diff --git a/gitlab/publish.py b/gitlab/publish.py
index 29f6794..dac0b54 100644
--- a/gitlab/publish.py
+++ b/gitlab/publish.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def publish_project(project, tag):
     }
     post_data = urllib.parse.urlencode(post_data).encode('ascii')
     req = urllib.request.Request(PUBLISH_URL)
-    data = urllib.request.urlopen(req, post_data).readall()
+    data = urllib.request.urlopen(req, post_data).read()
     print(data)
 
 parser = OptionParser(usage="%prog [options]")