diff --git a/lib/core/option.py b/lib/core/option.py
index 8ed689ed7..fab6f05c3 100644
--- a/lib/core/option.py
+++ b/lib/core/option.py
@@ -2542,6 +2542,11 @@ def _basicOptionValidation():
         errMsg = "value for option '--first' (firstChar) must be smaller than or equal to value for --last (lastChar) option"
         raise SqlmapSyntaxException(errMsg)
 
+    if conf.proxyFile and not any((conf.randomAgent, conf.mobile, conf.agent)):
+        warnMsg = "usage of switch '--random-agent' is strongly recommended when "
+        warnMsg += "using option '--proxy-file'"
+        logger.warn(warnMsg)
+
     if conf.textOnly and conf.nullConnection:
         errMsg = "switch '--text-only' is incompatible with switch '--null-connection'"
         raise SqlmapSyntaxException(errMsg)
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 85a54d2ed..7836321b0 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 = "1.5.2.9"
+VERSION = "1.5.2.10"
 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)