diff --git a/lib/core/convert.py b/lib/core/convert.py
index b7ac02809..a925bba67 100644
--- a/lib/core/convert.py
+++ b/lib/core/convert.py
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ def _serializeDecode(struct):
             # that would surface as 'bytes' and break str consumers - most visibly kb.chars,
             # whose str-key lookups then return None and crash cleanupPayload(). Recover such
             # cross-version TEXT by decoding valid UTF-8 to 'str'; real binary stays bytes.
-            if struct.get("pv") == 3:
+            if struct.get("pv") == 3 or not six.PY3:
                 return raw
             try:
                 return raw.decode("utf-8")
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index ebf0cb0bb..75a6ee242 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty import six
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.10.7.108"
+VERSION = "1.10.7.109"
 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/tests/test_pagecontent.py b/tests/test_pagecontent.py
index 6d777ef21..4dd903fa0 100644
--- a/tests/test_pagecontent.py
+++ b/tests/test_pagecontent.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ bootstrap()
 
 from lib.core.common import (getFilteredPageContent, getPageWordSet,
                              extractTextTagContent, parseSqliteTableSchema)
+from lib.core.data import conf
 from lib.core.data import kb
 
 
@@ -60,8 +61,14 @@ class TestExtractTextTagContent(unittest.TestCase):
 
 class TestParseSqliteTableSchema(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
+        # parseSqliteTableSchema keys cachedColumns by conf.db/conf.tbl - reset them (not just
+        # cachedColumns) so a leaked db/tbl from a prior test can't shift the storage key and
+        # break this test's [None][None] lookup (order-dependent flake under PyPy discovery)
         self.addCleanup(setattr, kb.data, "cachedColumns", kb.data.get("cachedColumns"))
+        self.addCleanup(setattr, conf, "db", conf.get("db"))
+        self.addCleanup(setattr, conf, "tbl", conf.get("tbl"))
         kb.data.cachedColumns = {}
+        conf.db = conf.tbl = None
 
     def _cols(self):
         # parseSqliteTableSchema stores under cachedColumns[db][table] (both None here)