diff --git a/platform/qt/src/utils/conversion.hpp b/platform/qt/src/utils/conversion.hpp
index f71a333ecd2..f1fbe1d66b9 100644
--- a/platform/qt/src/utils/conversion.hpp
+++ b/platform/qt/src/utils/conversion.hpp
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ class ConversionTraits<QVariant> {
 
     static bool isArray(const QVariant& value) {
 #if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 0, 0)
+        if (value.typeId() == QMetaType::QString) {
+            // QString is convertible to a QChar list, which we don't want
+            return false;
+        }
         return QMetaType::canConvert(value.metaType(), QMetaType(QMetaType::QVariantList));
 #else
         return value.canConvert(QVariant::List);