diff --git a/integration_tests/http/raw-unsafe-path.yaml b/integration_tests/http/raw-unsafe-path.yaml
index 4c86dcfd9f..a10721eb37 100644
--- a/integration_tests/http/raw-unsafe-path.yaml
+++ b/integration_tests/http/raw-unsafe-path.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ info:
     - "/text4shell/attack?search=$%7bscript:javascript:java.lang.Runtime.getRuntime().exec('nslookup%20{}.getparam')%7d"
     - "/test/..;/..;/"
     - "/xyz/%u2s/%invalid"
+    - "//CFIDE/wizards/common/utils.cfc"
 
 
 # Test all unsafe URL Handling Edgecases
@@ -50,6 +51,10 @@ requests:
       - |+
         GET /xyz/%u2s/%invalid HTTP/1.1
         Host: scanme.sh
+    # test relative path start with // (should not be removed)
+      - |+
+        GET //CFIDE/wizards/common/utils.cfc HTTP/1.1
+        Host: scanme.sh
 
     unsafe: true
     matchers:
diff --git a/v2/go.mod b/v2/go.mod
index 97b5e8ebec..23d7d2bace 100644
--- a/v2/go.mod
+++ b/v2/go.mod
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/sarif v0.0.1
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/tlsx v1.1.0
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/uncover v1.0.6-0.20230601103158-bfd7e02a5bb1
-	github.com/projectdiscovery/utils v0.0.41-0.20230705082547-236cfa9298ab
+	github.com/projectdiscovery/utils v0.0.45-0.20230725161322-28ec1ee0ba40
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/wappalyzergo v0.0.104
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4 v4.13.1
@@ -101,11 +101,11 @@ require (
 	github.com/bits-and-blooms/bitset v1.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/bits-and-blooms/bloom/v3 v3.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/charmbracelet/glamour v0.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/cheggaaa/pb/v3 v3.1.2 // indirect
+	github.com/cheggaaa/pb/v3 v3.1.4 // indirect
 	github.com/cloudflare/cfssl v1.6.4 // indirect
 	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.3 // indirect
 	github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.8.1 // indirect
-	github.com/fatih/color v1.14.1 // indirect
+	github.com/fatih/color v1.15.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gabriel-vasile/mimetype v1.4.2 // indirect
 	github.com/gaukas/godicttls v0.0.3 // indirect
 	github.com/google/certificate-transparency-go v1.1.4 // indirect
diff --git a/v2/go.sum b/v2/go.sum
index 394e4ec9b0..4a23a8ce0e 100644
--- a/v2/go.sum
+++ b/v2/go.sum
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ github.com/caddyserver/certmagic v0.17.2 h1:o30seC1T/dBqBCNNGNHWwj2i5/I/FMjBbTAh
 github.com/caddyserver/certmagic v0.17.2/go.mod h1:ouWUuC490GOLJzkyN35eXfV8bSbwMwSf4bdhkIxtdQE=
 github.com/charmbracelet/glamour v0.6.0 h1:wi8fse3Y7nfcabbbDuwolqTqMQPMnVPeZhDM273bISc=
 github.com/charmbracelet/glamour v0.6.0/go.mod h1:taqWV4swIMMbWALc0m7AfE9JkPSU8om2538k9ITBxOc=
-github.com/cheggaaa/pb/v3 v3.1.2 h1:FIxT3ZjOj9XJl0U4o2XbEhjFfZl7jCVCDOGq1ZAB7wQ=
