diff --git a/lib/core/option.py b/lib/core/option.py
index bb915197d..ad80c4a52 100644
--- a/lib/core/option.py
+++ b/lib/core/option.py
@@ -2698,15 +2698,6 @@ def _setHttpOptions():
         _http_client.HTTPConnection._http_vsn = 10
         _http_client.HTTPConnection._http_vsn_str = 'HTTP/1.0'
 
-    if conf.url and (conf.url.startswith("ws:/") or conf.url.startswith("wss:/")):
-        try:
-            from websocket import ABNF
-            ABNF # require websocket-client, not any 'websocket' module
-        except ImportError:
-            errMsg = "sqlmap requires third-party module 'websocket-client' "
-            errMsg += "in order to use WebSocket functionality"
-            raise SqlmapMissingDependence(errMsg)
-
 def _checkTor():
     if not conf.checkTor:
         return
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 04460590c..1b227713b 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty import six
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.10.7.56"
+VERSION = "1.10.7.57"
 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/request/connect.py b/lib/request/connect.py
index 70d5091d0..77f9f25a7 100644
--- a/lib/request/connect.py
+++ b/lib/request/connect.py
@@ -19,12 +19,8 @@ import sys
 import time
 import traceback
 
-try:
-    import websocket
-    from websocket import WebSocketException
-except ImportError:
-    class WebSocketException(Exception):
-        pass
+from lib.request import websocket
+from lib.request.websocket import WebSocketException
 
 from lib.core.agent import agent
 from lib.core.common import asciifyUrl
diff --git a/lib/request/websocket.py b/lib/request/websocket.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d8f56aee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/request/websocket.py
@@ -0,0 +1,230 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+"""
+Copyright (c) 2006-2026 sqlmap developers (https://sqlmap.org)
+See the file 'LICENSE' for copying permission
+"""
+
+# Native, dependency-free WebSocket client (RFC 6455), replacing the 'websocket-client' third-party
+# library. Covers exactly what sqlmap needs: the client handshake, masked text framing, wss (TLS) and
+# the recv/timeout surface. It also removes the long-standing ambiguity with the unrelated 'websocket'
+# PyPI package (both expose a top-level 'websocket' module). Pure standard library, Python 2.7 / 3.x.
+
+import base64
+import hashlib
+import os
+import socket
+import ssl
+import struct
+
+from lib.core.convert import getBytes
+from lib.core.convert import getText
+from thirdparty.six.moves import urllib as _urllib
+
+_GUID = "258EAFA5-E914-47DA-95CA-C5AB0DC85B11"    # RFC 6455 magic value for the accept key
+
+OPCODE_CONTINUATION = 0x0
+OPCODE_TEXT = 0x1
+OPCODE_BINARY = 0x2
+OPCODE_CLOSE = 0x8
+OPCODE_PING = 0x9
+OPCODE_PONG = 0xA
+
+class WebSocketException(Exception):
+    pass
+
+class WebSocketTimeoutException(WebSocketException):
+    pass
+
+class WebSocketConnectionClosedException(WebSocketException):
+    pass
+
+class WebSocket(object):
+    """
+    Minimal RFC 6455 client exposing the websocket-client subset used by sqlmap: settimeout(), connect(),
+    send(), recv(), close(), the handshake .status and getheaders()
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.sock = None
+        self.status = None
+        self._headers = {}
+        self._timeout = None
+        self._buffer = b""
+        self._closed = False
+
+    def settimeout(self, timeout):
+        self._timeout = timeout
+        if self.sock is not None:
+            self.sock.settimeout(timeout)
+
+    def connect(self, url, header=None, cookie=None):
+        parts = _urllib.parse.urlsplit(url)
+        secure = parts.scheme == "wss"
+        host = parts.hostname
+        port = parts.port or (443 if secure else 80)
+        resource = parts.path or "/"
+        if parts.query:
+            resource += "?%s" % parts.query
+
+        self.sock = socket.create_connection((host, port), timeout=self._timeout)
+        if secure:
+            self.sock = ssl._create_unverified_context().wrap_socket(self.sock, server_hostname=host)
+        self.sock.settimeout(self._timeout)
+
