diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index f602fff4d..2f88d49ac 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 = "1.4.12.22"
+VERSION = "1.4.12.23"
 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 f3d0bc960..dc0cf4ff7 100644
--- a/lib/request/redirecthandler.py
+++ b/lib/request/redirecthandler.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ from lib.core.settings import MAX_TOTAL_REDIRECTIONS
 from lib.core.threads import getCurrentThreadData
 from lib.request.basic import decodePage
 from lib.request.basic import parseResponse
+from thirdparty import six
 from thirdparty.six.moves import urllib as _urllib
 
 class SmartRedirectHandler(_urllib.request.HTTPRedirectHandler):
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ class SmartRedirectHandler(_urllib.request.HTTPRedirectHandler):
         threadData.lastRedirectURL = (threadData.lastRequestUID, redurl)
 
         result.redcode = code
-        result.redurl = getUnicode(redurl)
+        result.redurl = getUnicode(redurl) if six.PY3 else redurl
         return result
 
     http_error_301 = http_error_303 = http_error_307 = http_error_302