diff --git a/jc/parsers/plist.py b/jc/parsers/plist.py
index f39eb8b9..83f203aa 100644
--- a/jc/parsers/plist.py
+++ b/jc/parsers/plist.py
@@ -166,8 +166,7 @@ def parse(
             # Try parsing as an old-style NeXTSTEP Plist format
             # pbPlist library only works on file paths, not strings :(
             import tempfile
-            with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode='w+') as plist_file:
-                data = data.decode()
+            with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode='w+b') as plist_file:
                 plist_file.write(data)
                 plist_file.seek(0)
                 parsed_plist = PBPlist(plist_file.name)