diff --git a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
index 158f58eed8..0f25c6356b 100644
--- a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
+++ b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ c94d5c9ae4e4b996eaf0d06a6c5323a12f22653bb53c5eaf5400ee0bccf4a1eb  doc/translatio
 622d9a1f22d07e2fefdebbd6bd74e6727dc14725af6871423631f3d8a20a5277  doc/translations/README-sk-SK.md
 6d690c314fe278f8f949b27cd6f7db0354732c6112f2c8f764dcf7c2d12d626f  doc/translations/README-tr-TR.md
 0bccce9d2e48e7acc1ef126539a50d3d83c439f94cc6387c1331a9960604a2cd  doc/translations/README-uk-UA.md
-b88046e2fc27c35df58fcd5bbeaec0d70d95ebf3953f2cf29cc97a0a14dad529  doc/translations/README-vi-VN.md
+285c997e8ae7381d765143b5de6721cad598d564fd5f01a921108f285d9603a2  doc/translations/README-vi-VN.md
 b553a179c731127a115d68dfb2342602ad8558a42aa123050ba51a08509483f6  doc/translations/README-zh-CN.md
 98dd22c14c12ba65ca19efca273ef1ef07c45c7832bfd7daa7467d44cb082e76  extra/beep/beep.py
 509276140d23bfc079a6863e0291c4d0077dea6942658a992cbca7904a43fae9  extra/beep/beep.wav
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ bf77f9fc4296f239687297aee1fd6113b34f855965a6f690b52e26bd348cb353  lib/core/profi
 4eff81c639a72b261c8ba1c876a01246e718e6626e8e77ae9cc6298b20a39355  lib/core/replication.py
 bbd1dcda835934728efc6d68686e9b0da72b09b3ee38f3c0ab78e8c18b0ba726  lib/core/revision.py
 eed6b0a21b3e69c5583133346b0639dc89937bd588887968ee85f8389d7c3c96  lib/core/session.py
-4cecba7ea99c1cf0a3ff3077b857feeca680d778501a16cbacb92a98d00d467a  lib/core/settings.py
+315c763375a6e0a35c8922b54ef7bd9fe8b0fe0b842eb204deaf2ac3f944da37  lib/core/settings.py
 2bec97d8a950f7b884e31dfe9410467f00d24f21b35672b95f8d68ed59685fd4  lib/core/shell.py
 e90a359b37a55c446c60e70ccd533f87276714d0b09e34f69b0740fd729ddbf8  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 54f7c70b4c7a9931f7ff3c1c12030180bde38e35a306d5e343ad6052919974cd  lib/core/target.py
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index da4622eb5f..92c8dc211e 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 from thirdparty import six
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.8.8.6"
+VERSION = "1.8.9.0"
 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)
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@
 KB_CHARS_LOW_FREQUENCY_ALPHABET = "zqxjkvbp"
 
 # For filling in case of dumb push updates
-DUMMY_JUNK = "iuj5eiVa"
+DUMMY_JUNK = "jaiSh6bi"
 
 # Printable bytes
 PRINTABLE_BYTES = set(bytes(string.printable, "ascii") if six.PY3 else string.printable)