diff --git a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
index 7ff8212ca..fd1ba641e 100644
--- a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
+++ b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ d53a8aecab8af8b8da4dc1c74d868f70a38770d34b1fa50cae4532cae7ce1c87  lib/core/compa
 ebe518089733722879f5a13e73020ebe55d46fb7410cacf292ca4ea1d9d1c56a  lib/core/convert.py
 ae500647c4074681749735a4f3b17b7eca44868dd3f39f9cab0a575888ba04a1  lib/core/data.py
 ffae7cfe9f9afb92e887b9a8dbc1630d0063e865f35984ae417b04a4513e5024  lib/core/datatype.py
-8a5a6f5313726d6880aeb1ffca35bc2ff6ecd3709b3e987551189a72fed25bf0  lib/core/decorators.py
+1d70d75a1c1a2a0ad295f727ee9f1d90cea851dfc2f8c9a85ef79c7975007ead  lib/core/decorators.py
 d573a37bb00c8b65f75b275aa92549683180fb209b75fd0ff3870e3848939900  lib/core/defaults.py
 ce6e1c1766acd95168f7708ddcacaa4a586c21ffc9e92024c4715611c802b60c  lib/core/dicts.py
 c9d1f64648062d7962caf02c4e2e7d84e8feb2a14451146f627112aae889afcd  lib/core/dump.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ c4bfb493a03caf84dd362aec7c248097841de804b7413d0e1ecb8a90c8550bc0  lib/core/readl
 d1bd70c1a55858495c727fbec91e30af267459c8f64d50fabf9e4ee2c007e920  lib/core/replication.py
 1d0f80b0193ac5204527bfab4bde1a7aee0f693fd008e86b4b29f606d1ef94f3  lib/core/revision.py
 d2eb8e4b05ac93551272b3d4abfaf5b9f2d3ac92499a7704c16ed0b4f200db38  lib/core/session.py
-671255b7fd3714ef4315b8ff6f73e09496170d21796dd5e73062654be4ed615e  lib/core/settings.py
+9321b30f898d67fd5505426274f562af6f95e426c57f95c54eb69174beb48278  lib/core/settings.py
 1c5eab9494eb969bc9ce118a2ea6954690c6851cbe54c18373c723b99734bf09  lib/core/shell.py
 4eea6dcf023e41e3c64b210cb5c2efc7ca893b727f5e49d9c924f076bb224053  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 cdd352e1331c6b535e780f6edea79465cb55af53aa2114dcea0e8bf382e56d1a  lib/core/target.py
diff --git a/lib/core/decorators.py b/lib/core/decorators.py
index 802223181..196abd883 100644
--- a/lib/core/decorators.py
+++ b/lib/core/decorators.py
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ def cachedmethod(f):
     def _f(*args, **kwargs):
         parts = (
             f.__module__ + "." + f.__name__,
-            "|".join(repr(a) for a in args),
-            "|".join("%s=%r" % (k, kwargs[k]) for k in sorted(kwargs))
+            "^".join(repr(a) for a in args),
+            "^".join("%s=%r" % (k, kwargs[k]) for k in sorted(kwargs))
         )
         try:
-            key = int(hashlib.md5("|".join(parts).encode(UNICODE_ENCODING)).hexdigest(), 16) & 0x7fffffffffffffff
+            key = int(hashlib.md5("`".join(parts).encode(UNICODE_ENCODING)).hexdigest(), 16) & 0x7fffffffffffffff
         except ValueError:  # https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/issues/4281 (NOTE: non-standard Python behavior where hexdigest returns binary value)
             result = f(*args, **kwargs)
         else:
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 6240b4e27..78b9bd7a8 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty import six
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.9.9.2"
+VERSION = "1.9.9.3"
 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)