diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 9cd7c44e2..e52ff5039 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 = "1.4.5.26"
+VERSION = "1.4.5.27"
 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/utils/hashdb.py b/lib/utils/hashdb.py
index dc8c503e7..9e43316be 100644
--- a/lib/utils/hashdb.py
+++ b/lib/utils/hashdb.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class HashDB(object):
 
     @staticmethod
     def hashKey(key):
-        key = getBytes(key if isinstance(key, six.text_type) else repr(key))
+        key = getBytes(key if isinstance(key, six.text_type) else repr(key), errors="xmlcharrefreplace")
         retVal = int(hashlib.md5(key).hexdigest(), 16) & 0x7fffffffffffffff  # Reference: http://stackoverflow.com/a/4448400
         return retVal