diff --git a/dvc/analytics.py b/dvc/analytics.py
index 2d0d328e7..4a4a4060b 100644
--- a/dvc/analytics.py
+++ b/dvc/analytics.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from dvc.lock import Lock, LockError
 from dvc.repo import Repo
 from dvc.scm import SCM
 from dvc.utils import env2bool, is_binary, makedirs
-from dvc.utils.compat import str, FileNotFoundError, fspath_py35
+from dvc.utils.compat import builtin_str, str, FileNotFoundError, fspath_py35
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ report_schema = Schema(
     {
         "cmd_class": Any(str, None),
         "cmd_return_code": Any(int, None),
-        "dvc_version": str,
+        "dvc_version": Any(builtin_str, str),
         "is_binary": bool,
         "scm_class": Any("Git", None),
-        "user_id": str,
+        "user_id": Any(builtin_str, str),
         "system_info": dict,
     }
 )
diff --git a/dvc/lock.py b/dvc/lock.py
index 1f3df8ebb..d4925e963 100644
--- a/dvc/lock.py
+++ b/dvc/lock.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from funcy.py3 import lkeep
 
 from dvc.exceptions import DvcException
 from dvc.utils import makedirs
-from dvc.utils.compat import is_py3, str, fspath
+from dvc.utils.compat import is_py3, fspath
 
 
 DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 5
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_analytics.py b/tests/unit/test_analytics.py
index 953a681a3..e62c6e7b5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_analytics.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_analytics.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import pytest
 import mock
 
 from dvc import analytics
-from dvc.utils.compat import builtin_str, str
+from dvc.utils.compat import str
 
 
 @pytest.fixture