diff --git a/tests/functional/openlp_plugins/bibles/test_wordprojectimport.py b/tests/functional/openlp_plugins/bibles/test_wordprojectimport.py
index 6304a6ef8..4f3a1c15a 100644
--- a/tests/functional/openlp_plugins/bibles/test_wordprojectimport.py
+++ b/tests/functional/openlp_plugins/bibles/test_wordprojectimport.py
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ from openlp.plugins.bibles.lib.importers.wordproject import WordProjectBible
 from tests.utils.constants import RESOURCE_PATH
 
 TEST_PATH = RESOURCE_PATH / 'bibles'
-INDEX_PAGE = (TEST_PATH / 'wordproject_index.htm').read_text()
-CHAPTER_PAGE = (TEST_PATH / 'wordproject_chapter.htm').read_text()
+INDEX_PAGE = (TEST_PATH / 'wordproject_index.htm').read_bytes().decode()
+CHAPTER_PAGE = (TEST_PATH / 'wordproject_chapter.htm').read_bytes().decode()
 
 
 class TestWordProjectImport(TestCase):
diff --git a/tests/functional/openlp_plugins/songs/test_opsproimport.py b/tests/functional/openlp_plugins/songs/test_opsproimport.py
index 099730d69..86f1c287d 100644
--- a/tests/functional/openlp_plugins/songs/test_opsproimport.py
+++ b/tests/functional/openlp_plugins/songs/test_opsproimport.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def _build_data(test_file, dual_language):
     song.Version = '1'
     song.Origin = '...'
     lyrics = MagicMock()
-    lyrics.Lyrics = (TEST_PATH / test_file).read_text()
+    lyrics.Lyrics = (TEST_PATH / test_file).read_bytes().decode()
     lyrics.Type = 1
     lyrics.IsDualLanguage = dual_language
     return song, lyrics