diff --git a/lib/core/agent.py b/lib/core/agent.py
index a30d33c5b..bb313dcc4 100644
--- a/lib/core/agent.py
+++ b/lib/core/agent.py
@@ -530,6 +530,9 @@ class Agent(object):
                 elif Backend.isDbms(DBMS.MYSQL) and kb.get("mysqlUtf8mb4"):
                     # NCHAR (utf8mb3) downgrades 4-byte chars (emoji) to '?'; utf8mb4 preserves them
                     nulledCastedField = "CAST(%s AS CHAR CHARACTER SET utf8mb4)" % field
+                elif Backend.isDbms(DBMS.DERBY) and re.search(r"(?i)\bCOUNT\(", field):
+                    # Derby rejects CAST(INTEGER AS VARCHAR); route the numeric COUNT through a CHAR intermediate
+                    nulledCastedField = rootQuery.cast.query % ("CAST(%s AS CHAR(254))" % field)
                 elif not (Backend.isDbms(DBMS.SQLITE) and not isDBMSVersionAtLeast('3')):
                     nulledCastedField = rootQuery.cast.query % field
 
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 47f9df7bc..0ce68edbe 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 = "1.10.7.207"
+VERSION = "1.10.7.208"
 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)