diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 27aacc357..8346ca291 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty.six import unichr as _unichr
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.5.4.5"
+VERSION = "1.5.4.6"
 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/plugins/dbms/sqlite/syntax.py b/plugins/dbms/sqlite/syntax.py
index c9f7682cd..85b5fa593 100644
--- a/plugins/dbms/sqlite/syntax.py
+++ b/plugins/dbms/sqlite/syntax.py
@@ -5,35 +5,18 @@ Copyright (c) 2006-2021 sqlmap developers (http://sqlmap.org/)
 See the file 'LICENSE' for copying permission
 """
 
-import binascii
-
-from lib.core.common import isDBMSVersionAtLeast
-from lib.core.convert import getBytes
-from lib.core.convert import getUnicode
+from lib.core.convert import getOrds
 from plugins.generic.syntax import Syntax as GenericSyntax
 
 class Syntax(GenericSyntax):
     @staticmethod
     def escape(expression, quote=True):
         """
-        >>> from lib.core.common import Backend
-        >>> Backend.setVersion('2')
-        ['2']
-        >>> Syntax.escape("SELECT 'abcdefgh' FROM foobar") == "SELECT 'abcdefgh' FROM foobar"
-        True
-        >>> Backend.setVersion('3')
-        ['3']
-        >>> Syntax.escape("SELECT 'abcdefgh' FROM foobar") == "SELECT CAST(X'6162636465666768' AS TEXT) FROM foobar"
+        >>> Syntax.escape("SELECT 'abcdefgh' FROM foobar") == "SELECT CHAR(97,98,99,100,101,102,103,104) FROM foobar"
         True
         """
 
         def escaper(value):
-            # Reference: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3444335/how-do-i-quote-a-utf-8-string-literal-in-sqlite3
-            return "CAST(X'%s' AS TEXT)" % getUnicode(binascii.hexlify(getBytes(value)))
+            return "CHAR(%s)" % ','.join("%d" % _ for _ in getOrds(value))
 
-        retVal = expression
-
-        if isDBMSVersionAtLeast('3'):
-            retVal = Syntax._escape(expression, quote, escaper)
-
-        return retVal
+        return Syntax._escape(expression, quote, escaper)