+        hostport = "[%s]" % host if ":" in host else host       # bracket IPv6 literals
+        if port not in (80, 443):
+            hostport = "%s:%d" % (hostport, port)
+
+        key = getText(base64.b64encode(os.urandom(16)))
+        lines = ["GET %s HTTP/1.1" % resource,
+                 "Host: %s" % hostport,
+                 "Upgrade: websocket",
+                 "Connection: Upgrade",
+                 "Sec-WebSocket-Key: %s" % key,
+                 "Sec-WebSocket-Version: 13"]
+        for _ in (header or ()):
+            lines.append(_)
+        if cookie:
+            lines.append("Cookie: %s" % cookie)
+        lines.extend(("", ""))
+        self.sock.sendall(getBytes("\r\n".join(lines)))
+
+        self._readHandshake(key)
+
+    def _readHandshake(self, key):
+        while b"\r\n\r\n" not in self._buffer:
+            chunk = self._recvSome()
+            if not chunk:
+                raise WebSocketException("incomplete WebSocket handshake response")
+            self._buffer += chunk
+
+        head, _, self._buffer = self._buffer.partition(b"\r\n\r\n")
+        lines = getText(head).split("\r\n")
+
+        try:
+            self.status = int(lines[0].split(" ", 2)[1])
+        except (IndexError, ValueError):
+            raise WebSocketException("malformed WebSocket handshake response")
+
+        for line in lines[1:]:
+            name, _, value = line.partition(":")
+            self._headers[name.strip().lower()] = value.strip()
+
+        if self.status != 101:
+            raise WebSocketException("Handshake status %d" % self.status)      # 'Handshake status' is matched in connect.py
+
+        accept = getText(self._headers.get("sec-websocket-accept", ""))
+        expected = getText(base64.b64encode(hashlib.sha1(getBytes(key + _GUID)).digest()))
+        if accept != expected:
+            raise WebSocketException("invalid 'Sec-WebSocket-Accept' in handshake response")
+
+    def getheaders(self):
+        return dict(self._headers)
+
+    def send(self, payload, opcode=OPCODE_TEXT):
+        self._sendFrame(getBytes(payload), opcode)
+
+    def _sendFrame(self, data, opcode):
+        length = len(data)
+        frame = bytearray()
+        frame.append(0x80 | opcode)                    # FIN set, single (unfragmented) frame
+
+        if length < 126:
+            frame.append(0x80 | length)                # client frames must set the mask bit
+        elif length < 65536:
+            frame.append(0x80 | 126)
+            frame += struct.pack("!H", length)
+        else:
+            frame.append(0x80 | 127)
+            frame += struct.pack("!Q", length)
+
+        mask = bytearray(os.urandom(4))
+        frame += mask
+        payload = bytearray(data)
+        for i in range(length):
+            payload[i] ^= mask[i % 4]
+        frame += payload
+
+        try:
+            self.sock.sendall(bytes(frame))
+        except socket.timeout:
+            raise WebSocketTimeoutException("timed out while sending data")
+        except ssl.SSLError as ex:
+            if "timed out" in str(ex).lower():
+                raise WebSocketTimeoutException("timed out while sending data")
+            raise
+
+    def recv(self):
+        data = bytearray()
+        while True:
+            fin, opcode, payload = self._recvFrame()
+            if opcode == OPCODE_CLOSE:
+                self._closed = True
+                raise WebSocketConnectionClosedException("WebSocket connection closed")
+            elif opcode == OPCODE_PING:
+                self._sendFrame(bytes(payload), OPCODE_PONG)
+                continue
+            elif opcode == OPCODE_PONG:
+                continue
+
+            data += payload
+            if fin:
+                break
+
+        return getText(bytes(data))
+
+    def _recvFrame(self):
+        header = bytearray(self._readStrict(2))
+        fin = (header[0] >> 7) & 1
+        opcode = header[0] & 0x0F
+        masked = (header[1] >> 7) & 1
+        length = header[1] & 0x7F
+
+        if length == 126:
+            length = struct.unpack("!H", self._readStrict(2))[0]
+        elif length == 127:
+            length = struct.unpack("!Q", self._readStrict(8))[0]
