diff --git a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
index 79bc078b2..280f673e5 100644
--- a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
+++ b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ e033b20a0f7821797a10f4bf4235723f38c7db551c611fbb713faa621b123c4a  lib/core/optio
 9bf174058f15d14e24e94f9aaf42df045119d3617c6c54bd2f3af79b462f331d  lib/core/replication.py
 0b8c38a01bb01f843d94a6c5f2075ee47520d0c4aa799cecea9c3e2c5a4a23a6  lib/core/revision.py
 888daba83fd4a34e9503fe21f01fef4cc730e5cde871b1d40e15d4cbc847d56c  lib/core/session.py
-bdcf9fb929ad62f8e9d59f0d0502d208b72b3902c8768125e368b7a89d8d5b68  lib/core/settings.py
+ff871fd0e40ad61d1f8a753851d67518153ad4b5e77b37766937c9e752af5f2b  lib/core/settings.py
 c7804223319e18eb0b8e2cbf0a8b6896d1cefb7b0b1a2e9f1cf826a8a3b56750  lib/core/shell.py
 a2e98a94b231432736d6b304fc75525c8b5fdb4768c418387c5b4c1a610dad64  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 19f1e3c5e3ba703d28d510cd7a9ab8284d5fbe9df5ce7e77c86e5931571364b7  lib/core/target.py
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ feb763ddcbf4f32822372ca53f8c71c754af7b72510ef06e1e9c77927fc90b10  tests/test_big
 2ec894f49ca9bd750a23ead16dae176bcbc57d18ec5847fa4a5eeb886d75c1bd  tests/test_common_helpers.py
 899bc085e96d68f8a8cbe0d7e55863e98ef37b73ab0e4234f7d969e31ea2d23a  tests/test_comparison_json.py
 7b72d4f850bbd059b8e95fceb45a58470354cb7270c99b0e9981aaa189af20d1  tests/test_comparison.py
-678927457c16e5c610be5280d47dcc6f1ff1a56a8acd9feb1d63e091e266b7b3  tests/test_convert.py
+75357efd92f3f57cc05244a0f40985108077479fd192caaaa81e14f61c13783d  tests/test_convert.py
 c17544be5e945dc8c4fbb5c3b922da8eceec30b0fb239c32fb5f40e1660a197f  tests/test_datafiles.py
 9c240d4f796e56376374d4ce46f358ceb7d48cc6a7427760c5bfb89ff01cb545  tests/test_datatypes.py
 3804eb2d730220360f9dc07d5994eb64e9f65acf3b0d8648df8df2a2177ba8fd  tests/test_decodepage.py
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 6d85ac6f9..16dc1922b 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty import six
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.10.6.168"
+VERSION = "1.10.6.169"
 TYPE = "dev" if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] != '0' else "stable"
 TYPE_COLORS = {"dev": 33, "stable": 90, "pip": 34}
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % ('.'.join(VERSION.split('.')[:-1]) if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] == '0' else VERSION, TYPE)
diff --git a/tests/test_convert.py b/tests/test_convert.py
index 19671a7bf..f33315fae 100644
--- a/tests/test_convert.py
+++ b/tests/test_convert.py
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ from lib.core.convert import (decodeHex, encodeHex, decodeBase64, encodeBase64,
                               jsonize, dejsonize, base64pickle, base64unpickle)
 from lib.core.common import decodeDbmsHexValue
 
+try:
+    unichr = unichr
+except NameError:
+    unichr = chr
+
 RND = random.Random(0xC0FFEE)
 
 
@@ -79,7 +84,7 @@ class TestDecodeDbmsHexValue(unittest.TestCase):
 class TestByteTextConversion(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_ascii_roundtrip(self):
         for _ in range(1000):
-            s = u"".join(unichr(RND.randint(0x20, 0x7e)) if sys.version_info[0] < 3 else chr(RND.randint(0x20, 0x7e)) for _ in range(RND.randint(0, 30)))
+            s = u"".join(unichr(RND.randint(0x20, 0x7e)) for _ in range(RND.randint(0, 30)))
             self.assertEqual(getUnicode(getBytes(s)), s)
 
     def test_unicode_roundtrip(self):