diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/fix_attribute_type.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/fix_attribute_type.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..92fc370dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/fix_attribute_type.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - Fix attribute types from string to str in filter plugins.
diff --git a/plugins/filter/parse_cli.py b/plugins/filter/parse_cli.py
index c334a8d40..d9a3bb675 100644
--- a/plugins/filter/parse_cli.py
+++ b/plugins/filter/parse_cli.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
       It defines how to parse the CLI output and return JSON data.
     - For example C(cli_data | ansible.netcommon.parse_cli(template.yml)),
       in this case C(cli_data) represents cli output.
-    type: string
+    type: str
 """
 
 EXAMPLES = r"""
diff --git a/plugins/filter/parse_xml.py b/plugins/filter/parse_xml.py
index 78e45cfe8..0932971c7 100644
--- a/plugins/filter/parse_xml.py
+++ b/plugins/filter/parse_xml.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
       It defines how to parse the XML output and return JSON data.
     - For example C(xml_data | ansible.netcommon.parse_xml(template.yml)),
       in this case C(xml_data) represents xml data option.
-    type: string
+    type: str
 """
 
 EXAMPLES = r"""
diff --git a/plugins/filter/vlan_expander.py b/plugins/filter/vlan_expander.py
index b279564eb..359779916 100644
--- a/plugins/filter/vlan_expander.py
+++ b/plugins/filter/vlan_expander.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   data:
     description:
     - This option represents a string containing the range of vlans.
-    type: string
+    type: str
     required: True
 """