diff --git a/lib/client/http-tracker.js b/lib/client/http-tracker.js
index 8dfe718a..07b2990c 100644
--- a/lib/client/http-tracker.js
+++ b/lib/client/http-tracker.js
@@ -159,13 +159,13 @@ class HTTPTracker extends Tracker {
       } catch (err) {
         return cb(new Error(`Error decoding tracker response: ${err.message}`))
       }
-      const failure = data['failure reason']
+      const failure = data['failure reason'] && Buffer.from(data['failure reason']).toString()
       if (failure) {
         debug(`failure from ${requestUrl} (${failure})`)
         return cb(new Error(failure))
       }
 
-      const warning = data['warning message']
+      const warning = data['warning message'] && Buffer.from(data['warning message']).toString()
       if (warning) {
         debug(`warning from ${requestUrl} (${warning})`)
         self.client.emit('warning', new Error(warning))
@@ -194,10 +194,10 @@ class HTTPTracker extends Tracker {
     this.client.emit('update', response)
 
     let addrs
-    if (Buffer.isBuffer(data.peers)) {
+    if (ArrayBuffer.isView(data.peers)) {
       // tracker returned compact response
       try {
-        addrs = compact2string.multi(data.peers)
+        addrs = compact2string.multi(Buffer.from(data.peers))
       } catch (err) {
         return this.client.emit('warning', err)
       }
@@ -211,10 +211,10 @@ class HTTPTracker extends Tracker {
       })
     }
 
-    if (Buffer.isBuffer(data.peers6)) {
+    if (ArrayBuffer.isView(data.peers6)) {
       // tracker returned compact response
       try {
-        addrs = compact2string.multi6(data.peers6)
+        addrs = compact2string.multi6(Buffer.from(data.peers6))
       } catch (err) {
         return this.client.emit('warning', err)
       }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 92dae3d5..90099e49 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   },
   "type": "module",
   "dependencies": {
-    "bencode": "^3.0.0",
+    "bencode": "^3.0.3",
     "bittorrent-peerid": "^1.3.3",
     "bn.js": "^5.2.0",
     "chrome-dgram": "^3.0.6",
@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@mapbox/node-pre-gyp": "1.0.10",
     "@webtorrent/semantic-release-config": "1.0.8",
-    "magnet-uri": "7.0.1",
+    "magnet-uri": "7.0.2",
     "semantic-release": "20.1.0",
     "standard": "*",
     "tape": "5.6.3",
-    "webtorrent-fixtures": "2.0.0",
+    "webtorrent-fixtures": "2.0.2",
     "wrtc": "0.4.7"
   },
   "engines": {
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 3ef4349c..05364e89 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ class Server extends EventEmitter {
   }
 
   createSwarm (infoHash, cb) {
-    if (Buffer.isBuffer(infoHash)) infoHash = infoHash.toString('hex')
+    if (ArrayBuffer.isView(infoHash)) infoHash = infoHash.toString('hex')
 
     process.nextTick(() => {
       const swarm = this.torrents[infoHash] = new Server.Swarm(infoHash, this)
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ class Server extends EventEmitter {
   }
 
   getSwarm (infoHash, cb) {
-    if (Buffer.isBuffer(infoHash)) infoHash = infoHash.toString('hex')
+    if (ArrayBuffer.isView(infoHash)) infoHash = infoHash.toString('hex')
 
     process.nextTick(() => {
       cb(null, this.torrents[infoHash])
diff --git a/test/request-handler.js b/test/request-handler.js
index b24110fa..6532cbbb 100644
--- a/test/request-handler.js
+++ b/test/request-handler.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function testRequestHandler (t, serverType) {
 
     client1.once('update', data => {
       t.equal(data.complete, 246)
-      t.equal(data.extraData.toString(), 'hi')
+      t.equal(Buffer.from(data.extraData).toString(), 'hi')
 
       client1.destroy(() => {
         t.pass('client1 destroyed')