diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index d62568211..802ff8a40 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-        python-version: [ 'pypy-2.7', '3.11' ]
+        python-version: [ 'pypy-2.7', '3.12' ]
         exclude:
           - os: macos-latest
             python-version: 'pypy-2.7'
diff --git a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
index f75513405..8efc2d232 100644
--- a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
+++ b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ bf77f9fc4296f239687297aee1fd6113b34f855965a6f690b52e26bd348cb353  lib/core/profi
 4eff81c639a72b261c8ba1c876a01246e718e6626e8e77ae9cc6298b20a39355  lib/core/replication.py
 bbd1dcda835934728efc6d68686e9b0da72b09b3ee38f3c0ab78e8c18b0ba726  lib/core/revision.py
 eed6b0a21b3e69c5583133346b0639dc89937bd588887968ee85f8389d7c3c96  lib/core/session.py
-b10b566cb2b637c41f45427278dd4d3c3f9192057f42eea715defa8a02be5aea  lib/core/settings.py
+e16439535272761c10e7bb8453b5009a18941f86574ea95bdb9337f48af82e75  lib/core/settings.py
 2bec97d8a950f7b884e31dfe9410467f00d24f21b35672b95f8d68ed59685fd4  lib/core/shell.py
 e90a359b37a55c446c60e70ccd533f87276714d0b09e34f69b0740fd729ddbf8  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 54f7c70b4c7a9931f7ff3c1c12030180bde38e35a306d5e343ad6052919974cd  lib/core/target.py
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 80f597535..6f5d4dc16 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from thirdparty import six
 from thirdparty.six import unichr as _unichr
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.8.5.3"
+VERSION = "1.8.5.4"
 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)