diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 74f346ccc..657b03a88 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 = "1.10.9.5"
+VERSION = "1.10.9.6"
 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/request/connect.py b/lib/request/connect.py
index 0260d79aa..9cbe1708c 100644
--- a/lib/request/connect.py
+++ b/lib/request/connect.py
@@ -1072,6 +1072,10 @@ class Connect(object):
                     errMsg += "function '%s' ('%s')" % (function.__name__, getSafeExString(ex))
                     raise SqlmapGenericException(errMsg)
 
+                # a postprocess function may replace responseHeaders with a plain dict lacking
+                # the internal '.headers' attribute expected further down (e.g. in processResponse())
+                responseHeaders = patchHeaders(responseHeaders)
+
             if isinstance(page, six.binary_type):
                 if HTTP_HEADER.CONTENT_TYPE in (responseHeaders or {}) and not re.search(TEXT_CONTENT_TYPE_REGEX, responseHeaders[HTTP_HEADER.CONTENT_TYPE]):
                     page = six.text_type(page, errors="ignore")