diff --git a/OpenSSL/SSL.py b/OpenSSL/SSL.py
index 28e5199..8fefd8f 100644
--- a/OpenSSL/SSL.py
+++ b/OpenSSL/SSL.py
@@ -1889,11 +1889,11 @@
 
         :returns: The TLS version of the current connection, for example
             the value for TLS 1.2 would be 0x303.
-        :rtype: :py:class:`int`
+        :rtype: :py:class:`unicode`
         """
-        version = _lib.SSL_get_version(self._ssl)
-        return version
-	
+        version = _ffi.string(_lib.SSL_get_version(self._ssl))
+        return version.decode("utf-8")
+
 
     @_requires_npn
     def get_next_proto_negotiated(self):