diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5fd5ffa57..8fbd83db1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 1. [](#bugfix)
     * Rework logic to pull out excluded files from pipeline more reliably [#2445](https://github.com/getgrav/grav/issues/2445)
     * Better logic in `Utils::normalizePath` to handle externals properly [#2216](https://github.com/getgrav/grav/issues/2216)
+    * Fix to force all `Page::taxonomy` to be treated as strings [#2446](https://github.com/getgrav/grav/issues/2446)
 
 # v1.6.3
 ## 04/12/2019
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Page.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Page.php
index def0bb526..7a4dae480 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Page.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Page.php
@@ -414,9 +414,7 @@ class Page implements PageInterface
                 $this->markdown_extra = (bool)$this->header->markdown_extra;
             }
             if (isset($this->header->taxonomy)) {
-                foreach ((array)$this->header->taxonomy as $taxonomy => $taxitems) {
-                    $this->taxonomy[$taxonomy] = (array)$taxitems;
-                }
+                $this->taxonomy($this->header->taxonomy);
             }
             if (isset($this->header->max_count)) {
                 $this->max_count = (int)$this->header->max_count;
@@ -2296,6 +2294,9 @@ class Page implements PageInterface
     public function taxonomy($var = null)
     {
         if ($var !== null) {
+            array_walk_recursive($var, function(&$value) {
+                $value = (string) $value;
+            });
             $this->taxonomy = $var;
         }