diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 6b7f01f9c..5f60c8b64 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 = "1.4.5.4"
+VERSION = "1.4.5.5"
 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/techniques/union/use.py b/lib/techniques/union/use.py
index 973c42cfd..7ef0b6195 100644
--- a/lib/techniques/union/use.py
+++ b/lib/techniques/union/use.py
@@ -167,6 +167,12 @@ def _oneShotUnionUse(expression, unpack=True, limited=False):
                 warnMsg += "(probably due to its length and/or content): "
                 warnMsg += safecharencode(trimmed)
                 logger.warn(warnMsg)
+            elif re.search(r"ORDER BY [^ ]+\Z", expression):
+                debugMsg = "retrying failed SQL query without the ORDER BY clause"
+                logger.debug(debugMsg)
+
+                expression = re.sub(r"\s*ORDER BY [^ ]+\Z", "", expression)
+                retVal = _oneShotUnionUse(expression, unpack=True, limited=False)
     else:
         vector = kb.injection.data[PAYLOAD.TECHNIQUE.UNION].vector
         kb.unionDuplicates = vector[7]