--- a/hgext3rd/topic/__init__.py	Tue Jul 09 21:49:37 2019 -0700
+++ b/hgext3rd/topic/__init__.py	Wed Jul 03 11:37:29 2019 -0700
@@ -186,11 +186,11 @@
               'topic.active': 'green',
              }
 
-__version__ = '0.16.0.dev'
+__version__ = b'0.16.0.dev'
 
-testedwith = '4.5.2 4.6.2 4.7 4.8 4.9 5.0'
-minimumhgversion = '4.5'
-buglink = 'https://bz.mercurial-scm.org/'
+testedwith = b'4.5.2 4.6.2 4.7 4.8 4.9 5.0'
+minimumhgversion = b'4.5'
+buglink = b'https://bz.mercurial-scm.org/'
 
 if util.safehasattr(registrar, 'configitem'):