diff --git a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
index 79954e55b..a627ead8f 100644
--- a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
+++ b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ e033b20a0f7821797a10f4bf4235723f38c7db551c611fbb713faa621b123c4a  lib/core/optio
 9bf174058f15d14e24e94f9aaf42df045119d3617c6c54bd2f3af79b462f331d  lib/core/replication.py
 0b8c38a01bb01f843d94a6c5f2075ee47520d0c4aa799cecea9c3e2c5a4a23a6  lib/core/revision.py
 888daba83fd4a34e9503fe21f01fef4cc730e5cde871b1d40e15d4cbc847d56c  lib/core/session.py
-e37e088d210b6ddbd4a1a4ddfbbff632c832980de295e0c2ca4e46c9f0386f8d  lib/core/settings.py
+07de0d223b07e47ac4c5adcaff260226dffadaa6dc14d55ae156ec8b7c118a64  lib/core/settings.py
 c7804223319e18eb0b8e2cbf0a8b6896d1cefb7b0b1a2e9f1cf826a8a3b56750  lib/core/shell.py
 a2e98a94b231432736d6b304fc75525c8b5fdb4768c418387c5b4c1a610dad64  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 19f1e3c5e3ba703d28d510cd7a9ab8284d5fbe9df5ce7e77c86e5931571364b7  lib/core/target.py
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ d539d0ae758b5bb91e314ab82ab4fe03d6fb2f8b377d16aefa6d7d1d77a7d5a9  tests/test_ide
 13d0369f3fea7262f7944999f559da38e5284cbc76660fd7aeffedad78e65f5f  tests/test_ldap.py
 caa06fed7323b2bb6d0f2443ce343de94f75bf8ad012c055d5e07741d908ebad  tests/test_misc.py
 790b78c600b61eb0bdd6e07e14b1db3eb2ddd5fc5d4edb9e975f85ced38558c7  tests/test_nosql.py
-57fa9713a3186020be8bcc3f06399e92bf9ce82ec6d3413c76babe19606bb698  tests/test_openapi_drift.py
+88a8c7ce0ba0ca721dffbcf9351cd07f7e471ad2fe667a10608c18952b09868d  tests/test_openapi_drift.py
 cde0bea1263ae857561f91ed2bd515e972b716743f017d31b1718a8546c72759  tests/test_pagecontent.py
 4bac34af2abddce003756d6776e89b2fda220bb7603ef3761f4f37ee29f9c369  tests/test_payload_marking.py
 6bfc8201724078bd9d6d559916ef73c9ff97e19b0f2948f37e588a49b027795f  tests/test_payloads_structure.py
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index ef90e02b7..c69a78cf7 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 = "1.10.6.170"
+VERSION = "1.10.6.171"
 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_openapi_drift.py b/tests/test_openapi_drift.py
index b38fd16eb..1ed84c2b8 100644
--- a/tests/test_openapi_drift.py
+++ b/tests/test_openapi_drift.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 from _testutils import bootstrap
 bootstrap()
 
-import lib.utils.api  # noqa: F401  (importing registers every route on Bottle's default app)
+__import__("lib.utils.api")   # registers Bottle routes (side-effect import)
 from lib.core.settings import RESTAPI_VERSION
 from thirdparty.bottle.bottle import default_app