diff --git a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
index 3c305b872..d15ed4311 100644
--- a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
+++ b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ cfa1f8d02f815c4e8561f6adbdd4e84dda6b6af6c7a0d5eeb9d7346d07e1e7ad  extra/shellcod
 cb43de49a549ae5524f3066b99d6bc3b0b684c6e68c2e75602e87b2ac5718716  extra/shellcodeexec/windows/shellcodeexec.x32.exe_
 384805687bfe5b9077d90d78183afcbd4690095dfc4cc12b2ed3888f657c753c  extra/shutils/autocompletion.sh
 04e48ea5b4c77768e892635128ac0c9e013d61d9d5eda4f6ff8af5a09ae2500b  extra/shutils/blanks.sh
-b740525fa505fe58c62fd32f38fd9161004a006b5303a2e95096755801cc9b54  extra/shutils/drei.sh
+273e332268a952f43902cc0ee29f1e0eef632501407e2be9bd3def9b83e7679a  extra/shutils/drei.sh
 2d778d7f317c23e190409cddad31709cad0b5f54393f1f35e160b4aa6b3db5a2  extra/shutils/duplicates.py
 ca1a0b3601d0e73ce2df2ba6c6133e86744b71061363ba09e339951d46541120  extra/shutils/junk.sh
 74fe683e94702bef6b8ea8eebb7fc47040e3ef5a03dec756e3cf4504a00c7839  extra/shutils/newlines.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ c4bfb493a03caf84dd362aec7c248097841de804b7413d0e1ecb8a90c8550bc0  lib/core/readl
 d1bd70c1a55858495c727fbec91e30af267459c8f64d50fabf9e4ee2c007e920  lib/core/replication.py
 1d0f80b0193ac5204527bfab4bde1a7aee0f693fd008e86b4b29f606d1ef94f3  lib/core/revision.py
 d2eb8e4b05ac93551272b3d4abfaf5b9f2d3ac92499a7704c16ed0b4f200db38  lib/core/session.py
-4cc976d4c1b399613cb4da8065c3cd20ae4dbd92543cf39135d57a3b92332c6d  lib/core/settings.py
+9dc353bd3dbc3f2f0afcba6de264704f0072c28c3535ca721c67884ff6bdc77d  lib/core/settings.py
 1c5eab9494eb969bc9ce118a2ea6954690c6851cbe54c18373c723b99734bf09  lib/core/shell.py
 4eea6dcf023e41e3c64b210cb5c2efc7ca893b727f5e49d9c924f076bb224053  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 cdd352e1331c6b535e780f6edea79465cb55af53aa2114dcea0e8bf382e56d1a  lib/core/target.py
diff --git a/extra/shutils/drei.sh b/extra/shutils/drei.sh
index 99bccf5c8..529c1708b 100755
--- a/extra/shutils/drei.sh
+++ b/extra/shutils/drei.sh
@@ -3,12 +3,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2006-2025 sqlmap developers (https://sqlmap.org)
 # See the file 'LICENSE' for copying permission
 
-# Stress test against Python3
+# Stress test against Python3(.14)
 
-export SQLMAP_DREI=1
-#for i in $(find . -iname "*.py" | grep -v __init__); do python3 -c 'import '`echo $i | cut -d '.' -f 2 | cut -d '/' -f 2- | sed 's/\//./g'`''; done
-for i in $(find . -iname "*.py" | grep -v __init__); do PYTHONWARNINGS=all python3 -m compileall $i | sed 's/Compiling/Checking/g'; done
-unset SQLMAP_DREI
+for i in $(find . -iname "*.py" | grep -v __init__); do PYTHONWARNINGS=all python3.14 -m compileall $i | sed 's/Compiling/Checking/g'; done
 source `dirname "$0"`"/junk.sh"
-
-# for i in $(find . -iname "*.py" | grep -v __init__); do timeout 10 pylint --py3k $i; done 2>&1 | grep -v -E 'absolute_import|No config file'
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 70bcf20b1..dd2cc5eca 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty import six
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.9.12.39"
+VERSION = "1.9.12.40"
 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)