diff --git a/extra/shutils/pypi.sh b/extra/shutils/pypi.sh
index 02dba1cfd..0576b58d6 100644
--- a/extra/shutils/pypi.sh
+++ b/extra/shutils/pypi.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+if [ ! -f ~/.pypirc ]; then
+    echo "File ~/.pypirc is missing"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 declare -x SCRIPTPATH="${0}"
 SETTINGS="${SCRIPTPATH%/*}/../../lib/core/settings.py"
 VERSION=$(cat $SETTINGS | grep -E "^VERSION =" | cut -d '"' -f 2 | cut -d '.' -f 1-3)
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 40cb8ea53..0a9b2834e 100755
--- 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 = "1.1.8.0"
+VERSION = "1.1.8.1"
 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/txt/checksum.md5 b/txt/checksum.md5
index 98572fe27..3875add31 100644
--- a/txt/checksum.md5
+++ b/txt/checksum.md5
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ fbf750dc617c3549ee423d6c2334ba4d  lib/core/option.py
 d8e9250f3775119df07e9070eddccd16  lib/core/replication.py
 785f86e3f963fa3798f84286a4e83ff2  lib/core/revision.py
 40c80b28b3a5819b737a5a17d4565ae9  lib/core/session.py
-2a84a6aba8a3c553fdf6058a011a491f  lib/core/settings.py
+e8e3bd1b64f3a44ae9ff1793e5aadfaf  lib/core/settings.py
 d91291997d2bd2f6028aaf371bf1d3b6  lib/core/shell.py
 2ad85c130cc5f2b3701ea85c2f6bbf20  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 85e3a98bc9ba62125baa13e864f37a3f  lib/core/target.py