diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 36b42c2fa..a206eb7d0 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 = "1.3.1.39"
+VERSION = "1.3.1.40"
 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)
diff --git a/lib/utils/hash.py b/lib/utils/hash.py
index 3985670f9..4ea776607 100644
--- a/lib/utils/hash.py
+++ b/lib/utils/hash.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ try:
 
     # problems with ctypes (Reference: https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/issues/2952)
     _ = multiprocessing.Value('i')
-except (ImportError, OSError):
+except (ImportError, OSError, AttributeError):
     pass
 else:
     try:
diff --git a/txt/checksum.md5 b/txt/checksum.md5
index 4a6b726d2..b0e4b7574 100644
--- a/txt/checksum.md5
+++ b/txt/checksum.md5
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ fe370021c6bc99daf44b2bfc0d1effb3  lib/core/patch.py
 9a7d68d5fa01561500423791f15cc676  lib/core/replication.py
 3179d34f371e0295dd4604568fb30bcd  lib/core/revision.py
 d6269c55789f78cf707e09a0f5b45443  lib/core/session.py
-8013b106ba03ae4fbaef343f20a0fa86  lib/core/settings.py
+af9f5e98db9e56caf828065cbadecc6f  lib/core/settings.py
 a8a7501d1e6b21669b858a62e921d191  lib/core/shell.py
 5dc606fdf0afefd4b305169c21ab2612  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 eec3080ba5baca44c6de4595f1c92a0d  lib/core/target.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ da4bc159e6920f1f7e45c92c39941690  lib/utils/deps.py
 f7c64515a3e4fcfe8266ca2be77be565  lib/utils/getch.py
 0d497906b06eb82d14da676e9f9c98f5  lib/utils/har.py
 1fc47aa8860f809d103048e4eb51cdd2  lib/utils/hashdb.py
-e571f559826c08f05d060625b4e9dcdd  lib/utils/hash.py
+ef3fadd11bc45552d26f00b34f732097  lib/utils/hash.py
 17009289bb5c0dc0cceaa483113101e1  lib/utils/htmlentities.py
 fb6be55d21a70765e35549af2484f762  lib/utils/__init__.py
 2a40a6bd1779f7db5199f089411b1c1c  lib/utils/pivotdumptable.py