diff --git a/renderdoc/core/remote_server.cpp b/renderdoc/core/remote_server.cpp
index 5580f87a0..bcd81f641 100644
--- a/renderdoc/core/remote_server.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/core/remote_server.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ RDOC_DEBUG_CONFIG(bool, RemoteServer_DebugLogging, false,
                   "traffic to and from the remote server.");
 
 static const uint32_t RemoteServerProtocolVersion =
-    uint32_t(RENDERDOC_VERSION_MAJOR * 1000) | RENDERDOC_VERSION_MINOR;
+    uint32_t(RENDERDOC_VERSION_MAJOR * 1000) + RENDERDOC_VERSION_MINOR;
 
 enum RemoteServerPacket
 {