Weavite "ContainsAny" Filter returns error about weaviate HOT 1 OPEN

Facing a similar issue:

languages = ['english', 'german', 'french']
path = 'language'
where_filter = {
    "path": [path],
    "operator": "ContainsAny",
    "valueText": languages
}
response = (
    client
    .query
    .get(collection, ['title', 'author', 'language'])
    .with_where(where_filter)
    .with_limit(limit)
    # .build()
    .do()
)

If I build the query, I can see the issue is that ValueText isn't an array:
'{Get{Books(where: {path: ["language"] operator: ContainsAny valueText: "['english', 'german', 'french']"} limit: 10 ){title author language}}}'

Error is:
value type should be []string but is string'

import weaviate
print(weaviate.version) -> unknown version

In terminal:
pip list | grep weaviate -> weaviate-client 3.22.1

Update: Issue persists even after updating to 3.26.2

from weaviate.