diff --git a/vc_zoom/indico_vc_zoom/api/client.py b/vc_zoom/indico_vc_zoom/api/client.py
index dc725a7..1a1b5fb 100644
--- a/vc_zoom/indico_vc_zoom/api/client.py
+++ b/vc_zoom/indico_vc_zoom/api/client.py
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ class BaseComponent:
     def token(self):
         header = {'alg': 'HS256', 'typ': 'JWT'}
         payload = {'iss': self.config['api_key'], 'exp': int(time.time() + 3600)}
-        token = jwt.encode(payload, self.config['api_secret'], algorithm='HS256', headers=header)
-        return token.decode('utf-8')
+        return jwt.encode(payload, self.config['api_secret'], algorithm='HS256', headers=header)
 
     @property
     def session(self):
diff --git a/vc_zoom/setup.py b/vc_zoom/setup.py
index b2f9e9e..9486308 100644
--- a/vc_zoom/setup.py
+++ b/vc_zoom/setup.py
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ setup(
     version='3.0-dev',
     install_requires=[
         'indico>=3.0.dev0',
-        'PyJWT>=1.7.1,<2'
+        'PyJWT>=2.0.0,<3'
     ],
 )