diff --git a/synapse/python_dependencies.py b/synapse/python_dependencies.py
index 7dfa78dadb..9692f0bf75 100644
--- a/synapse/python_dependencies.py
+++ b/synapse/python_dependencies.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ REQUIREMENTS = [
"pymacaroons>=0.13.0",
"msgpack>=0.5.0",
"phonenumbers>=8.2.0",
- "six>=1.10",
+ "six>=1.12",
# prometheus_client 0.4.0 changed the format of counter metrics
# (cf https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4001)
"prometheus_client>=0.0.18,<0.4.0",
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/account_validity.py b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/account_validity.py
index 8091b78285..98f7c60016 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/account_validity.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/account_validity.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
import logging
+from six import ensure_binary
+
from twisted.internet import defer
from synapse.api.errors import AuthError, SynapseError
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ class AccountValidityRenewServlet(RestServlet):
request.setResponseCode(status_code)
request.setHeader(b"Content-Type", b"text/html; charset=utf-8")
request.setHeader(b"Content-Length", b"%d" % (len(response),))
- request.write(response.encode("utf8"))
+ request.write(ensure_binary(response))
finish_request(request)
defer.returnValue(None)
diff --git a/tests/rest/client/v2_alpha/test_register.py b/tests/rest/client/v2_alpha/test_register.py
index af1e600591..b28de3663c 100644
--- a/tests/rest/client/v2_alpha/test_register.py
+++ b/tests/rest/client/v2_alpha/test_register.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import json
import os
from mock import Mock
+from six import ensure_binary
import pkg_resources
@@ -437,7 +438,7 @@ class AccountValidityRenewalByEmailTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
# Check that the HTML we're getting is the one we expect on a successful renewal.
expected_html = self.hs.config.account_validity.account_renewed_html_content
self.assertEqual(
- channel.result["body"], expected_html.encode("utf8"), channel.result
+ channel.result["body"], ensure_binary(expected_html), channel.result
)
# Move 3 days forward. If the renewal failed, every authed request with
@@ -467,7 +468,7 @@ class AccountValidityRenewalByEmailTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
# invalid/unknown token.
expected_html = self.hs.config.account_validity.invalid_token_html_content
self.assertEqual(
- channel.result["body"], expected_html.encode("utf8"), channel.result
+ channel.result["body"], ensure_binary(expected_html), channel.result
)
def test_manual_email_send(self):
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