diff --git a/data/xml/queries.xml b/data/xml/queries.xml
index 13ae91c23..25ddbd261 100644
--- a/data/xml/queries.xml
+++ b/data/xml/queries.xml
@@ -1534,7 +1534,6 @@
         <substring query="SUBSTR((%s),%d,%d)"/>
         <concatenate query="%s||%s"/>
         <case query="SELECT (CASE WHEN (%s) THEN 1 ELSE 0 END)"/>
-        <hex/>
         <inference query="SUBSTR((%s),%d,1)>'%c'"/>
         <banner/>
         <current_user/>
@@ -1577,7 +1576,6 @@
         <substring query="SUBSTRING((%s) FROM %d FOR %d)"/>
         <concatenate query="%s||%s"/>
         <case query="SELECT (CASE WHEN (%s) THEN '1' ELSE '0' END)"/>
-        <hex/>
         <inference query="SUBSTRING((%s) FROM %d FOR 1)>'%c'"/>
         <banner/>
         <current_user query="CURRENT_USER"/>
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 9b4a4679e..bc2fac41b 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 = "1.4.3.9"
+VERSION = "1.4.3.10"
 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)