diff --git a/cryptoRandomString.ts b/cryptoRandomString.ts
index a88d8e9..4757868 100644
--- a/cryptoRandomString.ts
+++ b/cryptoRandomString.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ const generateForCustomCharacters: GenerateForCustomCharacters = (
 
 const generateRandomBytes: GenerateRandomBytes = (byteLength, type, length) => {
   const bytes = randomBytes(byteLength);
-  const str = type === "base64" ? encodeToBase64(bytes) : encodeToHex(bytes);
+  const str = type === "base64" ? encodeToBase64(bytes) : new TextDecoder().decode(encodeToHex(bytes));
   return str.slice(0, length);
 };
 
diff --git a/deps.ts b/deps.ts
index b081789..6cd1403 100644
--- a/deps.ts
+++ b/deps.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-export { encodeToString as encodeToHex } from "https://deno.land/std@0.99.0/encoding/hex.ts";
-export { encode as encodeToBase64 } from "https://deno.land/std@0.99.0/encoding/base64.ts";
+export { encode as encodeToHex } from "https://deno.land/std@0.167.0/encoding/hex.ts";
+export { encode as encodeToBase64 } from "https://deno.land/std@0.167.0/encoding/base64.ts";
diff --git a/test_deps.ts b/test_deps.ts
index 988d136..d60babd 100644
--- a/test_deps.ts
+++ b/test_deps.ts
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ export {
   assertEquals,
   assertMatch,
   assertThrows,
-} from "https://deno.land/std@0.83.0/testing/asserts.ts";
+} from "https://deno.land/std@0.167.0/testing/asserts.ts";