diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 373501236..09c95bda7 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 = "1.6.9.3"
+VERSION = "1.6.10.0"
 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/connect.py b/lib/request/connect.py
index b2d4e8b31..0b5206b63 100644
--- a/lib/request/connect.py
+++ b/lib/request/connect.py
@@ -587,8 +587,14 @@ class Connect(object):
 
                 if not getRequestHeader(req, HTTP_HEADER.COOKIE) and conf.cj:
                     conf.cj._policy._now = conf.cj._now = int(time.time())
-                    cookies = conf.cj._cookies_for_request(req)
-                    requestHeaders += "\r\n%s" % ("Cookie: %s" % ";".join("%s=%s" % (getUnicode(cookie.name), getUnicode(cookie.value)) for cookie in cookies))
+                    while True:
+                        try:
+                            cookies = conf.cj._cookies_for_request(req)
+                        except RuntimeError:    # NOTE: https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/issues/5187
+                            time.sleep(1)
+                        else:
+                            requestHeaders += "\r\n%s" % ("Cookie: %s" % ";".join("%s=%s" % (getUnicode(cookie.name), getUnicode(cookie.value)) for cookie in cookies))
+                            break
 
                 if post is not None:
                     if not getRequestHeader(req, HTTP_HEADER.CONTENT_LENGTH) and not chunked: