diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index f060039e6..eb28e355c 100644
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -3347,6 +3347,22 @@ def unhandledExceptionMessage():
 
     return errMsg
 
+def getLatestRevision():
+    """
+    Retrieves latest revision from the offical repository
+    """
+
+    retVal = None
+    req = urllib2.Request(url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/master/lib/core/settings.py")
+
+    try:
+        content = urllib2.urlopen(req).read()
+        retVal = extractRegexResult(r"VERSION\s*=\s*[\"'](?P<result>[\d.]+)", content)
+    except:
+        pass
+
+    return retVal
+
 def createGithubIssue(errMsg, excMsg):
     """
     Automatically create a Github issue with unhandled exception information
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 6f13d38cf..74e88c056 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 = "1.2.7.14"
+VERSION = "1.2.7.15"
 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 b9a54e549..e027024e3 100644
--- a/lib/core/update.py
+++ b/lib/core/update.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import zipfile
 
 from lib.core.common import dataToStdout
 from lib.core.common import getSafeExString
+from lib.core.common import getLatestRevision
 from lib.core.common import pollProcess
 from lib.core.common import readInput
 from lib.core.data import conf
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ from lib.core.data import paths
 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 ZIPBALL_PAGE
 from lib.core.settings import UNICODE_ENCODING
 
@@ -39,6 +41,10 @@ def update():
         warnMsg += "from GitHub (e.g. 'git clone --depth 1 %s sqlmap')" % GIT_REPOSITORY
         logger.warn(warnMsg)
 
+        if VERSION == getLatestRevision():
+            logger.info("already at the latest revision '%s'" % getRevisionNumber())
+            return
+
         message = "do you want to try to fetch the latest 'zipball' from repository and extract it (experimental) ? [y/N]"
         if readInput(message, default='N', boolean=True):
             directory = os.path.abspath(paths.SQLMAP_ROOT_PATH)
diff --git a/txt/checksum.md5 b/txt/checksum.md5
index 81db47e4e..c3b4fe4e9 100644
--- a/txt/checksum.md5
+++ b/txt/checksum.md5
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ c7443613a0a2505b1faec931cee2a6ef  lib/controller/handler.py
 1e5532ede194ac9c083891c2f02bca93  lib/controller/__init__.py
 0adf547455a76dc71e6a599e52da1ed9  lib/core/agent.py
 fd8f239e259afaf5f24bcf34a0ad187f  lib/core/bigarray.py
-ab2f7ecb7d3dff9afd05675031942e8e  lib/core/common.py
+5e498b6dd232bca7c698699cf5ceec03  lib/core/common.py
 0d082da16c388b3445e656e0760fb582  lib/core/convert.py
 9f87391b6a3395f7f50830b391264f27  lib/core/data.py
 72016ea5c994a711a262fd64572a0fcd  lib/core/datatype.py
@@ -48,14 +48,14 @@ c8c386d644d57c659d74542f5f57f632  lib/core/patch.py
 0c3eef46bdbf87e29a3f95f90240d192  lib/core/replication.py
 a7db43859b61569b601b97f187dd31c5  lib/core/revision.py
 fcb74fcc9577523524659ec49e2e964b  lib/core/session.py
-2c474df57ac9d142f8747701b70082a5  lib/core/settings.py
+5d09048bf6682159e784d762a2772137  lib/core/settings.py
 dd68a9d02fccb4fa1428b20e15b0db5d  lib/core/shell.py
 a7edc9250d13af36ac0108f259859c19  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 95f04c1c1d8c3998d86e1bdf0e12771c  lib/core/target.py
 72d499ca8d792e90a1ebfb2ad2341a51  lib/core/testing.py
 de9922a29c71a235cb95a916ff925db2  lib/core/threads.py
 c40758411bb0bd68764d78e0bb72bd0f  lib/core/unescaper.py
-9d395b143be295a143eb5c9b926f3569  lib/core/update.py
+b35636650cfe721f5cc47fb91737c061  lib/core/update.py
 e772deb63270375e685fa5a7b775c382  lib/core/wordlist.py
 1e5532ede194ac9c083891c2f02bca93  lib/__init__.py
 7620f1f4b8791e13c7184c06b5421754  lib/parse/banner.py