diff -Nur reportlab-3.4.0/src/reportlab/lib/utils.py ../reportlab-3.4.0/src/reportlab/lib/utils.py
--- reportlab-3.4.0/src/reportlab/lib/utils.py	2017-03-07 18:17:00.000000000 +0800
+++ reportlab-3.4.0/src/reportlab/lib/utils.py	2022-01-12 16:37:55.914924400 +0800
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 __doc__='''Gazillions of miscellaneous internal utility functions'''
 
 import os, sys, imp, time, types
-from base64 import decodestring as base64_decodestring, encodestring as base64_encodestring
+from base64 import decodebytes as base64_decodestring, encodebytes as base64_encodestring
 from reportlab import isPy3
 from reportlab.lib.logger import warnOnce
 from reportlab.lib.rltempfile import get_rl_tempfile, get_rl_tempdir, _rl_getuid