diff --git a/contrib/pyln-client/pyln/client/lightning.py b/contrib/pyln-client/pyln/client/lightning.py
index 63b15bac29d3..f2239bf638d8 100644
--- a/contrib/pyln-client/pyln/client/lightning.py
+++ b/contrib/pyln-client/pyln/client/lightning.py
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ def call(self, method, payload=None):
         # FIXME: we open a new socket for every readobj call...
         sock = UnixSocket(self.socket_path)
         self._writeobj(sock, {
+            "jsonrpc": "2.0",
             "method": method,
             "params": payload,
             "id": self.next_id,