diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 5ab376503..125c1a0e2 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty import six
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.10.11.8"
+VERSION = "1.10.11.9"
 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/lib/utils/hash.py b/lib/utils/hash.py
index ee3af594c..e23223b6b 100644
--- a/lib/utils/hash.py
+++ b/lib/utils/hash.py
@@ -1380,7 +1380,8 @@ def dictionaryAttack(attack_dict):
         else:
             try:
                 if multiprocessing.cpu_count() > 1:
-                    _multiprocessing = multiprocessing
+                    # Note: 'forkserver' (POSIX default since Python 3.14) re-imports the main script, which breaks for pip installs (#6180)
+                    _multiprocessing = multiprocessing.get_context("fork") if "fork" in getattr(multiprocessing, "get_all_start_methods", lambda: ())() else multiprocessing
             except NotImplementedError:
                 pass