diff --git a/src/main/java/io/appium/java_client/MobileCommand.java b/src/main/java/io/appium/java_client/MobileCommand.java
index 421649a72..db80a1601 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/appium/java_client/MobileCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/appium/java_client/MobileCommand.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import org.openqa.selenium.remote.CommandInfo;
 import org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpMethod;
 
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.AbstractMap;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -376,7 +377,7 @@ public static ImmutableMap<String, Object> prepareArguments(String[] params,
      */
     public static Map.Entry<String, Map<String, ?>> pushFileCommand(String remotePath, byte[] base64Data) {
         String[] parameters = new String[] {"path", "data"};
-        Object[] values = new Object[] {remotePath, base64Data};
+        Object[] values = new Object[]{remotePath, new String(base64Data, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)};
         return new AbstractMap.SimpleEntry<>(PUSH_FILE, prepareArguments(parameters, values));
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/appium/java_client/android/AndroidDriverTest.java b/src/test/java/io/appium/java_client/android/AndroidDriverTest.java
index 0afbd7399..5459323ff 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/appium/java_client/android/AndroidDriverTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/appium/java_client/android/AndroidDriverTest.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public class AndroidDriverTest extends BaseAndroidTest {
                 .getBytes());
         driver.pushFile("/data/local/tmp/remote.txt", data);
         byte[] returnData = driver.pullFile("/data/local/tmp/remote.txt");
-        String returnDataDecoded = new String(Base64.decodeBase64(returnData));
+        String returnDataDecoded = new String(returnData);
         assertEquals(
             "The eventual code is no more than the deposit of your understanding. ~E. W. Dijkstra",
             returnDataDecoded);
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public class AndroidDriverTest extends BaseAndroidTest {
                 + "more than the deposit of your understanding. ~E. W. Dijkstra", "UTF-8", true);
             driver.pushFile("/data/local/tmp/remote2.txt", temp);
             byte[] returnData = driver.pullFile("/data/local/tmp/remote2.txt");
-            String returnDataDecoded = new String(Base64.decodeBase64(returnData));
+            String returnDataDecoded = new String(returnData);
             assertEquals(
                 "The eventual code is no more than the deposit of "
                     + "your understanding. ~E. W. Dijkstra",