diff --git a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
index b19c23fbe7..5a7ca3dfae 100644
--- a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
+++ b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ d69e84f1648cdb907f5d2dd454f03874a4613752b07867510145d51d84b3c56f  lib/controller
 b13462712ec5ac07541dba98631ddcda279d210b838f363d15ac97a1413b67a2  lib/core/bigarray.py
 c265eb478d912aba53ebd1d93de2646a7738b7a0e621a2c38a35f0ba897d3db6  lib/core/common.py
 a6397b10de7ae7c56ed6b0fa3b3c58eb7a9dbede61bf93d786e73258175c981e  lib/core/compat.py
-a9997e97ebe88e0bf7efcf21e878bc5f62c72348e5aba18f64d6861390a4dcf2  lib/core/convert.py
+461f2666d500f9a91210fec558e6ee68af61c752de5498490bc96c11b32a6b0a  lib/core/convert.py
 c03dc585f89642cfd81b087ac2723e3e1bb3bfa8c60e6f5fe58ef3b0113ebfe6  lib/core/data.py
 6acb645b1f285b21673c70824b03f6209acc5993b50e50da5ed2c713a30626f5  lib/core/datatype.py
 70fb2528e580b22564899595b0dff6b1bc257c6a99d2022ce3996a3d04e68e4e  lib/core/decorators.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ d197388e8e2aabe19f2529bfcac780e18e22a905d01319080d7afe4cb2b1c4c9  lib/core/optio
 48797d6c34dd9bb8a53f7f3794c85f4288d82a9a1d6be7fcf317d388cb20d4b3  lib/core/replication.py
 0b8c38a01bb01f843d94a6c5f2075ee47520d0c4aa799cecea9c3e2c5a4a23a6  lib/core/revision.py
 888daba83fd4a34e9503fe21f01fef4cc730e5cde871b1d40e15d4cbc847d56c  lib/core/session.py
-b9d9e12200b65a63d8893364b83ec5ae8ef5b6f3b9b2ea1bcddfdaaf6c6324ad  lib/core/settings.py
+f65fc4590e23853f728f742019b5c5a9849a0c43ff1a20858771da3e21f493d9  lib/core/settings.py
 cd5a66deee8963ba8e7e9af3dd36eb5e8127d4d68698811c29e789655f507f82  lib/core/shell.py
 bcb5d8090d5e3e0ef2a586ba09ba80eef0c6d51feb0f611ed25299fbb254f725  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 70ea3768f1b3062b22d20644df41c86238157ec80dd43da40545c620714273c6  lib/core/target.py
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ f552b6140d4069be6a44792a08f295da8adabc1c4bb6a5e100f222f87144ca9d  lib/techniques
 1966ca704961fb987ab757f0a4afddbf841d1a880631b701487c75cef63d60c3  lib/techniques/union/__init__.py
 30cae858e2a5a75b40854399f65ad074e6bb808d56d5ee66b94d4002dc6e101b  lib/techniques/union/test.py
 a8a795f29ec6fd66482926f04b054ed492a033982c3b7837c5d2ea32368acec0  lib/techniques/union/use.py
-f8c30ed8e79f93a6b5535e2d8977b9c10bdc10142418760213f8a2548bf199ad  lib/utils/api.py
+f64f2e9df844061ff0b7b97907ac959e6e03c0eda4cbb273145985b90adc081d  lib/utils/api.py
 ea5e14f8c9d74b0fb17026b14e3fb70ee90e4046e51ab2c16652d86b3ca9b949  lib/utils/brute.py
 da5bcbcda3f667582adf5db8c1b5d511b469ac61b55d387cec66de35720ed718  lib/utils/crawler.py
 a94958be0ec3e9d28d8171813a6a90655a9ad7e6aa33c661e8d8ebbfcf208dbb  lib/utils/deps.py
diff --git a/lib/core/convert.py b/lib/core/convert.py
index 0b4cddd739..3d24fb5412 100644
--- a/lib/core/convert.py
+++ b/lib/core/convert.py
@@ -412,6 +412,8 @@ def stdoutEncode(value):
     Returns textual representation of a given value safe for writing to stdout
     >>> stdoutEncode(b"foobar")
     'foobar'
+    >>> stdoutEncode({"url": "http://example.com/foo", "data": "id=1"}) == {"url": "http://example.com/foo", "data": "id=1"}
+    True
     """
 
     if value is None:
@@ -437,7 +439,8 @@ def stdoutEncode(value):
         if isinstance(value, (bytes, bytearray)):
             value = getUnicode(value, encoding)
         elif not isinstance(value, str):
-            value = str(value)
+            # Reference: https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/issues/6054
+            return value
 
         try:
             retVal = value.encode(encoding, errors="replace").decode(encoding, errors="replace")
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 6c0137c113..87b5cebb50 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 from thirdparty import six
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.10.4.13"
+VERSION = "1.10.5.0"
 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/utils/api.py b/lib/utils/api.py
index 911347ec85..5e5bc61e88 100644
--- a/lib/utils/api.py
+++ b/lib/utils/api.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 from lib.core.common import dataToStdout
 from lib.core.common import getSafeExString
 from lib.core.common import openFile
+from lib.core.common import safeCompareStrings
 from lib.core.common import saveConfig
 from lib.core.common import setColor
 from lib.core.common import unArrayizeValue