diff --git a/tests/test_api.py b/tests/test_api.py
index 71bb5a5e..c2e9beb1 100644
--- a/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_api.py
@@ -1664,9 +1664,7 @@ def test_common_prefix_database_names(app_client_conflicting_database_names):
         )
     ]
     for db_name, path in (("foo", "/foo.json"), ("foo-bar", "/foo-bar.json")):
-        assert (
-            db_name
-            == json.loads(app_client_conflicting_database_names.get(path).body)[
-                "database"
-            ]
+        data = json.loads(
+            app_client_conflicting_database_names.get(path).body.decode("utf8")
         )
+        assert db_name == data["database"]