Updated PyJWT version to 2.6.0

flask_jwt/__init__.py

@@ -129,7 +129,12 @@ def _default_auth_request_handler():
 
 
 def _default_auth_response_handler(access_token, identity):
-    return jsonify({'access_token': access_token.decode('utf-8')})
+    try:
+        token = access_token.decode('utf-8')
+    except AttributeError:
+        # There is no str.decode method in Python 3, so we can use the access token directly
+        token = access_token
+    return jsonify({'access_token': token})
 
 
 def _default_jwt_error_handler(error):

requirements.txt

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 Flask>=0.9
-PyJWT>=1.4.0,<1.5.0
+PyJWT>=2.6.0