diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 8990c7f77..ad0cfc2af 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty.six import unichr as _unichr
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.4.11.14"
+VERSION = "1.4.11.15"
 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/core/update.py b/lib/core/update.py
index 75ec48b59..2d9837edb 100644
--- a/lib/core/update.py
+++ b/lib/core/update.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import time
 import zipfile
 
 from lib.core.common import dataToStdout
+from lib.core.common import extractRegexResult
 from lib.core.common import getLatestRevision
 from lib.core.common import getSafeExString
 from lib.core.common import openFile
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ from lib.core.revision import getRevisionNumber
 from lib.core.settings import GIT_REPOSITORY
 from lib.core.settings import IS_WIN
 from lib.core.settings import VERSION
+from lib.core.settings import TYPE
 from lib.core.settings import ZIPBALL_PAGE
 from thirdparty.six.moves import urllib as _urllib
 
@@ -36,7 +38,34 @@ def update():
 
     success = False
 
-    if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(paths.SQLMAP_ROOT_PATH, ".git")):
+    if TYPE == "pip":
+        infoMsg = "updating sqlmap to the latest stable version from the "
+        infoMsg += "PyPI repository"
+        logger.info(infoMsg)
+
+        debugMsg = "sqlmap will try to update itself using 'pip' command"
+        logger.debug(debugMsg)
+
+        dataToStdout("\r[%s] [INFO] update in progress" % time.strftime("%X"))
+
+        output = ""
+        try:
+            process = subprocess.Popen("pip install -U sqlmap", shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, cwd=paths.SQLMAP_ROOT_PATH)
+            pollProcess(process, True)
+            output, _ = process.communicate()
+            success = not process.returncode
+        except Exception as ex:
+            success = False
+            output = getSafeExString(ex)
+        finally:
+            output = getText(output)
+
+        if success:
+            logger.info("%s the latest revision '%s'" % ("already at" if "already up-to-date" in output else "updated to", extractRegexResult(r"\binstalled sqlmap-(?P<result>\d+\.\d+\.\d+)", output) or extractRegexResult(r"\((?P<result>\d+\.\d+\.\d+)\)", output)))
+        else:
+            logger.error("update could not be completed ('%s')" % re.sub(r"[^a-z0-9:/\\]+", " ", output).strip())
+
+    elif not os.path.exists(os.path.join(paths.SQLMAP_ROOT_PATH, ".git")):
         warnMsg = "not a git repository. It is recommended to clone the 'sqlmapproject/sqlmap' repository "
         warnMsg += "from GitHub (e.g. 'git clone --depth 1 %s sqlmap')" % GIT_REPOSITORY
         logger.warn(warnMsg)
@@ -95,6 +124,7 @@ def update():
                                 os.chmod(os.path.join(directory, "sqlmap.py"), attrs)
                             except OSError:
                                 logger.warning("could not set the file attributes of '%s'" % os.path.join(directory, "sqlmap.py"))
+
     else:
         infoMsg = "updating sqlmap to the latest development revision from the "
         infoMsg += "GitHub repository"