+
+        mask = bytearray(self._readStrict(4)) if masked else None
+        payload = bytearray(self._readStrict(length))
+        if mask is not None:                           # servers must not mask, but unmask defensively
+            for i in range(length):
+                payload[i] ^= mask[i % 4]
+
+        return fin, opcode, payload
+
+    def _readStrict(self, count):
+        while len(self._buffer) < count:
+            chunk = self._recvSome()
+            if not chunk:
+                raise WebSocketConnectionClosedException("WebSocket connection closed")
+            self._buffer += chunk
+
+        result, self._buffer = self._buffer[:count], self._buffer[count:]
+        return result
+
+    def _recvSome(self):
+        try:
+            return self.sock.recv(8192)
+        except socket.timeout:
+            raise WebSocketTimeoutException("timed out while receiving data")
+        except ssl.SSLError as ex:
+            # Python 2 raises ssl.SSLError('The read operation timed out') instead of socket.timeout on a
+            # TLS read timeout - which is exactly sqlmap's normal "read frames until timeout" path over wss
+            if "timed out" in str(ex).lower():
+                raise WebSocketTimeoutException("timed out while receiving data")
+            raise
+
+    def close(self):
+        if self.sock is not None:
+            try:
+                if not self._closed:
+                    self._sendFrame(struct.pack("!H", 1000), OPCODE_CLOSE)   # normal closure
+            except (socket.error, WebSocketException):
+                pass
+            try:
+                self.sock.close()
+            except socket.error:
+                pass
+            self.sock = None
diff --git a/lib/utils/deps.py b/lib/utils/deps.py
index b681ef4ef..99fcc31e8 100644
--- a/lib/utils/deps.py
+++ b/lib/utils/deps.py
@@ -83,17 +83,6 @@ def checkDependencies():
         logger.warning(warnMsg)
         missing_libraries.add('python-impacket')
 
-    try:
-        __import__("websocket._abnf")
-        debugMsg = "'websocket-client' library is found"
-        logger.debug(debugMsg)
-    except ImportError:
-        warnMsg = "sqlmap requires 'websocket-client' third-party library "
-        warnMsg += "if you plan to attack a web application using WebSocket. "
-        warnMsg += "Download from 'https://pypi.python.org/pypi/websocket-client/'"
-        logger.warning(warnMsg)
-        missing_libraries.add('websocket-client')
-
     try:
         __import__("tkinter")
         debugMsg = "'tkinter' library is found"
diff --git a/tests/test_websocket.py b/tests/test_websocket.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6091229a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_websocket.py
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+"""
+Copyright (c) 2006-2026 sqlmap developers (https://sqlmap.org)
+See the file 'LICENSE' for copying permission
+
+Unit coverage for the PURE (network-free) parts of the native WebSocket client in
+lib/request/websocket.py: the RFC 6455 accept-key computation, client frame masking,
+the length-encoding boundaries (7/16/64-bit), fragment reassembly and control-frame
+handling. No socket is opened - frames are fed through a primed buffer and a fake sink.
+
+stdlib unittest only (no pytest / no pip); works on Python 2.7 and 3.x.
+"""
+
+import base64
+import hashlib
+import os
+import struct
+import sys
+import unittest
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+from _testutils import bootstrap
+bootstrap()
+
+from lib.request.websocket import (
+    WebSocket,
+    WebSocketConnectionClosedException,
+    WebSocketTimeoutException,
+    _GUID,
+    OPCODE_TEXT,
+    OPCODE_CONTINUATION,
+    OPCODE_PING,
+    OPCODE_CLOSE,
+)
+
+
+class _FakeSock(object):
+    """Captures everything the client sends, so masked client frames / PONGs can be inspected."""
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.sent = b""
+
+    def sendall(self, data):
+        self.sent += data
+
+    def close(self):
+        pass
+
+
+def _serverFrame(data, opcode=OPCODE_TEXT, fin=1):
+    """Build an (unmasked, server->client) frame carrying data."""
