diff --git a/src/app/docs/[slug]/page.tsx b/src/app/docs/[slug]/page.tsx
index d70daa0217..d081267e35 100644
--- a/src/app/docs/[slug]/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/docs/[slug]/page.tsx
@@ -190,9 +190,13 @@ export default async function DocPage({ params }: { params: Promise<{ slug: stri
     }
     const fileContent = fs.readFileSync(sourceAbs, "utf8");
     const { content, data: frontmatter } = matter(fileContent);
-    pageTitle = (frontmatter.title as string) || item.title;
-    version = (frontmatter.version as string) || null;
-    lastUpdated = (frontmatter.lastUpdated as string) || null;
+    pageTitle = String(frontmatter.title || item.title);
+    version = frontmatter.version ? String(frontmatter.version) : null;
+    lastUpdated = frontmatter.lastUpdated
+      ? frontmatter.lastUpdated instanceof Date
+        ? frontmatter.lastUpdated.toISOString().slice(0, 10)
+        : String(frontmatter.lastUpdated)
+      : null;
     mermaidCharts = extractMermaidCharts(content);
     headings = extractHeadings(content);
     htmlContent = renderMarkdown(content);
diff --git a/tests/unit/docs-site-overhaul.test.ts b/tests/unit/docs-site-overhaul.test.ts
index 584c828268..bc551f7bc5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/docs-site-overhaul.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/docs-site-overhaul.test.ts
@@ -258,6 +258,53 @@ test("SEARCH_INDEX entries have non-empty content", () => {
   }
 });
 
+// ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Frontmatter type coercion (gray-matter parses
+// unquoted YAML dates as Date, numbers as Number)
+// ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test("gray-matter parses unquoted YAML date as Date object", async () => {
+  const matter = (await import("gray-matter")).default;
+  const { data } = matter("---\nlastUpdated: 2026-05-13\n---\nBody");
+  assert.ok(data.lastUpdated instanceof Date, "unquoted YAML date should be a Date instance");
+});
+
+test("gray-matter keeps semver-like version as string", async () => {
+  const matter = (await import("gray-matter")).default;
+  const { data } = matter("---\nversion: 3.8.0\n---\nBody");
+  assert.equal(typeof data.version, "string", "3.8.0 stays a string (two dots = not a number)");
+});
+
+test("gray-matter parses single-dot version as number", async () => {
+  const matter = (await import("gray-matter")).default;
+  const { data } = matter("---\nversion: 3.8\n---\nBody");
+  assert.equal(typeof data.version, "number", "3.8 is parsed as a float");
+});
+
+test("frontmatter Date coercion produces YYYY-MM-DD string", () => {
+  const d = new Date("2026-05-13T00:00:00.000Z");
+  const result = d instanceof Date ? d.toISOString().slice(0, 10) : String(d);
+  assert.equal(result, "2026-05-13");
+});
+
+test("frontmatter String() coercion handles number version", () => {
+  const version = 3.8;
+  const result = version ? String(version) : null;
+  assert.equal(result, "3.8");
+  assert.equal(typeof result, "string");
+});
+
+test("frontmatter falsy values fall back correctly", () => {
+  const title = String(undefined || "Fallback Title");
+  assert.equal(title, "Fallback Title");
+
+  const emptyTitle = String("" || "Fallback Title");
+  assert.equal(emptyTitle, "Fallback Title");
+
+  const version = null ? String(null) : null;
+  assert.equal(version, null);
+});
+
 // ──────────────────────────────────────────────
 // Mermaid extraction
 // ──────────────────────────────────────────────