diff --git a/tests/test_lib/test_tasks.py b/tests/test_lib/test_tasks.py
index e196453a..00746604 100644
--- a/tests/test_lib/test_tasks.py
+++ b/tests/test_lib/test_tasks.py
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ class TasksTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         obj = TestTask(123, 'some_method', ['random_arg'], None, options, temp_path)
         self.assertEquals(obj.localPath('test.txt'), dummy_file)
 
-    @patch('six.moves.urllib.request.urlopen', return_value=six.StringIO(six.text_type('Important things\nSome more important things\n')))
+    @patch('six.moves.urllib.request.urlopen', return_value=six.BytesIO(six.b('Important things\nSome more important things\n')))
     def test_BaseTaskHandler_localPath_no_file(self, mock_urlopen):
         """
         """