diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 0b2132dc04..c0ec73c437 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+5.1.0-dev.204 | 2022-07-08 10:13:00 -0700
+
+  * Fix usage of broker::convert(double,timespan) (Tim Wojtulewicz, Corelight)
+
 5.1.0-dev.202 | 2022-07-08 09:55:35 -0700
 
   * Avoid calling safe_realloc unnecessarily from ODesc::Grow() (Tim Wojtulewicz, Corelight)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 13c63ade24..0509d20bd9 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.1.0-dev.202
+5.1.0-dev.204
diff --git a/src/broker/Manager.cc b/src/broker/Manager.cc
index 485dd41f57..a8bcd7e6f8 100644
--- a/src/broker/Manager.cc
+++ b/src/broker/Manager.cc
@@ -2050,9 +2050,9 @@ void Manager::PrepareForwarding(const std::string& name)
 
 void Manager::SetMetricsExportInterval(double value)
 	{
-	broker::timespan ts;
-	if ( broker::convert(value, ts) )
-		bstate->endpoint.metrics_exporter().set_interval(ts);
+	using dbl_seconds = std::chrono::duration<double>;
+	auto ts = std::chrono::duration_cast<broker::timespan>(dbl_seconds{value});
+	bstate->endpoint.metrics_exporter().set_interval(ts);
 	}
 
 void Manager::SetMetricsExportTopic(std::string value)