diff --git a/pkg/expr/mathexp/types.go b/pkg/expr/mathexp/types.go
index ba9115c7443..8317f97c5bd 100644
--- a/pkg/expr/mathexp/types.go
+++ b/pkg/expr/mathexp/types.go
@@ -88,7 +88,10 @@ func (s Scalar) AsDataFrame() *data.Frame { return s.Frame }
 func NewScalar(name string, f *float64) Scalar {
 	frame := data.NewFrame("",
 		data.NewField(name, nil, []*float64{f}),
-	)
+	).SetMeta(&data.FrameMeta{
+		Type:        data.FrameTypeNumericMulti,
+		TypeVersion: data.FrameTypeVersion{0, 1},
+	})
 	return Scalar{frame}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/tests/api/alerting/api_alertmanager_test.go b/pkg/tests/api/alerting/api_alertmanager_test.go
index c24a18f2411..040b80ffcec 100644
--- a/pkg/tests/api/alerting/api_alertmanager_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tests/api/alerting/api_alertmanager_test.go
@@ -2419,7 +2419,11 @@ func TestIntegrationEval(t *testing.T) {
 								"nullable": true
 							  }
 							}
-						  ]
+						  ],
+						  "meta": {
+						    "type": "numeric-multi",
+							"typeVersion": [0, 1]
+						  }
 						},
 						"data": {
 						  "values": [
@@ -2477,7 +2481,11 @@ func TestIntegrationEval(t *testing.T) {
 								"nullable": true
 							  }
 							}
-						  ]
+						  ],
+						  "meta": {
+						    "type": "numeric-multi",
+							"typeVersion": [0, 1]
+						  }
 						},
 						"data": {
 						  "values": [
@@ -2568,7 +2576,11 @@ func TestIntegrationEval(t *testing.T) {
 								"nullable": true
 							  }
 							}
-						  ]
+						  ],
+						  "meta": {
+						    "type": "numeric-multi",
+							"typeVersion": [0, 1]
+						  }
 						},
 						"data": {
 						  "values": [