diff --git a/parsers/base64/70-base64.js b/parsers/base64/70-base64.js
index c1784d82..b0cb98a4 100644
--- a/parsers/base64/70-base64.js
+++ b/parsers/base64/70-base64.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                     if ( typeof value === "string") {
                         var load = value.replace(/\s+/g,'');
                         if (regexp.test(load) && (load.length % 4 === 0) ) {
-                            value = Buffer.from(load,'base64').toString('binary');
+                            value = Buffer.from(load,'base64').toString();
                             RED.util.setMessageProperty(msg,node.property,value);
                             node.send(msg);
                         }
diff --git a/parsers/base64/package.json b/parsers/base64/package.json
index 90675bbd..abbc3d48 100644
--- a/parsers/base64/package.json
+++ b/parsers/base64/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name"          : "node-red-node-base64",
-    "version"       : "0.3.1",
+    "version"       : "1.0.0",
     "description"   : "A Node-RED node to pack and unpack objects to base64 format",
     "dependencies"  : {
     },
diff --git a/utility/exif/package.json b/utility/exif/package.json
index a05b7ff0..fc2c6f51 100644
--- a/utility/exif/package.json
+++ b/utility/exif/package.json
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {
     "name": "node-red-node-exif",
-    "version": "1.2.0",
+    "version": "1.2.1",
     "description": "A Node-RED node that extracts Exif information from image buffers.",
     "dependencies": {
-        "exifreader": "^4.26.1"
+        "exifreader": "^4.28.1"
     },
     "bundledDependencies": [
         "exifreader"