diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index e7c1a39501b..ca2e9f3dcec 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 = "1.10.9.22"
+VERSION = "1.10.9.24"
 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/httpshandler.py b/lib/request/httpshandler.py
index 4e95c600677..b2776463213 100644
--- a/lib/request/httpshandler.py
+++ b/lib/request/httpshandler.py
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ def create_sock():
                     else:
                         for header, value in conf.httpHeaders:
                             if header.lower() == "host":
-                                hostname = value
+                                match = re.search(r"\A\[(?P<hostname>.+)\](:\d+)?\Z", value.strip())
+                                hostname = match.group("hostname") if match else value.rsplit(":", 1)[0] if ":" in value else value
                                 break
                     hostname = hostname if re.search(r"\A[\d.]+\Z", hostname or "") is None else None
                     result = _contexts[protocol].wrap_socket(sock, do_handshake_on_connect=True, server_hostname=hostname)
diff --git a/tests/test_report.py b/tests/test_report.py
index 9130dfb2a25..9b2ab3ee9fb 100644
--- a/tests/test_report.py
+++ b/tests/test_report.py
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ class TestMultiTargetTaskId(_CollectorCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super(TestMultiTargetTaskId, self).setUp()
         from lib.core.dump import Dump
+        self._had_reportTaskId = "reportTaskId" in kb
         self._saved_reportTaskId = kb.get("reportTaskId")
         self._saved_dumper = conf.get("dumper")
         self._saved_reportCollector = conf.get("reportCollector")
@@ -242,7 +243,17 @@ def setUp(self):
         conf.reportCollector = self.c
 
     def tearDown(self):
-        kb.reportTaskId = self._saved_reportTaskId
+        # restore to the PRIOR STATE exactly - if the key was absent before (the common case, since
+        # kb.reportTaskId is normally set lazily by a multi-target run), setting it to the saved None
+        # would instead leave it explicitly present with value None, which breaks the
+        # kb.get("reportTaskId", REPORT_TASKID) fallback used elsewhere (e.g. ReportErrorRecorder.emit())
+        # for the rest of the test process - order-dependent flakiness, since Python 2's unittest
+        # discover() does not sort tests/ (unlike Python 3's), so this class can run before
+        # TestReportErrorCapture depending on the checkout's raw directory order
+        if self._had_reportTaskId:
+            kb.reportTaskId = self._saved_reportTaskId
+        else:
+            del kb.reportTaskId
         conf.dumper = self._saved_dumper
         conf.reportCollector = self._saved_reportCollector
         super(TestMultiTargetTaskId, self).tearDown()