--- modulegraph/util.py.orig	2025-11-21 12:36:05.000000000 -0800
+++ modulegraph/util.py	2026-04-04 16:44:53.000000000 -0700
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def imp_walk(name):
     raise ImportError("No module named %s" % (name,))
 
 
-cookie_re = re.compile(rb"coding[:=]\s*([-\w.]+)")
+cookie_re = re.compile(r"coding[:=]\s*([-\w.]+)")
 if sys.version_info[0] == 2:
     default_encoding = "ascii"
 else: