diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 375b10d4f..7cf9acacb 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from lib.core.revision import getRevisionNumber
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.0.5.4"
+VERSION = "1.0.5.5"
 REVISION = getRevisionNumber()
 STABLE = VERSION.count('.') <= 2
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % (VERSION, "stable" if STABLE else "dev")
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ BRUTE_TABLE_EXISTS_TEMPLATE = "EXISTS(SELECT %d FROM %s)"
 BRUTE_COLUMN_EXISTS_TEMPLATE = "EXISTS(SELECT %s FROM %s)"
 
 # Payload used for checking of existence of IDS/WAF (dummier the better)
-IDS_WAF_CHECK_PAYLOAD = "AND 1=1 UNION ALL SELECT 1,2,3,table_name FROM information_schema.tables WHERE 2>1-- ../../../etc/passwd"
+IDS_WAF_CHECK_PAYLOAD = "AND 1=1 UNION ALL SELECT 1,2,'<script>',table_name FROM information_schema.tables WHERE 2>1-- ../../../etc/passwd"
 
 # Data inside shellcodeexec to be filled with random string
 SHELLCODEEXEC_RANDOM_STRING_MARKER = "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"