diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 30c479510..4d7913b31 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 = "1.5.1.39"
+VERSION = "1.5.1.40"
 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/core/testing.py b/lib/core/testing.py
index d44517bb5..ceb270155 100644
--- a/lib/core/testing.py
+++ b/lib/core/testing.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def vulnTest():
 
     TESTS = (
         ("-h", ("to see full list of options run with '-hh'",)),
-        ("--dependencies", ("sqlmap requires", "third-party library")),
+        ("--dependencies --deprecations", ("sqlmap requires", "third-party library", "~DeprecationWarning:")),
         ("-u <url> --flush-session --wizard", ("Please choose:", "back-end DBMS: SQLite", "current user is DBA: True", "banner: '3.")),
         (u"-c <config> --flush-session --roles --statements --hostname --privileges --sql-query=\"SELECT '\u0161u\u0107uraj'\" --technique=U", (u": '\u0161u\u0107uraj'", "on SQLite it is not possible")),
         (u"-u <url> --flush-session --sql-query=\"SELECT '\u0161u\u0107uraj'\" --technique=B --no-escape --string=luther --unstable", (u": '\u0161u\u0107uraj'",)),
diff --git a/lib/parse/cmdline.py b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
index 4224fb064..9d5bdc8f5 100644
--- a/lib/parse/cmdline.py
+++ b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
@@ -779,6 +779,9 @@ def cmdLineParser(argv=None):
         parser.add_argument("--debug", dest="debug", action="store_true",
             help=SUPPRESS)
 
+        parser.add_argument("--deprecations", dest="deprecations", action="store_true",
+            help=SUPPRESS)
+
         parser.add_argument("--disable-multi", dest="disableMulti", action="store_true",
             help=SUPPRESS)
 
diff --git a/sqlmap.py b/sqlmap.py
index f18df7fbe..7a4f63468 100755
--- a/sqlmap.py
+++ b/sqlmap.py
@@ -37,9 +37,11 @@ try:
     warnings.filterwarnings(action="ignore", message=".*was already imported", category=UserWarning)
     warnings.filterwarnings(action="ignore", message=".*using a very old release", category=UserWarning)
     warnings.filterwarnings(action="ignore", message=".*default buffer size will be used", category=RuntimeWarning)
-    warnings.filterwarnings(action="ignore", category=DeprecationWarning)
     warnings.filterwarnings(action="ignore", category=UserWarning, module="psycopg2")
 
+    if "--deprecations" not in sys.argv:
+        warnings.filterwarnings(action="ignore", category=DeprecationWarning)
+
     from lib.core.data import logger
 
     from lib.core.common import banner