From 296166da95d9c8bcc0c1139215c6c2d64a0c317d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Stretch <jstretch@netboxlabs.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2023 10:07:11 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes #13656: Correct decoding of BinaryField content for
 Django 4.2

---
 netbox/core/models/data.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/netbox/core/models/data.py b/netbox/core/models/data.py
index 8e372c2eb..54a43c7ef 100644
--- a/netbox/core/models/data.py
+++ b/netbox/core/models/data.py
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ class DataFile(models.Model):
         if not self.data:
             return None
         try:
-            return bytes(self.data, 'utf-8')
+            return self.data.decode('utf-8')
         except UnicodeDecodeError:
             return None