+    if not isinstance(data, bytes):
+        data = data.encode("utf-8")
+    frame = bytearray([(fin << 7) | opcode])
+    length = len(data)
+    if length < 126:
+        frame.append(length)
+    elif length < 65536:
+        frame.append(126); frame += struct.pack("!H", length)
+    else:
+        frame.append(127); frame += struct.pack("!Q", length)
+    frame += data
+    return bytes(frame)
+
+
+def _client(buffer=b""):
+    ws = WebSocket.__new__(WebSocket)   # bypass connect(): no socket
+    ws.sock = _FakeSock()
+    ws.status = 101
+    ws._headers = {}
+    ws._timeout = None
+    ws._buffer = buffer
+    ws._closed = False
+    return ws
+
+
+class TestWebSocket(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_accept_key_rfc6455_vector(self):
+        # RFC 6455 section 1.3 canonical example
+        key = "dGhlIHNhbXBsZSBub25jZQ=="
+        accept = base64.b64encode(hashlib.sha1((key + _GUID).encode("ascii")).digest()).decode("ascii")
+        self.assertEqual(accept, "s3pPLMBiTxaQ9kYGzzhZRbK+xOo=")
+
+    def test_client_frame_is_masked_and_roundtrips(self):
+        ws = _client()
+        ws._sendFrame(b"hello", OPCODE_TEXT)
+        raw = ws.sock.sent
+        self.assertEqual(bytearray(raw)[0], 0x80 | OPCODE_TEXT)   # FIN + text
+        self.assertTrue(bytearray(raw)[1] & 0x80, "client frame must set the mask bit")
+
+        # feeding the client's own (masked) frame back through the parser must recover the payload
+        fin, opcode, payload = _client(raw)._recvFrame()
+        self.assertEqual((fin, opcode, bytes(payload)), (1, OPCODE_TEXT, b"hello"))
+
+    def test_length_encoding_boundaries(self):
+        for size in (125, 126, 65535, 65536):
+            ws = _client()
+            ws._sendFrame(b"A" * size, OPCODE_TEXT)
+            fin, opcode, payload = _client(ws.sock.sent)._recvFrame()
+            self.assertEqual(len(payload), size, msg="round-trip failed at length %d" % size)
+
+    def test_recv_reassembles_fragments(self):
+        buf = _serverFrame("ab", OPCODE_TEXT, fin=0) + _serverFrame("cd", OPCODE_CONTINUATION, fin=1)
+        self.assertEqual(_client(buf).recv(), "abcd")
+
+    def test_recv_answers_ping_then_returns_data(self):
+        ws = _client(_serverFrame("hi", OPCODE_PING) + _serverFrame("data", OPCODE_TEXT))
+        self.assertEqual(ws.recv(), "data")
+        # a PONG (opcode 0xA) carrying the ping payload must have been sent back
+        pong = bytearray(ws.sock.sent)
+        self.assertEqual(pong[0], 0x80 | 0xA)
+
+    def test_recv_close_raises(self):
+        ws = _client(_serverFrame(struct.pack("!H", 1000), OPCODE_CLOSE))
+        self.assertRaises(WebSocketConnectionClosedException, ws.recv)
+
+    def test_read_timeout_maps_to_ws_timeout(self):
+        import socket as _socket
+        import ssl as _ssl
+
+        class _RaisingSock(object):
+            def __init__(self, exc):
+                self.exc = exc
+            def recv(self, n):
+                raise self.exc
+
+        # both a plain socket timeout and Python 2's TLS 'read operation timed out' must surface as
+        # WebSocketTimeoutException (sqlmap's frame loop relies on it), while other SSL errors propagate
+        for exc in (_socket.timeout("timed out"), _ssl.SSLError("The read operation timed out")):
+            ws = _client(); ws.sock = _RaisingSock(exc)
+            self.assertRaises(WebSocketTimeoutException, ws.recv)
+
+        ws = _client(); ws.sock = _RaisingSock(_ssl.SSLError("decryption failed"))
+        self.assertRaises(_ssl.SSLError, ws.recv)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()