
+    /\Apypy\Z/,
+    /\Asystem\Z/,
+    /\Arh-python[0-9]{2}(?:-python)?\Z/
+  ]
 ]