diff --git a/src/Jobs/PubSubJob.php b/src/Jobs/PubSubJob.php
index 558b545..5479019 100644
--- a/src/Jobs/PubSubJob.php
+++ b/src/Jobs/PubSubJob.php
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public function getJobId()
      */
     public function getRawBody()
     {
-        return base64_decode($this->job->data());
+        return $this->job->data();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/PubSubQueue.php b/src/PubSubQueue.php
index ff707c2..4cdc054 100644
--- a/src/PubSubQueue.php
+++ b/src/PubSubQueue.php
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public function pushRaw($payload, $queue = null, array $options = [])
 
         $this->subscribeToTopic($topic);
 
-        $publish = ['data' => base64_encode($payload)];
+        $publish = ['data' => $payload];
 
         if (! empty($options)) {
             $publish['attributes'] = $this->validateMessageAttributes($options);
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ public function bulk($jobs, $data = '', $queue = null)
 
         foreach ((array) $jobs as $job) {
             $payload = $this->createPayload($job, $this->getQueue($queue), $data);
-            $payloads[] = ['data' => base64_encode($payload)] + (isset($job->orderingKey) ? ['orderingKey' => $job->orderingKey] : []);
+            $payloads[] = ['data' => $payload] + (isset($job->orderingKey) ? ['orderingKey' => $job->orderingKey] : []);
         }
 
         $topic = $this->getTopic($this->getQueue($queue), $this->topicAutoCreation);
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Jobs/PubSubJobTests.php b/tests/Unit/Jobs/PubSubJobTests.php
index 57acbe1..ffdf9c0 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Jobs/PubSubJobTests.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Jobs/PubSubJobTests.php
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ protected function setUp(): void
     {
         $this->messageId = '1234';
         $this->messageData = json_encode(['id' => $this->messageId, 'foo' => 'bar']);
-        $this->messageEncodedData = base64_encode($this->messageData);
+        $this->messageEncodedData = $this->messageData;
 
         $this->container = $this->createMock(Container::class);
         $this->queue = $this->createMock(PubSubQueue::class);
diff --git a/tests/Unit/PubSubQueueTests.php b/tests/Unit/PubSubQueueTests.php
index b9a1a7a..dcbcbb1 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/PubSubQueueTests.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/PubSubQueueTests.php
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public function testPushRaw(): void
         $this->topic->method('publish')
             ->willReturn($this->expectedResult)
             ->with($this->callback(function ($publish) use ($payload) {
-                $decoded_payload = base64_decode($publish['data']);
+                $decoded_payload = $publish['data'];
 
                 return $decoded_payload === $payload;
             }));
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ public function testPopWhenJobsAvailable(): void
             ->willReturn($this->topic);
 
         $this->message->method('data')
-            ->willReturn(base64_encode(json_encode(['foo' => 'bar'])));
+            ->willReturn(json_encode(['foo' => 'bar']));
 
         $this->queue->setContainer($this->createMock(Container::class));
 
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ public function testBulk(): void
             ->method('publishBatch')
             ->willReturn($this->expectedResult)
             ->with($this->callback(function ($payloads) use ($jobs, $data) {
-                $decoded_payload = json_decode(base64_decode($payloads[0]['data']), true);
+                $decoded_payload = json_decode($payloads[0]['data'], true);
 
                 return $decoded_payload['job'] === $jobs[0] && $decoded_payload['data'] === $data;
             }));