-github.com/cheggaaa/pb/v3 v3.1.2/go.mod h1:SNjnd0yKcW+kw0brSusraeDd5Bf1zBfxAzTL2ss3yQ4=
+github.com/cheggaaa/pb/v3 v3.1.4 h1:DN8j4TVVdKu3WxVwcRKu0sG00IIU6FewoABZzXbRQeo=
+github.com/cheggaaa/pb/v3 v3.1.4/go.mod h1:6wVjILNBaXMs8c21qRiaUM8BR82erfgau1DQ4iUXmSA=
 github.com/cloudflare/cfssl v1.6.4 h1:NMOvfrEjFfC63K3SGXgAnFdsgkmiq4kATme5BfcqrO8=
 github.com/cloudflare/cfssl v1.6.4/go.mod h1:8b3CQMxfWPAeom3zBnGJ6sd+G1NkL5TXqmDXacb+1J0=
 github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.1.0/go.mod h1:prBCrKB9DV4poKZY1l9zBXg2QJY7mvgRvtMxxK7fi4I=
@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@ github.com/elazarl/goproxy v0.0.0-20221015165544-a0805db90819 h1:RIB4cRk+lBqKK3O
 github.com/emirpasic/gods v1.12.0/go.mod h1:YfzfFFoVP/catgzJb4IKIqXjX78Ha8FMSDh3ymbK86o=
 github.com/emirpasic/gods v1.18.1 h1:FXtiHYKDGKCW2KzwZKx0iC0PQmdlorYgdFG9jPXJ1Bc=
 github.com/emirpasic/gods v1.18.1/go.mod h1:8tpGGwCnJ5H4r6BWwaV6OrWmMoPhUl5jm/FMNAnJvWQ=
-github.com/fatih/color v1.14.1 h1:qfhVLaG5s+nCROl1zJsZRxFeYrHLqWroPOQ8BWiNb4w=
-github.com/fatih/color v1.14.1/go.mod h1:2oHN61fhTpgcxD3TSWCgKDiH1+x4OiDVVGH8WlgGZGg=
+github.com/fatih/color v1.15.0 h1:kOqh6YHBtK8aywxGerMG2Eq3H6Qgoqeo13Bk2Mv/nBs=
+github.com/fatih/color v1.15.0/go.mod h1:0h5ZqXfHYED7Bhv2ZJamyIOUej9KtShiJESRwBDUSsw=
 github.com/fatih/structs v1.1.0 h1:Q7juDM0QtcnhCpeyLGQKyg4TOIghuNXrkL32pHAUMxo=
 github.com/fatih/structs v1.1.0/go.mod h1:9NiDSp5zOcgEDl+j00MP/WkGVPOlPRLejGD8Ga6PJ7M=
 github.com/flynn/go-shlex v0.0.0-20150515145356-3f9db97f8568/go.mod h1:xEzjJPgXI435gkrCt3MPfRiAkVrwSbHsst4LCFVfpJc=
@@ -435,8 +435,8 @@ github.com/projectdiscovery/tlsx v1.1.0 h1:6L5VKpHaoqvIHN6lH9zi7jIvph1JwYMYZOIpW
 github.com/projectdiscovery/tlsx v1.1.0/go.mod h1:C9xTbU2t54Anmvuq+4jxevR5rzqpp6XUUtV7G9J5CTE=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/uncover v1.0.6-0.20230601103158-bfd7e02a5bb1 h1:Pu6LvDqn+iSlhCDKKWm1ItPc++kqqlU8OntZeB/Prak=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/uncover v1.0.6-0.20230601103158-bfd7e02a5bb1/go.mod h1:Drl/CWD392mKtdXJhCBPlMkM0I6671pqedFphcnK5f8=
-github.com/projectdiscovery/utils v0.0.41-0.20230705082547-236cfa9298ab h1:KcbRfus364It55dhAUpbqFHfyCuIa8Ls/9QzMWYKq78=
-github.com/projectdiscovery/utils v0.0.41-0.20230705082547-236cfa9298ab/go.mod h1:DTFCMSLh8FanDZIrzOwTo3AIv1K4w0PDELi41mjwLiw=
+github.com/projectdiscovery/utils v0.0.45-0.20230725161322-28ec1ee0ba40 h1:bgTXdrA/yFhFGfjhMIsczVNhnsMEHFidgS/FD2Tq5Js=
+github.com/projectdiscovery/utils v0.0.45-0.20230725161322-28ec1ee0ba40/go.mod h1:HtUI1pyNCgQUuwZuxDILQ4NSUaFcfBh0TuCK/ZQTS6Q=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/wappalyzergo v0.0.104 h1:hdda6WxAzXVpLBbJW1sLqrwOXHn0prP9IYFY7dfCMjE=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/wappalyzergo v0.0.104/go.mod h1:4Z3DKhi75zIPMuA+qSDDWxZvnhL4qTLmDx4dxNMu7MA=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/yamldoc-go v1.0.4 h1:eZoESapnMw6WAHiVgRwNqvbJEfNHEH148uthhFbG5jE=