diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index f4da0b0a0..84cc405c5 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 = "1.6.6.6"
+VERSION = "1.6.6.7"
 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/sqlalchemy.py b/lib/utils/sqlalchemy.py
index 9f1af0028..be67316d8 100644
--- a/lib/utils/sqlalchemy.py
+++ b/lib/utils/sqlalchemy.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2006-2022 sqlmap developers (https://sqlmap.org/)
 See the file 'LICENSE' for copying permission
 """
 
-import imp
+import importlib
 import logging
 import os
 import re
@@ -13,15 +13,18 @@ import sys
 import traceback
 import warnings
 
+_path = list(sys.path)
 _sqlalchemy = None
 try:
-    f, pathname, desc = imp.find_module("sqlalchemy", sys.path[1:])
-    _ = imp.load_module("sqlalchemy", f, pathname, desc)
-    if hasattr(_, "dialects"):
-        _sqlalchemy = _
+    sys.path = sys.path[1:]
+    module = importlib.import_module("sqlalchemy")
+    if hasattr(module, "dialects"):
+        _sqlalchemy = module
         warnings.simplefilter(action="ignore", category=_sqlalchemy.exc.SAWarning)
 except ImportError:
     pass
+finally:
+    sys.path = _path
 
 try:
     import MySQLdb  # used by SQLAlchemy in case of MySQL
diff --git a/sqlmap.py b/sqlmap.py
index 500e888ff..7c7e14ebd 100755
--- a/sqlmap.py
+++ b/sqlmap.py
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ try:
         warnings.filterwarnings(action="ignore", category=DeprecationWarning)
     else:
         warnings.resetwarnings()
-        warnings.simplefilter("ignore", category=ResourceWarning, append=1)
+        warnings.filterwarnings(action="ignore", message="'crypt'", category=DeprecationWarning)
+        warnings.simplefilter("ignore", category=ImportWarning)
+        if sys.version_info >= (3, 0):
+            warnings.simplefilter("ignore", category=ResourceWarning)
 
     warnings.filterwarnings(action="ignore", message="Python 2 is no longer supported")
     warnings.filterwarnings(action="ignore", message=".*was already imported", category=UserWarning)