diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-shopify/Dockerfile b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-shopify/Dockerfile
index edb7ac03c3b0f..1e7a6898795cd 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-shopify/Dockerfile
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-shopify/Dockerfile
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ COPY source_shopify ./source_shopify
 ENV AIRBYTE_ENTRYPOINT "python /airbyte/integration_code/main.py"
 ENTRYPOINT ["python", "/airbyte/integration_code/main.py"]
 
-LABEL io.airbyte.version=0.1.37
+LABEL io.airbyte.version=0.1.38
 LABEL io.airbyte.name=airbyte/source-shopify
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-shopify/source_shopify/source.py b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-shopify/source_shopify/source.py
index 34e6c2ebdaef5..64a296dd3219e 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-shopify/source_shopify/source.py
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-shopify/source_shopify/source.py
@@ -129,7 +129,9 @@ def filter_records_newer_than_state(self, stream_state: Mapping[str, Any] = None
         # Getting records >= state
         if stream_state:
             for record in records_slice:
-                if record.get(self.cursor_field, "") >= stream_state.get(self.cursor_field):
+                if record.get(self.cursor_field, "1970-01-01T00:00:00+00:00") >= stream_state.get(
+                    self.cursor_field, "1970-01-01T00:00:00+00:00"
+                ):
                     yield record
         else:
             yield from records_slice
diff --git a/docs/integrations/sources/shopify.md b/docs/integrations/sources/shopify.md
index 5e9a78a8625e2..cd2bfed1e75cd 100644
--- a/docs/integrations/sources/shopify.md
+++ b/docs/integrations/sources/shopify.md
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ This is expected when the connector hits the 429 - Rate Limit Exceeded HTTP Erro
 
 | Version | Date | Pull Request | Subject |
 |:--------| :--- | :--- | :--- |
+| 0.1.38  | 2022-05-25 | [13163](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/13163) | Fix inconsistent comparison |
 | 0.1.37  | 2022-04-30 | [12500](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/12500) | Improve input configuration copy                                                             |
 | 0.1.36  | 2022-03-22 | [9850](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/9850) | Added `BalanceTransactions` stream |
 | 0.1.35  | 2022-03-07 | [10915](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/10915) | Fix a bug which caused `full-refresh` syncs of child REST entities configured for `incremental` |