diff --git a/PKG-INFO b/PKG-INFO
index c6992a77247a84d374d1df9cd9c2d6114794e9f4..7ba91befce2b08558645765afd8b5fa4d35cc02b 100644
--- a/PKG-INFO
+++ b/PKG-INFO
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 1.0
 Name: swh.model
-Version: 0.0.2
+Version: 0.0.3
 Summary: Software Heritage data model
 Home-page: https://forge.softwareheritage.org/diffusion/DMOD/
 Author: Software Heritage developers
diff --git a/swh.model.egg-info/PKG-INFO b/swh.model.egg-info/PKG-INFO
index c6992a77247a84d374d1df9cd9c2d6114794e9f4..7ba91befce2b08558645765afd8b5fa4d35cc02b 100644
--- a/swh.model.egg-info/PKG-INFO
+++ b/swh.model.egg-info/PKG-INFO
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 1.0
 Name: swh.model
-Version: 0.0.2
+Version: 0.0.3
 Summary: Software Heritage data model
 Home-page: https://forge.softwareheritage.org/diffusion/DMOD/
 Author: Software Heritage developers
diff --git a/swh/model/identifiers.py b/swh/model/identifiers.py
index 311e58c6026a3e9d408f1d3c1fe56bb67ba7bd07..36bfa20cd3b1cb4bdfff3cdf9af67d33bc6de74e 100644
--- a/swh/model/identifiers.py
+++ b/swh/model/identifiers.py
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ def release_identifier(release):
     components = [
         b'object ', identifier_to_str(release['target']).encode(), b'\n',
         b'type ', target_type_to_git(release['target_type']), b'\n',
-        b'tag ', release['name'].encode('utf-8'), b'\n',
+        b'tag ', release['name'], b'\n',
     ]
 
     if 'author' in release and release['author']:
diff --git a/swh/model/tests/test_identifiers.py b/swh/model/tests/test_identifiers.py
index bd3e874f929b382e28c6c940c4fd50d5c2007fc2..da221df0119ac512fcaeed6be635075e7afbff1d 100644
--- a/swh/model/tests/test_identifiers.py
+++ b/swh/model/tests/test_identifiers.py
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ class ReleaseIdentifier(unittest.TestCase):
             'id': '2b10839e32c4c476e9d94492756bb1a3e1ec4aa8',
             'target': b't\x1b"R\xa5\xe1Ml`\xa9\x13\xc7z`\x99\xab\xe7:\x85J',
             'target_type': 'revision',
-            'name': 'v2.6.14',
+            'name': b'v2.6.14',
             'author': {
                 'name': b'Linus Torvalds',
                 'email': b'torvalds@g5.osdl.org',
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ wdLOnvj91G4wxYqrvThthbE=
             'id': b'&y\x1a\x8b\xcf\x0em3\xf4:\xefv\x82\xbd\xb5U#mV\xde',
             'target': '9ee1c939d1cb936b1f98e8d81aeffab57bae46ab',
             'target_type': 'revision',
-            'name': 'v2.6.12',
+            'name': b'v2.6.12',
             'message': b'''\
 This is the final 2.6.12 release
 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index c895f93b9f88a13eab32fe79e4cd88d05ecd6b5d..8e4c4933219dfa8a181c33cba66c01f9f6f4939d 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v0.0.2-0-g96fb46f
\ No newline at end of file
+v0.0.3-0-g100d537
\ No newline at end of file