diff --git a/qa/tasks/tests/test_radosgw_admin.py b/qa/tasks/tests/test_radosgw_admin.py
index 4e86d5c2b52..8506eda7b1b 100644
--- a/qa/tasks/tests/test_radosgw_admin.py
+++ b/qa/tasks/tests/test_radosgw_admin.py
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ from unittest.mock import Mock
 
 from tasks import radosgw_admin
 
-acl_with_version = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><AccessControlPolicy xmlns="http://s3.amazonaws.com/doc/2006-03-01/"><Owner><ID>foo</ID><DisplayName>Foo</DisplayName></Owner><AccessControlList><Grant><Grantee xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="CanonicalUser"><ID>foo</ID><DisplayName>Foo</DisplayName></Grantee><Permission>FULL_CONTROL</Permission></Grant></AccessControlList></AccessControlPolicy>
+acl_with_version = b"""<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><AccessControlPolicy xmlns="http://s3.amazonaws.com/doc/2006-03-01/"><Owner><ID>foo</ID><DisplayName>Foo</DisplayName></Owner><AccessControlList><Grant><Grantee xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="CanonicalUser"><ID>foo</ID><DisplayName>Foo</DisplayName></Grantee><Permission>FULL_CONTROL</Permission></Grant></AccessControlList></AccessControlPolicy>
 """  # noqa
 
 
-acl_without_version = """<AccessControlPolicy xmlns="http://s3.amazonaws.com/doc/2006-03-01/"><Owner><ID>foo</ID><DisplayName>Foo</DisplayName></Owner><AccessControlList><Grant><Grantee xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="CanonicalUser"><ID>foo</ID><DisplayName>Foo</DisplayName></Grantee><Permission>FULL_CONTROL</Permission></Grant></AccessControlList></AccessControlPolicy>
+acl_without_version = b"""<AccessControlPolicy xmlns="http://s3.amazonaws.com/doc/2006-03-01/"><Owner><ID>foo</ID><DisplayName>Foo</DisplayName></Owner><AccessControlList><Grant><Grantee xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="CanonicalUser"><ID>foo</ID><DisplayName>Foo</DisplayName></Grantee><Permission>FULL_CONTROL</Permission></Grant></AccessControlList></AccessControlPolicy>
 """  # noqa