diff --git a/pyipp/__version__.py b/pyipp/__version__.py
index 8dfe15fb2..a63ba7a32 100644
--- a/pyipp/__version__.py
+++ b/pyipp/__version__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Asynchronous Python client for IPP."""
 
-__version__ = "0.11.0"
+__version__ = "0.11.1"
diff --git a/pyipp/serializer.py b/pyipp/serializer.py
index 5675cab67..c44901632 100644
--- a/pyipp/serializer.py
+++ b/pyipp/serializer.py
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ def __construct_attibute_values(tag: IppTag, value: Any) -> bytes:
         bs += struct.pack(">h", 1)
         bs += struct.pack(">?", value)
     else:
-        bs += struct.pack(">h", len(value))
-        bs += value.encode("utf-8")
+        encoded_value = value.encode("utf-8")
+        bs += struct.pack(">h", len(encoded_value))
+        bs += encoded_value
 
     return bs