diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Revision history for exiftool
 
+## 0.2.0.2 -- 2022-11-14
+
+* Maintenance release.
+
 ## 0.2.0.1 -- 2022-08-18
 
 * Dependency version bumps.
diff --git a/exiftool.cabal b/exiftool.cabal
--- a/exiftool.cabal
+++ b/exiftool.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version:      3.0
 name:               exiftool
-version:            0.2.0.1
+version:            0.2.0.2
 synopsis:           Haskell bindings to ExifTool
 description:        Haskell bindings to the [ExifTool](https://exiftool.org)
                     command-line application that enable reading, writing and
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
                     text                 >= 1.2.3 && < 2.1,
                     unordered-containers >= 0.2.12 && < 0.3,
                     vector               >= 0.12.1 && < 0.14,
-                    witch                >= 1.0.0 && < 1.1
+                    witch                >= 1.0.0 && < 1.2
 
 source-repository head
   type:               git
diff --git a/lib/ExifTool.hs b/lib/ExifTool.hs
--- a/lib/ExifTool.hs
+++ b/lib/ExifTool.hs
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
     stripPrefix,
     toCaseFold,
   )
-import Data.Text.Encoding (decodeUtf8')
+import Data.Text.Encoding (decodeUtf8', encodeUtf8)
 import Data.Text.IO (hGetLine, hPutStrLn)
 import qualified Data.Vector as Vector
 import System.IO (Handle, hFlush, hReady)
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
         either
           (fail . into @String)
           (pure . Binary)
-          (decodeBase64 $ into @ByteString b)
+          (decodeBase64 $ encodeUtf8 b)
     | otherwise = pure $ String x
   parseJSON (JSON.Number x) = pure $ Number x
   parseJSON (JSON.Bool x) = pure $ Bool x
@@ -354,7 +354,8 @@
   where
     options = ["-json", "-binary", "-unknown2"]
     tags = fmap (("-" <>) . tagName) ts
-    parseOutput = bimap (into @Text) head . eitherDecode . into @BL.ByteString
+    parseOutput =
+      bimap (into @Text) head . eitherDecode . into @BL.ByteString . encodeUtf8
 
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