diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 58fe92f29..4dc43713e 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 = "1.5.7.1"
+VERSION = "1.5.7.2"
 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/redirecthandler.py b/lib/request/redirecthandler.py
index ffb5605b9..62a3ed917 100644
--- a/lib/request/redirecthandler.py
+++ b/lib/request/redirecthandler.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class SmartRedirectHandler(_urllib.request.HTTPRedirectHandler):
                 delimiter = conf.cookieDel or DEFAULT_COOKIE_DELIMITER
                 last = None
 
-                for part in req.headers.get(HTTP_HEADER.COOKIE, "").split(delimiter) + ([headers[HTTP_HEADER.SET_COOKIE]] if HTTP_HEADER.SET_COOKIE in headers else []):
+                for part in getUnicode(req.headers.get(HTTP_HEADER.COOKIE, "")).split(delimiter) + ([headers[HTTP_HEADER.SET_COOKIE]] if HTTP_HEADER.SET_COOKIE in headers else []):
                     if '=' in part:
                         part = part.strip()
                         key, value = part.split('=', 1)