diff --git a/authentik/root/settings.py b/authentik/root/settings.py
index 83764acc4..707fd9c10 100644
--- a/authentik/root/settings.py
+++ b/authentik/root/settings.py
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ if _ERROR_REPORTING:
     set_tag("authentik.build_hash", get_build_hash("tagged"))
     set_tag("authentik.env", env)
     set_tag("authentik.component", "backend")
-    set_tag("authentik.uuid", sha512(SECRET_KEY.encode("ascii")).hexdigest()[:16])
+    set_tag("authentik.uuid", sha512(str(SECRET_KEY).encode("ascii")).hexdigest()[:16])
     j_print(
         "Error reporting is enabled",
         env=CONFIG.y("error_reporting.environment", "customer"),
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ if not CONFIG.y_bool("disable_startup_analytics", False):
                     ),
                 },
                 headers={
-                    "User-Agent": sha512(SECRET_KEY.encode("ascii")).hexdigest()[:16],
+                    "User-Agent": sha512(str(SECRET_KEY).encode("ascii")).hexdigest()[:16],
                     "Content-Type": "application/json",
                 },
                 timeout=5,