diff --git a/lib/requestHandler.js b/lib/requestHandler.js
index 83f6bb7..1ed7e97 100644
--- a/lib/requestHandler.js
+++ b/lib/requestHandler.js
@@ -139,8 +139,9 @@ function fetchRemoteResponse(protocol, options, reqData, config) {
               refactContentEncoding();
 
               try {
+                // an Unit8Array returned by decompression
                 const result = brotliTorb.decompress(serverResData);
-                fulfill(new Buffer(result));
+                fulfill(Buffer.from(result));
               } catch (e) {
                 rejectParsing(e);
               }