diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 308bcfb2e..76acb0ca4 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from thirdparty import six
 from thirdparty.six import unichr as _unichr
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.7.4.8"
+VERSION = "1.7.4.9"
 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/lib/request/connect.py b/lib/request/connect.py
index e2387b07d..e519802fb 100644
--- a/lib/request/connect.py
+++ b/lib/request/connect.py
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ class Connect(object):
                     debugMsg = "got HTTP error code: %d ('%s')" % (code, status)
                     logger.debug(debugMsg)
 
-        except (_urllib.error.URLError, socket.error, socket.timeout, _http_client.HTTPException, struct.error, binascii.Error, ProxyError, SqlmapCompressionException, WebSocketException, TypeError, ValueError, OverflowError, AttributeError, OSError):
+        except (_urllib.error.URLError, socket.error, socket.timeout, _http_client.HTTPException, struct.error, binascii.Error, ProxyError, SqlmapCompressionException, WebSocketException, TypeError, ValueError, OverflowError, AttributeError, OSError, AssertionError):
             tbMsg = traceback.format_exc()
 
             if conf.debug: