diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index caf14a0b2..bec1415f0 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-286851ab4 (2019-09-25 14:22:48)
\ No newline at end of file
+nursix-dev-3266-gc13e9d5 (2019-09-25 22:13:32)
diff --git a/tests/execution/libs/edentest_robot.py b/tests/execution/libs/edentest_robot.py
index eb20a294b..b204e14e8 100644
--- a/tests/execution/libs/edentest_robot.py
+++ b/tests/execution/libs/edentest_robot.py
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ def get_deployment_settings(self, *asked):
         logger.info("request_url %s" % (request_url))
 
         # Create the headers
-        b64_auth_string = b64encode("%s:%s" % (self.admin_email, self.admin_password))
+        auth_string = "%s:%s" % (self.admin_email, self.admin_password)
         headers = {
             "content-type" : "application/json",
-            "Authorization" : "Basic %s" % b64_auth_string
+            "Authorization" : "Basic %s" % b64encode(auth_string.encode("utf-8")).decode("utf-8")
             }
 
         # Send the response and get the response