diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 8e8f1a094..4a304c07b 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 = "1.3.11.67"
+VERSION = "1.3.11.68"
 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/core/testing.py b/lib/core/testing.py
index 60d637f2c..b9abdaade 100644
--- a/lib/core/testing.py
+++ b/lib/core/testing.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def vulnTest():
     handle, request = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix=".req")
     os.close(handle)
 
-    open(request, "w+b").write("POST / HTTP/1.0\nHost: %s:%s\n\nid=1\n" % (address, port))
+    open(request, "w+").write("POST / HTTP/1.0\nHost: %s:%s\n\nid=1\n" % (address, port))
 
     url = "http://%s:%d/?id=1" % (address, port)
     direct = "sqlite3://%s" % database