diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 735008693c..6fa83e39b2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/tlsx v1.2.1
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/uncover v1.1.0
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/useragent v0.0.102
-	github.com/projectdiscovery/utils v0.6.1
+	github.com/projectdiscovery/utils v0.7.1
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/wappalyzergo v0.2.55
 	github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.11.0
 	github.com/seh-msft/burpxml v1.0.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 52d7ce734d..23f4db3dbf 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -881,6 +881,8 @@ github.com/projectdiscovery/useragent v0.0.102 h1:Xfr8a7LQhIu0zeSz5gBxGCdyuqZbhk
 github.com/projectdiscovery/useragent v0.0.102/go.mod h1:DIfLRBKZ6dLhHRnMYkxdg6Jpu0kpE3pJlMG94dsIchY=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/utils v0.6.1 h1:9bf3J2G4WJMULGm4Xq7+96+Uj4QpYID/tNnzberR6RE=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/utils v0.6.1/go.mod h1:j4Fb6PDir9PcTxLOL9cpSVDPVKtLTZwdVxxMAeG0JjA=
+github.com/projectdiscovery/utils v0.7.1 h1:3zzDzA0T6SxLripNGoTbO/znDCDWE2xlk9nazRCLBV4=
+github.com/projectdiscovery/utils v0.7.1/go.mod h1:WrTQBt9Hfg5sH7q92qXUToUOhD7rWyHiWk2Gh/l1Mv8=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/wappalyzergo v0.2.55 h1:Yw8bSrEH/+prUrkb6c4NMwi5m2Sso28nrdy4vFxYn8I=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/wappalyzergo v0.2.55/go.mod h1:lwuDLdAqWDZ1IL8OQnoNQ0t17UP9AQSvVuFcDAm4FpQ=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/yamldoc-go v1.0.6 h1:GCEdIRlQjDux28xTXKszM7n3jlMf152d5nqVpVoetas=
diff --git a/pkg/protocols/common/protocolstate/memguardian.go b/pkg/protocols/common/protocolstate/memguardian.go
index 2f31f4ca7d..c9f2c51a2d 100644
--- a/pkg/protocols/common/protocolstate/memguardian.go
+++ b/pkg/protocols/common/protocolstate/memguardian.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func GlobalGuardBytesBufferAlloc() error {
 	defer muGlobalChange.Unlock()
 
 	// if current capacity was not reduced decrease it
-	if MaxBytesBufferAllocOnLowMemory > 0 && httputil.DefaultBytesBufferAlloc == httputil.GetPoolSize() {
+	if MaxBytesBufferAllocOnLowMemory > 0 && httputil.DefaultBufferSize == httputil.GetPoolSize() {
 		gologger.Debug().Msgf("reducing bytes.buffer pool size to: %d", MaxBytesBufferAllocOnLowMemory)
 		delta := httputil.GetPoolSize() - int64(MaxBytesBufferAllocOnLowMemory)
 		return httputil.ChangePoolSize(-delta)
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ func GlobalRestoreBytesBufferAlloc() {
 	}
 	defer muGlobalChange.Unlock()
 
-	if httputil.DefaultBytesBufferAlloc != httputil.GetPoolSize() {
-		delta := httputil.DefaultBytesBufferAlloc - httputil.GetPoolSize()
-		gologger.Debug().Msgf("restoring bytes.buffer pool size to: %d", httputil.DefaultBytesBufferAlloc)
+	if httputil.DefaultBufferSize != httputil.GetPoolSize() {
+		delta := httputil.DefaultBufferSize - httputil.GetPoolSize()
+		gologger.Debug().Msgf("restoring bytes.buffer pool size to: %d", httputil.DefaultBufferSize)
 		_ = httputil.ChangePoolSize(delta)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/protocols/http/request.go b/pkg/protocols/http/request.go
index 4a97db7ddd..3137a552dd 100644
--- a/pkg/protocols/http/request.go
+++ b/pkg/protocols/http/request.go
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ func (request *Request) executeRequest(input *contextargs.Context, generatedRequ
 	onceFunc := sync.OnceFunc(func() {
 		// if nuclei-project is enabled store the response if not previously done
 		if request.options.ProjectFile != nil && !fromCache {
-			if err := request.options.ProjectFile.Set(dumpedRequest, resp, respChain.Body().Bytes()); err != nil {
+			if err := request.options.ProjectFile.Set(dumpedRequest, resp, respChain.BodyBytes()); err != nil {
 				errx = errors.Wrap(err, "could not store in project file")
 			}
 		}
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ func (request *Request) executeRequest(input *contextargs.Context, generatedRequ
 		}
 
 		// log request stats
-		request.options.Output.RequestStatsLog(strconv.Itoa(respChain.Response().StatusCode), respChain.FullResponse().String())
+		request.options.Output.RequestStatsLog(strconv.Itoa(respChain.Response().StatusCode), respChain.FullResponseString())
 
 		// save response to projectfile
 		onceFunc()
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ func (request *Request) executeRequest(input *contextargs.Context, generatedRequ
 			}
 		}
 
-		outputEvent := request.responseToDSLMap(respChain.Response(), input.MetaInput.Input, matchedURL, convUtil.String(dumpedRequest), respChain.FullResponse().String(), respChain.Body().String(), respChain.Headers().String(), duration, generatedRequest.meta)
+		outputEvent := request.responseToDSLMap(respChain.Response(), input.MetaInput.Input, matchedURL, convUtil.String(dumpedRequest), respChain.FullResponseString(), respChain.BodyString(), respChain.HeadersString(), duration, generatedRequest.meta)
 		// add response fields to template context and merge templatectx variables to output event
 		request.options.AddTemplateVars(input.MetaInput, request.Type(), request.ID, outputEvent)
 		if request.options.HasTemplateCtx(input.MetaInput) {
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ func (request *Request) executeRequest(input *contextargs.Context, generatedRequ
 
 		responseContentType := respChain.Response().Header.Get("Content-Type")
 		isResponseTruncated := request.MaxSize > 0 && respChain.Body().Len() >= request.MaxSize
-		dumpResponse(event, request, respChain.FullResponse().Bytes(), formedURL, responseContentType, isResponseTruncated, input.MetaInput.Input)
+		dumpResponse(event, request, respChain.FullResponseBytes(), formedURL, responseContentType, isResponseTruncated, input.MetaInput.Input)
 
 		callback(event)
 
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@ func (request *Request) executeRequest(input *contextargs.Context, generatedRequ
 				StatusCode:    respChain.Response().StatusCode,
 				Matched:       event.HasResults(),
 				RawRequest:    string(dumpedRequest),
-				RawResponse:   respChain.FullResponse().String(),
+				RawResponse:   respChain.FullResponseString(),
 				Severity:      request.options.TemplateInfo.SeverityHolder.Severity.String(),
 			})
 		}