diff --git a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
index 75becba54..5c78d133d 100644
--- a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
+++ b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ c4bfb493a03caf84dd362aec7c248097841de804b7413d0e1ecb8a90c8550bc0  lib/core/readl
 d1bd70c1a55858495c727fbec91e30af267459c8f64d50fabf9e4ee2c007e920  lib/core/replication.py
 1d0f80b0193ac5204527bfab4bde1a7aee0f693fd008e86b4b29f606d1ef94f3  lib/core/revision.py
 d2eb8e4b05ac93551272b3d4abfaf5b9f2d3ac92499a7704c16ed0b4f200db38  lib/core/session.py
-cc85a81cf0cadda64bd459c091f6a7640a154285b5b8ecbaebe5920babeaff31  lib/core/settings.py
+7c88194b2da2d68dfd2fffede71bbb0131a4882a83cdbd53ddc800d7f1981dbb  lib/core/settings.py
 1c5eab9494eb969bc9ce118a2ea6954690c6851cbe54c18373c723b99734bf09  lib/core/shell.py
 4eea6dcf023e41e3c64b210cb5c2efc7ca893b727f5e49d9c924f076bb224053  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 cdd352e1331c6b535e780f6edea79465cb55af53aa2114dcea0e8bf382e56d1a  lib/core/target.py
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ d20798551d141b3eb0b1c789ee595f776386469ac3f9aeee612fd7a5607b98cd  lib/techniques
 4608f21a4333c162ab3c266c903fda4793cc5834de30d06affe9b7566dd09811  lib/techniques/__init__.py
 4608f21a4333c162ab3c266c903fda4793cc5834de30d06affe9b7566dd09811  lib/techniques/union/__init__.py
 dca6a14d7e30f8d320cc972620402798b493528a0ad7bd98a7f38327cea04e20  lib/techniques/union/test.py
-4a866eefe165a541218eb71926a49f65ac13505b88857624b3759970c5069451  lib/techniques/union/use.py
+9c57e5467c295e10356f457d7a95a652602e6ef09566ab1346fa23519fdf1b3b  lib/techniques/union/use.py
 e41d96b1520e30bd4ce13adfcf52e11d3a5ea75c0b2d7612958d0054be889763  lib/utils/api.py
 af67d25e8c16b429a5b471d3c629dc1da262262320bf7cd68465d151c02def16  lib/utils/brute.py
 828940a8eefda29c9eb271c21f29e2c4d1d428ccf0dcc6380e7ee6740300ec55  lib/utils/crawler.py
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index df1123dc5..704bd5254 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 = "1.9.12.4"
+VERSION = "1.9.12.5"
 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/techniques/union/use.py b/lib/techniques/union/use.py
index eab12ab52..c5bc83234 100644
--- a/lib/techniques/union/use.py
+++ b/lib/techniques/union/use.py
@@ -107,12 +107,23 @@ def _oneShotUnionUse(expression, unpack=True, limited=False):
             for _page in (page or "", (page or "").replace('\\"', '"')):
                 if Backend.isDbms(DBMS.MSSQL):
                     output = extractRegexResult(r"%s(?P<result>.*)%s" % (kb.chars.start, kb.chars.stop), removeReflectiveValues(_page, payload))
+
                     if output:
                         try:
-                            retVal = ""
-                            fields = re.findall(r'"([^"]+)":', extractRegexResult(r"{(?P<result>[^}]+)}", output))
-                            for row in json.loads(output):
-                                retVal += "%s%s%s" % (kb.chars.start, kb.chars.delimiter.join(getUnicode(row[field] or NULL) for field in fields), kb.chars.stop)
+                            retVal = None
+                            output_decoded = htmlUnescape(output)
+                            json_data = json.loads(output_decoded, object_pairs_hook=OrderedDict)
+
+                            if not isinstance(json_data, list):
+                                json_data = [json_data]
+
+                            if json_data and isinstance(json_data[0], dict):
+                                fields = list(json_data[0].keys())
+
+                                if fields:
+                                    retVal = ""
+                                    for row in json_data:
+                                        retVal += "%s%s%s" % (kb.chars.start, kb.chars.delimiter.join(getUnicode(row.get(field) or NULL) for field in fields), kb.chars.stop)
                         except:
                             retVal = None
                         else: