diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/languages/SwiftGenerator.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/languages/SwiftGenerator.java
index f67834c5540f..4f2bb6fa24b3 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/languages/SwiftGenerator.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/languages/SwiftGenerator.java
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public class SwiftGenerator extends DefaultCodegen implements CodegenConfig {
     typeMapping.put("float", "Float");
     typeMapping.put("number", "Double");
     typeMapping.put("double", "Double");
-    typeMapping.put("object", "AnyObject");
+    typeMapping.put("object", "String");
     typeMapping.put("file", "NSData");
 
     importMapping = new HashMap<String, String>();