diff --git a/binary.go b/binary.go
index 74ecae8..141fb2d 100644
--- a/binary.go
+++ b/binary.go
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ func (v *Version) UnmarshalBinary(data []byte) error {
 
 	buff, data = decodeArray(data)
 	v.raw = string(buff)
+	v.bytes = []byte(v.raw)
 	v.major, data = decodeInt(data)
 	v.minor, data = decodeInt(data)
 	v.patch, data = decodeInt(data)
diff --git a/binary_test.go b/binary_test.go
index 4d66d1a..666f964 100644
--- a/binary_test.go
+++ b/binary_test.go
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@ func TestGOBEncoderVersion(t *testing.T) {
 
 	require.Equal(t, dumpV, dumpU)
 	require.Equal(t, testVersion, u.String())
+
+	{
+		dataV := new(bytes.Buffer)
+		dataU := new(bytes.Buffer)
+		require.NoError(t, gob.NewEncoder(dataV).Encode(MustParse("1.6.2")))
+		require.NoError(t, gob.NewEncoder(dataU).Encode(MustParse("1.6.3")))
+
+		var v, u *Version
+		require.NoError(t, gob.NewDecoder(dataV).Decode(&v))
+		require.NoError(t, gob.NewDecoder(dataU).Decode(&u))
+		require.True(t, u.GreaterThan(v))
+	}
 }
 
 func TestGOBEncoderRelaxedVersion(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/json.go b/json.go
index 7c1e766..c72e4b1 100644
--- a/json.go
+++ b/json.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ func (v *Version) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 	}
 
 	v.raw = parsed.raw
+	v.bytes = []byte(v.raw)
 	v.major = parsed.major
 	v.minor = parsed.minor
 	v.patch = parsed.patch
diff --git a/json_test.go b/json_test.go
index 321c5ef..0c4a4fb 100644
--- a/json_test.go
+++ b/json_test.go
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ func TestJSONParseVersion(t *testing.T) {
 
 	err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(`123`), &u)
 	require.Error(t, err)
+
+	require.NoError(t, json.Unmarshal([]byte(`"1.6.2"`), &v))
+	require.NoError(t, json.Unmarshal([]byte(`"1.6.3"`), &u))
+	require.True(t, u.GreaterThan(v))
 }
 
 func TestJSONParseRelaxedVersion(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/yaml.go b/yaml.go
index c642866..fc8e942 100644
--- a/yaml.go
+++ b/yaml.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ func (v *Version) UnmarshalYAML(node *yaml.Node) error {
 	}
 
 	v.raw = parsed.raw
+	v.bytes = []byte(v.raw)
 	v.major = parsed.major
 	v.minor = parsed.minor
 	v.patch = parsed.patch
diff --git a/yaml_test.go b/yaml_test.go
index 8d196ab..255c617 100644
--- a/yaml_test.go
+++ b/yaml_test.go
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ func TestYAMLParseVersion(t *testing.T) {
 
 	err = yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(`invalid:`), &u)
 	require.Error(t, err)
+
+	require.NoError(t, yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(`"1.6.2"`), &v))
+	require.NoError(t, yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(`"1.6.3"`), &u))
+	require.True(t, u.GreaterThan(v))
 }
 
 func TestYAMLParseRelaxedVersion(t *testing.T) {