diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index e77d42255..88671c4bd 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: insight
 Title: Easy Access to Model Information for Various Model Objects
-Version: 0.19.8.6
+Version: 0.19.8.7
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Daniel",
              family = "Lüdecke",
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 106f444de..0296c2b0e 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -339,7 +339,9 @@ S3method(find_weights,model_fit)
 S3method(format,insight_formula)
 S3method(format,n_grouplevels)
 S3method(format_ci,bayestestR_ci)
+S3method(format_ci,character)
 S3method(format_ci,data.frame)
+S3method(format_ci,factor)
 S3method(format_ci,numeric)
 S3method(format_string,character)
 S3method(format_string,data.frame)
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 257a97670..cc619b354 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 * Fixed issue in `find_predictors()` for models with splines (`s()`), where
   number of dimensions was indicated with a variable, not a number.
 
+* `format_ci()` now works for factors and character vectors again.
+
 # insight 0.19.8
 
 ## General
diff --git a/R/format_ci.R b/R/format_ci.R
index 468cc50de..3c8c9480b 100644
--- a/R/format_ci.R
+++ b/R/format_ci.R
@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ format_ci.numeric <- function(CI_low,
   }
 }
 
+#' @export
+format_ci.factor <- format_ci.numeric
+
+#' @export
+format_ci.character <- format_ci.numeric
 
 
 # bayestestR objects ------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-format.R b/tests/testthat/test-format.R
index cbb07e787..4fe67bb58 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-format.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-format.R
@@ -82,6 +82,21 @@ test_that("format_ci, parameters", {
   )
 })
 
+test_that("format_ci, factor", {
+  data(iris)
+  expect_identical(
+    format_ci(iris$Species[1], iris$Species[100]),
+    "95% CI [setosa, versicolor]"
+  )
+})
+
+test_that("format_ci, character", {
+  expect_identical(
+    format_ci("a", "c"),
+    "95% CI [a, c]"
+  )
+})
+
 test_that("format others", {
   expect_type(insight::format_pd(0.02), "character")
   expect_identical(nchar(format_bf(4)), 9L)