diff --git a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
index 8efc2d232..3d9a4c04e 100644
--- a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
+++ b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
@@ -181,13 +181,13 @@ e8f6f1df8814b7b03c3eba22901837555083f66c99ee93b943911de785736bfa  lib/core/dicts
 fce3fd4b161ec1c6e9d5bf1dca5bc4083e07d616ed2c14b798e96b60ec67c2b2  lib/core/log.py
 4caebf27d203673b8ad32394937397319f606c4e1f1e1a2a221402d39c644b40  lib/core/optiondict.py
 33e0ec9ed38ae1ac74f1e2e3a1a246dee44c167723c9df69635793bfdbd971df  lib/core/option.py
-fdce95c552a097bf0dd44e5d6be2204c4c458d490e62c4d9d68fca5e2dc37c48  lib/core/patch.py
+0d9c78f2df757a59538a01cbc76d076b5f58be212aaacb42b981d03ef5b8bd3f  lib/core/patch.py
 bf77f9fc4296f239687297aee1fd6113b34f855965a6f690b52e26bd348cb353  lib/core/profiling.py
 4ccce0d53f467166d4084c9ef53a07f54cc352e75f785454a31c8a820511a84e  lib/core/readlineng.py
 4eff81c639a72b261c8ba1c876a01246e718e6626e8e77ae9cc6298b20a39355  lib/core/replication.py
 bbd1dcda835934728efc6d68686e9b0da72b09b3ee38f3c0ab78e8c18b0ba726  lib/core/revision.py
 eed6b0a21b3e69c5583133346b0639dc89937bd588887968ee85f8389d7c3c96  lib/core/session.py
-e16439535272761c10e7bb8453b5009a18941f86574ea95bdb9337f48af82e75  lib/core/settings.py
+29575cb33add984f5358380025db262f4875160869941fd3a882896fc5e94e70  lib/core/settings.py
 2bec97d8a950f7b884e31dfe9410467f00d24f21b35672b95f8d68ed59685fd4  lib/core/shell.py
 e90a359b37a55c446c60e70ccd533f87276714d0b09e34f69b0740fd729ddbf8  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 54f7c70b4c7a9931f7ff3c1c12030180bde38e35a306d5e343ad6052919974cd  lib/core/target.py
diff --git a/lib/core/patch.py b/lib/core/patch.py
index a5d821291..63b461de0 100644
--- a/lib/core/patch.py
+++ b/lib/core/patch.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def dirtyPatches():
     if match and match.group(1).upper() != PLACE.POST:
         PLACE.CUSTOM_POST = PLACE.CUSTOM_POST.replace("POST", "%s (body)" % match.group(1))
 
-    # https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/issues/4314
+    # Reference: https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/issues/4314
     try:
         os.urandom(1)
     except NotImplementedError:
@@ -95,6 +95,14 @@ def dirtyPatches():
         else:
             os.urandom = lambda size: "".join(chr(random.randint(0, 255)) for _ in xrange(size))
 
+    # Reference: https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/issues/5727
+    # Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/a/14076841
+    try:
+        import pymysql
+        pymysql.install_as_MySQLdb()
+    except (ImportError, AttributeError):
+        pass
+
     # Reference: https://github.com/bottlepy/bottle/blob/df67999584a0e51ec5b691146c7fa4f3c87f5aac/bottle.py
     # Reference: https://python.readthedocs.io/en/v2.7.2/library/inspect.html#inspect.getargspec
     if not hasattr(inspect, "getargspec") and hasattr(inspect, "getfullargspec"):
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 6f5d4dc16..82be33008 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 = "1.8.5.4"
+VERSION = "1.8.6.0"
 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)