diff --git a/sonic_platform_base/sonic_xcvr/api/public/cmis.py b/sonic_platform_base/sonic_xcvr/api/public/cmis.py
index a677f32ff..925e3c098 100644
--- a/sonic_platform_base/sonic_xcvr/api/public/cmis.py
+++ b/sonic_platform_base/sonic_xcvr/api/public/cmis.py
@@ -169,8 +169,6 @@ def get_transceiver_info(self):
         xcvr_info['cmis_rev'] = self.get_cmis_rev()
         xcvr_info['specification_compliance'] = self.get_module_media_type()
 
-        xcvr_info['active_firmware'], xcvr_info['inactive_firmware'] = self.get_transceiver_info_firmware_versions()
-
         # In normal case will get a valid value for each of the fields. If get a 'None' value
         # means there was a failure while reading the EEPROM, either because the EEPROM was
         # not ready yet or experincing some other issues. It shouldn't return a dict with a
@@ -182,15 +180,18 @@ def get_transceiver_info(self):
             return xcvr_info
 
     def get_transceiver_info_firmware_versions(self):
+        return_dict = {"active_firmware" : "N/A", "inactive_firmware" : "N/A"}
         result = self.get_module_fw_info()
         if result is None:
-            return ["N/A", "N/A"]
+            return return_dict
         try:
             ( _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, ActiveFirmware, InactiveFirmware) = result['result']
         except (ValueError, TypeError):
-            return ["N/A", "N/A"]
-
-        return [ActiveFirmware, InactiveFirmware]
+            return return_dict
+        
+        return_dict["active_firmware"] = ActiveFirmware
+        return_dict["inactive_firmware"] = InactiveFirmware
+        return return_dict
 
     def get_transceiver_bulk_status(self):
         temp = self.get_module_temperature()
diff --git a/tests/sonic_xcvr/test_cmis.py b/tests/sonic_xcvr/test_cmis.py
index 5b072deb8..f243f2808 100644
--- a/tests/sonic_xcvr/test_cmis.py
+++ b/tests/sonic_xcvr/test_cmis.py
@@ -1281,9 +1281,7 @@ def test_module_fw_upgrade(self, input_param, mock_response, expected):
                 'nominal_bit_rate': 0,
                 'specification_compliance': 'sm_media_interface',
                 'application_advertisement': 'N/A',
-                'active_firmware': '0.3.0',
                 'media_lane_count': 1,
-                'inactive_firmware': '0.2.0',
                 'vendor_rev': '0.0',
                 'host_electrical_interface': '400GAUI-8 C2M (Annex 120E)',
                 'vendor_oui': 'xx-xx-xx',
@@ -2361,13 +2359,19 @@ def mock_read_raw(offset, size):
                 assert 0, traceback.format_exc()
             run_num -= 1
 
-    def test_get_transceiver_info_firmware_versions_negative_tests(self):
+    def test_get_transceiver_info_firmware_versions(self):
         self.api.get_module_fw_info = MagicMock()
         self.api.get_module_fw_info.return_value = None
+        expected_result = {"active_firmware" : "N/A", "inactive_firmware" : "N/A"}
         result = self.api.get_transceiver_info_firmware_versions()
-        assert result == ["N/A", "N/A"]
+        assert result == expected_result
 
         self.api.get_module_fw_info = MagicMock()
         self.api.get_module_fw_info.side_effect = {'result': TypeError}
         result = self.api.get_transceiver_info_firmware_versions()
-        assert result == ["N/A", "N/A"]
+        assert result == expected_result
+
+        expected_result = {"active_firmware" : "2.0.0", "inactive_firmware" : "1.0.0"}
+        self.api.get_module_fw_info.side_effect = [{'result': ( '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '','2.0.0', '1.0.0')}]
+        result = self.api.get_transceiver_info_firmware_versions()
+        assert result == expected_result