diff --git a/tests/test_gitlab.py b/tests/test_gitlab.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/tests/test_gitlab.py
+++ b/tests/test_gitlab.py
@@ -86,15 +86,15 @@ class TestGitlabIssue(ServiceTest):
             'project': self.arbitrary_extra['project'],
             'priority': self.service.default_priority,
             'annotations': [],
-            'tags': ['feature'],
+            'tags': [u'feature'],
             issue.URL: self.arbitrary_extra['issue_url'],
             issue.REPO: 'project',
             issue.STATE: self.arbitrary_issue['state'],
             issue.TYPE: self.arbitrary_extra['type'],
             issue.TITLE: self.arbitrary_issue['title'],
             issue.NUMBER: self.arbitrary_issue['iid'],
-            issue.UPDATED_AT: self.arbitrary_updated,
-            issue.CREATED_AT: self.arbitrary_created,
+            issue.UPDATED_AT: self.arbitrary_updated.replace(microsecond=0),
+            issue.CREATED_AT: self.arbitrary_created.replace(microsecond=0),
             issue.DESCRIPTION: self.arbitrary_issue['description'],
             issue.MILESTONE: self.arbitrary_issue['milestone']['title'],
             issue.UPVOTES: 0,
Fix the broken tests

- some string was bytes instead of unicode
- microseconds needed to be ignored in the test as well