diff --git a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
index ff8314c44..0ba3d646a 100644
--- a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
+++ b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ d69e84f1648cdb907f5d2dd454f03874a4613752b07867510145d51d84b3c56f  lib/controller
 1966ca704961fb987ab757f0a4afddbf841d1a880631b701487c75cef63d60c3  lib/controller/__init__.py
 9e694e4864d865c5da745aaf9d35da885eff697a9a0f7b37c3e85d47b4378f64  lib/core/agent.py
 b13462712ec5ac07541dba98631ddcda279d210b838f363d15ac97a1413b67a2  lib/core/bigarray.py
-12324e3bd3ff3e5cb1705c981698c303ef125fa6ac028f0906708903d1d4e4cb  lib/core/common.py
+24799c6fb3f59275c817aba99146198b1e298499000cfd08f89bd33b5c5b761f  lib/core/common.py
 a6397b10de7ae7c56ed6b0fa3b3c58eb7a9dbede61bf93d786e73258175c981e  lib/core/compat.py
 461f2666d500f9a91210fec558e6ee68af61c752de5498490bc96c11b32a6b0a  lib/core/convert.py
 c03dc585f89642cfd81b087ac2723e3e1bb3bfa8c60e6f5fe58ef3b0113ebfe6  lib/core/data.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ d197388e8e2aabe19f2529bfcac780e18e22a905d01319080d7afe4cb2b1c4c9  lib/core/optio
 48797d6c34dd9bb8a53f7f3794c85f4288d82a9a1d6be7fcf317d388cb20d4b3  lib/core/replication.py
 0b8c38a01bb01f843d94a6c5f2075ee47520d0c4aa799cecea9c3e2c5a4a23a6  lib/core/revision.py
 888daba83fd4a34e9503fe21f01fef4cc730e5cde871b1d40e15d4cbc847d56c  lib/core/session.py
-8b6075c7d1236ec82270e13f0aa1ab5dc394dc6ba888434e865ecd07df2c6a21  lib/core/settings.py
+bd0c8e83c502a419fb12e514652364796ee2484b3e9986fe93ec58476b137869  lib/core/settings.py
 cd5a66deee8963ba8e7e9af3dd36eb5e8127d4d68698811c29e789655f507f82  lib/core/shell.py
 bcb5d8090d5e3e0ef2a586ba09ba80eef0c6d51feb0f611ed25299fbb254f725  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 70ea3768f1b3062b22d20644df41c86238157ec80dd43da40545c620714273c6  lib/core/target.py
diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index 3f5a6a84a..aae2a71b1 100644
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ def clearColors(message):
 
     retVal = message
 
-    if isinstance(message, str):
+    if isinstance(message, six.string_types):
         retVal = re.sub(r"\x1b\[[\d;]+m", "", message)
 
     return retVal
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 973ad6195..11464d6f7 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 = "1.10.6.4"
+VERSION = "1.10.6.5"
 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)