diff --git a/httprunner/__about__.py b/httprunner/__about__.py
index e7621d38..09868d17 100644
--- a/httprunner/__about__.py
+++ b/httprunner/__about__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 __title__ = 'HttpRunner'
 __description__ = 'One-stop solution for HTTP(S) testing.'
 __url__ = 'https://github.com/HttpRunner/HttpRunner'
-__version__ = '1.2.2-beta'
+__version__ = '1.2.3-beta'
 __author__ = 'debugtalk'
 __author_email__ = 'mail@debugtalk.com'
 __license__ = 'MIT'
diff --git a/httprunner/client.py b/httprunner/client.py
index 5f3efa38..3d091af2 100644
--- a/httprunner/client.py
+++ b/httprunner/client.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import requests
 import urllib3
 from httprunner import logger
 from httprunner.exception import ParamsError
+from httprunner.utils import PYTHON_VERSION
 from requests import Request, Response
 from requests.exceptions import (InvalidSchema, InvalidURL, MissingSchema,
                                  RequestException)
@@ -113,7 +114,10 @@ class HttpSession(requests.Session):
         self.meta_data["request_body"] = response.request.body
         self.meta_data["status_code"] = response.status_code
         self.meta_data["response_headers"] = response.headers
+
         self.meta_data["response_body"] = response.text
+        if PYTHON_VERSION == 2 and isinstance(self.meta_data["response_body"], unicode):
+            self.meta_data["response_body"] = self.meta_data["response_body"].encode("utf-8")
 
         logger.log_debug("response status_code: {}".format(self.meta_data["status_code"]))
         logger.log_debug("response headers: {}".format(self.meta_data["response_headers"]))