diff --git a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
index c304d3e88f..8427aaee4f 100644
--- a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
+++ b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ a033f92d136c707a25927c2383125ddb004d4283db62c004dcd67c3fc242bb1c  lib/core/dump.
 48797d6c34dd9bb8a53f7f3794c85f4288d82a9a1d6be7fcf317d388cb20d4b3  lib/core/replication.py
 0b8c38a01bb01f843d94a6c5f2075ee47520d0c4aa799cecea9c3e2c5a4a23a6  lib/core/revision.py
 888daba83fd4a34e9503fe21f01fef4cc730e5cde871b1d40e15d4cbc847d56c  lib/core/session.py
-76823a75705cc63d0dde9cd680913626536fbc6989b932fd191cd379ab2aaefb  lib/core/settings.py
+9af9eabb33938e0c1fed05afa5699fab047b3cb0ab7c61fc2d471ee41df1d4dd  lib/core/settings.py
 cd5a66deee8963ba8e7e9af3dd36eb5e8127d4d68698811c29e789655f507f82  lib/core/shell.py
 bcb5d8090d5e3e0ef2a586ba09ba80eef0c6d51feb0f611ed25299fbb254f725  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 70ea3768f1b3062b22d20644df41c86238157ec80dd43da40545c620714273c6  lib/core/target.py
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ d2e771cdacef25ee3fdc0e0355b92e7cd1b68f5edc2756ffc19f75d183ba2c73  lib/parse/payl
 1d5972aba14e4e340e3dde4f1d39a671020187fb759f435ba8b7f522dd4498fa  lib/request/basic.py
 bc61bc944b81a7670884f82231033a6ac703324b34b071c9834886a92e249d0e  lib/request/chunkedhandler.py
 09c2d8786fb5280f5f14a7b4345ecb2e7c2ca836ee06a6cf9b51770df923d94c  lib/request/comparison.py
-6091ddc3e349f9c8d5280c54a79f39cdc9b52c9b21da14ae76091f9e7c2587d9  lib/request/connect.py
+86bfe2cef8d3fcdbadf3adc427f593ec638cf8953a37c68dd17691741bf9a950  lib/request/connect.py
 8e06682280fce062eef6174351bfebcb6040e19976acff9dc7b3699779783498  lib/request/direct.py
 cf019248253a5d7edb7bc474aa020b9e8625d73008a463c56ba2b539d7f2d8ec  lib/request/dns.py
 92c81cc31ff4a396723242058fb2152c9e9745f8412d01ea74480b048a53af6c  lib/request/httpshandler.py
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index c26dc13e31..7d3898b75f 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 = "1.10.4.3"
+VERSION = "1.10.4.4"
 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 3a830aef98..dbca1977d1 100644
--- a/lib/request/connect.py
+++ b/lib/request/connect.py
@@ -561,6 +561,10 @@ class _(dict):
             else:
                 post = getBytes(post)
 
+                # Reference: https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/issues/6049
+                if cmdLineOptions.method is None and method == HTTPMETHOD.GET and post == b"":
+                    post = None
+
                 if unArrayizeValue(conf.base64Parameter) == HTTPMETHOD.POST:
                     if kb.place != HTTPMETHOD.POST:
                         conf.data = getattr(conf.data, UNENCODED_ORIGINAL_VALUE, conf.data)