diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index c2ab0a0ed..83ab41178 100644
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -5385,11 +5385,12 @@ def parseRequestFile(reqFile, checkParams=True):
                     elif key.upper() == HTTP_HEADER.HOST.upper():
                         if '://' in value:
                             scheme, value = value.split('://')[:2]
-                        splitValue = value.split(":")
-                        host = splitValue[0]
 
-                        if len(splitValue) > 1:
-                            port = filterStringValue(splitValue[1], "[0-9]")
+                        port = extractRegexResult(r":(?P<result>\d+)\Z", value)
+                        if port:
+                            value = value[:-(1 + len(port))]
+
+                        host = value
 
                     # Avoid to add a static content length header to
                     # headers and consider the following lines as
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 3a1ffb448..99b5130b2 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 = "1.7.4.3"
+VERSION = "1.7.4.4"
 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)