diff --git a/packages/zowe-explorer/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/zowe-explorer/CHANGELOG.md
index 8c37053005..0660d13383 100644
--- a/packages/zowe-explorer/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/zowe-explorer/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ All notable changes to the "vscode-extension-for-zowe" extension will be documen
 - Fixed an issue where a recalled PDS is expandable after it is migrated through Zowe Explorer. [#3294](https://github.com/zowe/zowe-explorer-vscode/issues/3294)
 - Fixed an issue where data set nodes did not update if migrated or recalled outside of Zowe Explorer. [#3294](https://github.com/zowe/zowe-explorer-vscode/issues/3294)
 - Fixed an issue where listing data sets resulted in an error after opening a data set with an encoding. [#3347](https://github.com/zowe/zowe-explorer-vscode/issues/3347)
+- Fixed an issue where binary USS files were not fetched using the "Pull from Mainframe" context menu option. [#3355](https://github.com/zowe/zowe-explorer-vscode/issues/3355)
 
 ## `3.0.3`
 
diff --git a/packages/zowe-explorer/__tests__/__mocks__/vscode.ts b/packages/zowe-explorer/__tests__/__mocks__/vscode.ts
index be4fcc7a8e..2f1501a2dc 100644
--- a/packages/zowe-explorer/__tests__/__mocks__/vscode.ts
+++ b/packages/zowe-explorer/__tests__/__mocks__/vscode.ts
@@ -842,6 +842,10 @@ export class Disposable {
      * @param callOnDispose Function that disposes something.
      */
     constructor() {}
+    /**
+     * Dispose this object.
+     */
+    public dispose(): any {}
 }
 
 export function RelativePattern(base: string, pattern: string) {
diff --git a/packages/zowe-explorer/__tests__/__unit__/trees/uss/USSInit.unit.test.ts b/packages/zowe-explorer/__tests__/__unit__/trees/uss/USSInit.unit.test.ts
index ef2045d76b..b7819c3882 100644
--- a/packages/zowe-explorer/__tests__/__unit__/trees/uss/USSInit.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/zowe-explorer/__tests__/__unit__/trees/uss/USSInit.unit.test.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { SharedContext } from "../../../../src/trees/shared/SharedContext";
 import { USSInit } from "../../../../src/trees/uss/USSInit";
 import { SharedActions } from "../../../../src/trees/shared/SharedActions";
 import { SharedInit } from "../../../../src/trees/shared/SharedInit";
+import { Gui } from "@zowe/zowe-explorer-api";
 
 describe("Test src/uss/extension", () => {
     describe("initUSSProvider", () => {
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ describe("Test src/uss/extension", () => {
             context: { subscriptions: new Array() },
             value: { test: "uss", refreshUSS: jest.fn(), openUSS: jest.fn(), deleteUSSNode: jest.fn(), getUSSDocumentFilePath: jest.fn() },
             _: { _: "_" },
+            statusMsg: { dispose: jest.fn() },
         };
         const ussFileProvider: { [key: string]: jest.Mock } = {
             createZoweSession: jest.fn(),
@@ -52,6 +54,8 @@ describe("Test src/uss/extension", () => {
                 mock: [
                     { spy: jest.spyOn(SharedContext, "isDocument"), arg: [test.value], ret: true },
                     { spy: jest.spyOn(SharedContext, "isUssDirectory"), arg: [test.value], ret: false },
+                    { spy: jest.spyOn(Gui, "setStatusBarMessage"), arg: ["$(sync~spin) Pulling from Mainframe..."], ret: test.statusMsg },
+                    { spy: jest.spyOn(test.statusMsg, "dispose"), arg: [] },
                 ],
             },
             {
diff --git a/packages/zowe-explorer/src/trees/uss/USSInit.ts b/packages/zowe-explorer/src/trees/uss/USSInit.ts
index ac38f9273e..9eece1ec49 100644
--- a/packages/zowe-explorer/src/trees/uss/USSInit.ts
+++ b/packages/zowe-explorer/src/trees/uss/USSInit.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export class USSInit {
             vscode.commands.registerCommand("zowe.uss.refreshUSS", async (node, nodeList) => {
                 const statusMsg = Gui.setStatusBarMessage(`$(sync~spin) ${vscode.l10n.t("Pulling from Mainframe...")}`);
                 let selectedNodes = SharedUtils.getSelectedNodeList(node, nodeList) as IZoweUSSTreeNode[];
-                selectedNodes = selectedNodes.filter((x) => SharedContext.isDocument(x));
+                selectedNodes = selectedNodes.filter((x) => SharedContext.isDocument(x) || SharedContext.isBinary(node));
                 for (const item of selectedNodes) {
                     if (SharedContext.isUssDirectory(item)) {
                         // just refresh item to grab latest files
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ export class USSInit {
                         });
                         statusMsg2.dispose();
                     }
-                    statusMsg.dispose();
                 }
+                statusMsg.dispose();
             })
         );
         context.subscriptions.push(