diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 458201f..fbff0df 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## v2.0.2
+
+- refactor: use binary barcode data by default (The one with the braid)
+
 ## v1.3.0
 
 - chore: add funding (The one with the braid)
diff --git a/lib/pkpass/models/barcode.dart b/lib/pkpass/models/barcode.dart
index 37d3e19..83bc06a 100644
--- a/lib/pkpass/models/barcode.dart
+++ b/lib/pkpass/models/barcode.dart
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ class PassBarcode {
   /// - iso-8859-1: [Latin1Codec]
   /// - utf-8: [Utf8Codec]
   static Map<String, Encoding> supportedCodecs = {
-    'iso-8859-1': Latin1Codec(),
-    'iso-8859': Latin1Codec(),
-    'iso8859': Latin1Codec(),
-    'utf-8': Utf8Codec(),
-    'utf8': Utf8Codec(),
+    'iso-8859-1': latin1,
+    'iso-8859': latin1,
+    'iso8859': latin1,
+    'utf-8': utf8,
+    'utf8': utf8,
   };
 
   static const _allowedFormats = {
@@ -46,10 +46,8 @@ class PassBarcode {
   /// representations.
   final BarcodeType format;
 
-  /// Message or payload to be displayed as a barcode.
-  ///
-  /// Do not use directly, use the encoded [barcodeData] instead.
-  final String message;
+  /// Correctly encoded byte list to be displayed in the [barcode].
+  final Uint8List barcodeData;
 
   /// Text encoding that is used to convert the message from the string
   /// representation to a data representation to render the barcode.
@@ -68,22 +66,29 @@ class PassBarcode {
   /// of the barcode data in case the barcode doesn’t scan.
   final String? altText;
 
-  const PassBarcode({
+  PassBarcode({
     required this.format,
-    required this.message,
-    required this.messageEncoding,
+    @Deprecated('Use [barcodeData] instead') String? message,
+    this.messageEncoding = utf8,
+    Uint8List? barcodeData,
     required this.altText,
-  });
+  }) : barcodeData =
+            Uint8List.fromList(barcodeData ?? messageEncoding.encode(message!));
 
-  factory PassBarcode.fromJson(Map<String, Object?> json) => PassBarcode(
-        format: _allowedFormats[json['format']]!,
-        message: json['message'] as String,
-        messageEncoding:
-            supportedCodecs[(json['messageEncoding'] as String).toLowerCase()]!,
-        altText: json['altText'] as String?,
-      );
+  factory PassBarcode.fromJson(Map<String, Object?> json) {
+    final messageEncoding =
+        supportedCodecs[(json['messageEncoding'] as String).toLowerCase()]!;
+    return PassBarcode(
+      format: _allowedFormats[json['format']]!,
+      barcodeData:
+          Uint8List.fromList(messageEncoding.encode(json['message'] as String)),
+      messageEncoding: messageEncoding,
+      altText: json['altText'] as String?,
+    );
+  }
 
-  /// Correctly encoded byte list to be displayed in the [barcode].
-  Uint8List get barcodeData =>
-      Uint8List.fromList(messageEncoding.encode(message));
+  /// Message or payload to be displayed as a barcode.
+  ///
+  /// Do not use directly, use the encoded [barcodeData] instead.
+  String get message => messageEncoding.decode(barcodeData);
 }
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 21aa127..44c5a9f 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: pkpass
 description: A Dart native pkpass parsing library supporting checksum verification, barcode parsing, localization and much more.
-version: 1.3.0
+version: 2.0.0
 repository: https://gitlab.com/TheOneWithTheBraid/dart_pkpass.git
 homepage: https://gitlab.com/TheOneWithTheBraid/dart_pkpass
 issue_tracker: https://gitlab.com/TheOneWithTheBraid/dart_pkpass/-/issues
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ dependencies:
   barcode: ^2.2.4
   crypto: ^3.0.3
   http: ^1.0.0
-  intl: ^0.18.1
+  intl: ^0.19.0
 
 dev_dependencies:
   import_sorter: ^4.6.0
-  lints: ">= 2.0.0 < 4.0.0"
+  lints: ">=2.0.0 <4.0.0"
   test: ^1.21.0