diff --git a/extra/shutils/precommit-hook.sh b/extra/shutils/precommit-hook.sh
index 230b91fc1..36f02e2ad 100755
--- a/extra/shutils/precommit-hook.sh
+++ b/extra/shutils/precommit-hook.sh
@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@ then
     git add "$SETTINGS_FULLPATH"
 fi
 
-cd $PROJECT_FULLPATH && git ls-files | sort | uniq | grep -Pv ' \.|sha256' | xargs sha256sum > $DIGEST_FULLPATH && cd -
+cd $PROJECT_FULLPATH && git ls-files | sort | uniq | grep -Pv '^\.|sha256' | xargs sha256sum > $DIGEST_FULLPATH && cd -
 git add "$DIGEST_FULLPATH"
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 8573e027d..4ad737ecc 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 = "1.8.3.8"
+VERSION = "1.8.3.9"
 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/sha256sums.txt b/sha256sums.txt
index f95e13e58..1ba1683df 100644
--- a/sha256sums.txt
+++ b/sha256sums.txt
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ cb43de49a549ae5524f3066b99d6bc3b0b684c6e68c2e75602e87b2ac5718716  extra/shellcod
 4d0a244b7c618e1539c72180f909792083c02cec31e27b44eec98b0055163536  extra/shutils/modernize.sh
 74fe683e94702bef6b8ea8eebb7fc47040e3ef5a03dec756e3cf4504a00c7839  extra/shutils/newlines.py
 fed05c468af662ba6ca6885baf8bf85fec1e58f438b3208f3819ad730a75a803  extra/shutils/postcommit-hook.sh
-2629999f2eb826f46bc01cad3c1e7ae7fb8a85b3dd515c79983e08d6a5db6f85  extra/shutils/precommit-hook.sh
+c7b87d2db16e5159fc83bef0d03b3867af6913049ba6d207781008be4838dfe2  extra/shutils/precommit-hook.sh
 9a82c097f16a3062bd0e818bff12b4ec21b6f8f38b778604573a416589dfc450  extra/shutils/pycodestyle.sh
 fa1a42d189188770e82d536821d694626ca854438dadb9e08e143d3ece8c7e27  extra/shutils/pydiatra.sh
 5da7d1c86ca93313477d1deb0d6d4490798a2b63a2dd8729094184625b971e11  extra/shutils/pyflakes.sh
@@ -158,14 +158,6 @@ df768bcb9838dc6c46dab9b4a877056cb4742bd6cfaaf438c4a3712c5cc0d264  extra/shutils/
 1972990a67caf2d0231eacf60e211acf545d9d0beeb3c145a49ba33d5d491b3f  extra/shutils/strip.sh
 99d0e94dd5fe60137abf48bfa051129fb251f5c40f0f7a270c89fbcb07323730  extra/vulnserver/__init__.py
 2ffe028b8b21306b6f528e62b214f43172fcf5bb59d317a13ba78e70155677ce  extra/vulnserver/vulnserver.py
-a0d94e1c0b837051736b36bb1f091cdec386069b61272e6b5eeec7590d4975c8  .gitattributes
-d33a282a9a9286ffa13e306b1902390b7832b01557a442a09116f330492487f9  .github/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
-1995447ac067503468854540dbefd47201fc0915d7f17b94092869be2f32eb92  .github/CONTRIBUTING.md
-41c2528377f3b89b892a47af0c69bf8f405a91e4b438c7bde38b1256bd0cf2b0  .github/FUNDING.yml
-1ffffef843db31a06c05e7c5dfc035aa49d644d30cd5b0efe125a94f620669fa  .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
-c6726cb63f8103f33cebe2e3ca83f6b23075ccafebd92221b128a9608cd13aef  .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md
-461e7ac325b92606e52cb8c60f79eab8267d078361d12ed6bfed2771766b2218  .github/workflows/tests.yml
-4f18488df46d384628afb36589c947167c17d6c1b3f88727bab2d5a0016aafee  .gitignore
 f9c96cd3fe99578bed9d49a8bdf8d76836d320a7c48c56eb0469f48b36775c35  lib/controller/action.py
 5d62d04edd432834df809707450a42778768ccc3c909eef6c6738ee780ffa884  lib/controller/checks.py
 34120f3ea85f4d69211642a263f963f08c97c20d47fd2ca082c23a5336d393f8  lib/controller/controller.py
@@ -195,7 +187,7 @@ bf77f9fc4296f239687297aee1fd6113b34f855965a6f690b52e26bd348cb353  lib/core/profi
 4eff81c639a72b261c8ba1c876a01246e718e6626e8e77ae9cc6298b20a39355  lib/core/replication.py
 bbd1dcda835934728efc6d68686e9b0da72b09b3ee38f3c0ab78e8c18b0ba726  lib/core/revision.py
 eed6b0a21b3e69c5583133346b0639dc89937bd588887968ee85f8389d7c3c96  lib/core/session.py
-d70f208cd2c163e6bea3f592493dd53afb77499f1961972a4d30865f491ffde9  lib/core/settings.py
+abe030ec82c6aa4a48c6f8dad67c4fe9537d8871b471be71c4f69656fafefb75  lib/core/settings.py
 2bec97d8a950f7b884e31dfe9410467f00d24f21b35672b95f8d68ed59685fd4  lib/core/shell.py
 e90a359b37a55c446c60e70ccd533f87276714d0b09e34f69b0740fd729ddbf8  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 54f7c70b4c7a9931f7ff3c1c12030180bde38e35a306d5e343ad6052919974cd  lib/core/target.py
@@ -480,7 +472,6 @@ a734d74599761cd1cf7d49c88deeb121ea57d80c2f0447e361a4e3a737154c0e  plugins/generi
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 99d0e94dd5fe60137abf48bfa051129fb251f5c40f0f7a270c89fbcb07323730  plugins/__init__.py
-500daa13520fdd603ce8e08578509c7a5a869c353ceb209b52d89c2035a15175  .pylintrc
 e1745b85de63c04be89705f919830a0584464fd15d7dc61a0df0a7e9459d24c5  README.md
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 168309215af7dd5b0b71070e1770e72f1cbb29a3d8025143fb8aa0b88cd56b62  sqlmapapi.yaml