1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py
index 5ff156ccdd..49a6c65afd 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ class FetcherNetworkTest(FetcherTest):
         def gitfetcher(self, url1, url2):
             def checkrevision(self, fetcher):
                 fetcher.unpack(self.unpackdir)
-                revision = bb.process.run("git rev-parse HEAD", shell=True, cwd=self.unpackdir + "/git")[0].strip()
+                revision = bb.process.run("git rev-parse HEAD", shell=True, cwd=self.unpackdir + "/git")[0].decode("utf-8").strip()
                 self.assertEqual(revision, "270a05b0b4ba0959fe0624d2a4885d7b70426da5")
 
             self.d.setVar("BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS", "1")