diff --git a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
index 8188d331b..cd9ea3111 100644
--- a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
+++ b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ b0f434f64105bd61ab0f6867b3f681b97fa02b4fb809ac538db382d031f0e609  data/xml/paylo
 0648264166455010921df1ec431e4c973809f37ef12cbfea75f95029222eb689  data/xml/payloads/stacked_queries.xml
 997556b6170964a64474a2e053abe33cf2cf029fb1acec660d4651cc67a3c7e1  data/xml/payloads/time_blind.xml
 40a4878669f318568097719d07dc906a19b8520bc742be3583321fc1e8176089  data/xml/payloads/union_query.xml
-dd0ee0fac1a4f7fdbecc8fcceb0a1a4e2d15cec3847198740a1994851c56ad27  data/xml/queries.xml
+eeaec8f6590db3315a740b04f21fed8ae229d9d0ef8b85af5ad83a905e9bfd6e  data/xml/queries.xml
 abb6261b1c531ad2ee3ada8184c76bcdc38732558d11a8e519f36fcc95325f7e  doc/AUTHORS
 2a0322f121cbda30336ab58382e9860fea8ab28ff4726f6f8abf143ce1657abe  doc/CHANGELOG.md
 2df1f15110f74ce4e52f0e7e4a605e6c7e08fbda243e444f9b60e26dfc5cf09d  doc/THANKS.md
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ c4bfb493a03caf84dd362aec7c248097841de804b7413d0e1ecb8a90c8550bc0  lib/core/readl
 d1bd70c1a55858495c727fbec91e30af267459c8f64d50fabf9e4ee2c007e920  lib/core/replication.py
 1d0f80b0193ac5204527bfab4bde1a7aee0f693fd008e86b4b29f606d1ef94f3  lib/core/revision.py
 d2eb8e4b05ac93551272b3d4abfaf5b9f2d3ac92499a7704c16ed0b4f200db38  lib/core/session.py
-b1b416ae195be51eadd8f31be271f5774eed1dc8d90cb5e7421d2f60ca9ff26f  lib/core/settings.py
+ff7faea73b5ed207c8b5648dd5ce03d8bee4e06801f7c70bd95d6eb7d0023cc1  lib/core/settings.py
 1c5eab9494eb969bc9ce118a2ea6954690c6851cbe54c18373c723b99734bf09  lib/core/shell.py
 4eea6dcf023e41e3c64b210cb5c2efc7ca893b727f5e49d9c924f076bb224053  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 cdd352e1331c6b535e780f6edea79465cb55af53aa2114dcea0e8bf382e56d1a  lib/core/target.py
diff --git a/data/xml/queries.xml b/data/xml/queries.xml
index d169832b7..d497f3d8c 100644
--- a/data/xml/queries.xml
+++ b/data/xml/queries.xml
@@ -946,8 +946,8 @@
         <limitstring/>
         <order query="ORDER BY %s ASC"/>
         <count query="COUNT(%s)"/>
-        <!-- NOTE: comment without alphanumeric char in continuation is invalid -->
-        <comment query="--x"/>
+        <!-- NOTE: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-3157 -->
+        <comment query="--aa"/>
         <substring query="SUBSTR((%s),%d,%d)"/>
         <concatenate query="%s||%s"/>
         <!-- NOTE: Apache Derby does not support implicit conversion from int to string -->
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index dc6927b2a..38fe9000c 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 = "1.9.12.8"
+VERSION = "1.9.12.9"
 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)