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diff --git a/doc/guides/conf.py b/doc/guides/conf.py
index 264b0cde80..7151dfdf27 100644
--- a/doc/guides/conf.py
+++ b/doc/guides/conf.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ project = 'DPDK'
 
 html_show_copyright = False
 
-version = subprocess.check_output(['make', '-sRrC', '../../', 'showversion'])
+version = subprocess.check_output(['make', '-sRrC', '../../', 'showversion']).decode('utf-8')
 release = version
 
 master_doc = 'index'