diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 3beaa4cef..951488122 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 = "1.10.9.11"
+VERSION = "1.10.9.12"
 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/sqlmap.py b/sqlmap.py
index 958550af8..d2eb8d96a 100755
--- a/sqlmap.py
+++ b/sqlmap.py
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ def main():
             logger.critical(errMsg)
             raise SystemExit
 
-        elif (sys._jit.is_enabled() if hasattr(sys, "_jit") else os.environ.get("PYTHON_JIT") == '1'):
+        elif (sys._jit.is_enabled() if hasattr(sys, "_jit") else (sys.version_info >= (3, 13) and os.environ.get("PYTHON_JIT") == '1')):
             errMsg = "the experimental Python JIT compiler is turned on. CPython has an open defect where "
             errMsg += "the tier-2 optimizer runs the wrong instruction stream against a correct frame, raising "
             errMsg += "exceptions that the executed code cannot produce "
diff --git a/tests/test_jit_guard.py b/tests/test_jit_guard.py
index 394622caa..3a5fbde45 100644
--- a/tests/test_jit_guard.py
+++ b/tests/test_jit_guard.py
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ import unittest
 
 ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 
-# forces a crash inside init(), i.e. the same place #6117 landed, without needing a target.
+# Forces a crash inside init(), i.e. the same place #6117 landed, without needing a target.
+# NOTE: the injected fault must raise on Python 2 as well - 'a' < 128 does NOT (Python 2 orders
+# mismatched types by type name and quietly returns a bool), which let a broken run reach the
+# network on the PyPy-2.7 job instead of the exception handler under test.
 # codeIsModified() is neutralized because its branch sits earlier in the chain and would
 # otherwise win on any working tree with uncommitted edits (or a stale txt/checksum.md5).
 DRIVER = """
@@ -30,7 +33,7 @@ sys.argv = ["sqlmap.py", "-u", "http://127.0.0.1/?id=1", "--batch"]
 import sqlmap
 import lib.core.option
 sqlmap.codeIsModified = lambda: False
-lib.core.option.loadPayloads = lambda: "a" < 128
+lib.core.option.loadPayloads = lambda: iter([])()
 sqlmap.main()
 """ % ROOT
 
@@ -50,8 +53,9 @@ def _run(jit):
 
 
 def _jitEnabled(jit):
-    """Whether the interpreter actually honours PYTHON_JIT=<jit> (build-dependent)."""
-    code = "import sys, os; print(sys._jit.is_enabled() if hasattr(sys, '_jit') else os.environ.get('PYTHON_JIT') == '1')"
+    """Whether the guard in sqlmap.py would consider the JIT enabled (mirrors its condition)."""
+    code = ("import sys, os; print(sys._jit.is_enabled() if hasattr(sys, '_jit') "
+            "else (sys.version_info >= (3, 13) and os.environ.get('PYTHON_JIT') == '1'))")
     env = dict(os.environ)
     env["PYTHON_JIT"] = jit
     return subprocess.check_output([sys.executable, "-c", code], env=env).strip() == b"True"