diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 4185d5120..263d5bfe0 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import DBMS_DIRECTORY_NAME
 from lib.core.enums import OS
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.2.10.17"
+VERSION = "1.2.10.18"
 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/parse/cmdline.py b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
index 86faefd9b..8cc577e66 100644
--- a/lib/parse/cmdline.py
+++ b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ def cmdLineParser(argv=None):
                                  help="Clean up the DBMS from sqlmap specific UDF and tables")
 
         miscellaneous.add_option("--dependencies", dest="dependencies", action="store_true",
-                                 help="Check for missing (non-core) sqlmap dependencies")
+                                 help="Check for missing (optional) sqlmap dependencies")
 
         miscellaneous.add_option("--disable-coloring", dest="disableColoring", action="store_true",
                                  help="Disable console output coloring")
diff --git a/sqlmap.conf b/sqlmap.conf
index b81fa51f4..dcbe92af3 100644
--- a/sqlmap.conf
+++ b/sqlmap.conf
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ checkPayload = False
 # Valid: True or False
 cleanup = False
 
-# Check for missing (non-core) sqlmap dependencies.
+# Check for missing (optional) sqlmap dependencies.
 # Valid: True or False
 dependencies = False
 
diff --git a/txt/checksum.md5 b/txt/checksum.md5
index da805c11a..a7c7b5f06 100644
--- a/txt/checksum.md5
+++ b/txt/checksum.md5
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ c8c386d644d57c659d74542f5f57f632  lib/core/patch.py
 0c3eef46bdbf87e29a3f95f90240d192  lib/core/replication.py
 a7db43859b61569b601b97f187dd31c5  lib/core/revision.py
 fcb74fcc9577523524659ec49e2e964b  lib/core/session.py
-f9c54a74954157624dafa19b563d92b6  lib/core/settings.py
+fb1892f8a3902907dcd6c75f58dd80c1  lib/core/settings.py
 dd68a9d02fccb4fa1428b20e15b0db5d  lib/core/shell.py
 a7edc9250d13af36ac0108f259859c19  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 47ad325975ab21fc9f11d90b46d0d143  lib/core/target.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ b35636650cfe721f5cc47fb91737c061  lib/core/update.py
 e772deb63270375e685fa5a7b775c382  lib/core/wordlist.py
 1e5532ede194ac9c083891c2f02bca93  lib/__init__.py
 7620f1f4b8791e13c7184c06b5421754  lib/parse/banner.py
-4296aee13e84a7394f2329dc7ea542ef  lib/parse/cmdline.py
+6458f20d6ebe20fb45a79a09c2874d33  lib/parse/cmdline.py
 fb2e2f05dde98caeac6ccf3e67192177  lib/parse/configfile.py
 3794ff139869f5ae8e81cfdbe5714f56  lib/parse/handler.py
 6bab53ea9d75bc9bb8169d3e8f3f149f  lib/parse/headers.py