X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/368191c0f0f7c094a6ba7619dcf5e572a3f84f79..5d3a682b0fc41f4152051b43b8e5311b9a130f13:/sdk/python/gittaggers.py

diff --git a/sdk/python/gittaggers.py b/sdk/python/gittaggers.py
index 4e848eda36..ccf25c422e 100644
--- a/sdk/python/gittaggers.py
+++ b/sdk/python/gittaggers.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class EggInfoFromGit(egg_info):
     def git_latest_tag(self):
         gitinfo = subprocess.check_output(
             ['git', 'describe', '--abbrev=0']).strip()
-        return str(gitinfo)
+        return str(gitinfo.decode('utf-8'))
 
     def git_timestamp_tag(self):
         gitinfo = subprocess.check_output(