diff --git a/v2/go.mod b/v2/go.mod
index 1650db84..2789afc8 100644
--- a/v2/go.mod
+++ b/v2/go.mod
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/weppos/publicsuffix-go v0.30.0
 	github.com/xanzy/go-gitlab v0.82.0
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0
-	golang.org/x/net v0.8.0
-	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.6.0
+	golang.org/x/net v0.9.0
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.7.0
 	golang.org/x/text v0.9.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 	moul.io/http2curl v1.0.0
diff --git a/v2/go.sum b/v2/go.sum
index bd1db6f3..d22f6270 100644
--- a/v2/go.sum
+++ b/v2/go.sum
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ github.com/dimchansky/utfbom v1.1.1/go.mod h1:SxdoEBH5qIqFocHMyGOXVAybYJdr71b1Q/
 github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.4.0/go.mod h1:2pZnwuY/m+8K6iRw6wQdMtk+rH5tNGR1i55kozfMjCc=
 github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.8.1 h1:6Lcdwya6GjPUNsBct8Lg/yRPwMhABj269AAzdGSiR+0=
 github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.8.1/go.mod h1:DHkYz0B9wPfa6wondMfaivmHpzrQ3v9q8cnmRbL6yW8=
+github.com/dnaeon/go-vcr v1.1.0 h1:ReYa/UBrRyQdant9B4fNHGoCNKw6qh6P0fsdGmZpR7c=
 github.com/docker/go-units v0.5.0 h1:69rxXcBk27SvSaaxTtLh/8llcHD8vYHT7WSdRZ/jvr4=
 github.com/docker/go-units v0.5.0/go.mod h1:fgPhTUdO+D/Jk86RDLlptpiXQzgHJF7gydDDbaIK4Dk=
 github.com/dsnet/compress v0.0.1 h1:PlZu0n3Tuv04TzpfPbrnI0HW/YwodEXDS+oPKahKF0Q=
@@ -215,7 +216,6 @@ github.com/gobwas/ws v1.1.0/go.mod h1:nzvNcVha5eUziGrbxFCo6qFIojQHjJV5cLYIbezhfL
 github.com/gofrs/uuid v3.3.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:b2aQJv3Z4Fp6yNu3cdSllBxTCLRxnplIgP/c0N/04lM=
 github.com/golang-jwt/jwt v3.2.2+incompatible h1:IfV12K8xAKAnZqdXVzCZ+TOjboZ2keLg81eXfW3O+oY=
 github.com/golang-jwt/jwt v3.2.2+incompatible/go.mod h1:8pz2t5EyA70fFQQSrl6XZXzqecmYZeUEB8OUGHkxJ+I=
-github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 v4.4.2 h1:rcc4lwaZgFMCZ5jxF9ABolDcIHdBytAFgqFPbSJQAYs=
 github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 v4.4.2/go.mod h1:m21LjoU+eqJr34lmDMbreY2eSTRJ1cv77w39/MY0Ch0=
 github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 v4.5.0 h1:7cYmW1XlMY7h7ii7UhUyChSgS5wUJEnm9uZVTGqOWzg=
 github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 v4.5.0/go.mod h1:m21LjoU+eqJr34lmDMbreY2eSTRJ1cv77w39/MY0Ch0=
@@ -712,11 +712,11 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.1.0/go.mod h1:Cx3nUiGt4eDBEyega/BKRp+/AlGL8hYe7U9odMt2Cco=
 golang.org/x/net v0.5.0/go.mod h1:DivGGAXEgPSlEBzxGzZI+ZLohi+xUj054jfeKui00ws=
 golang.org/x/net v0.6.0/go.mod h1:2Tu9+aMcznHK/AK1HMvgo6xiTLG5rD5rZLDS+rp2Bjs=
 golang.org/x/net v0.7.0/go.mod h1:2Tu9+aMcznHK/AK1HMvgo6xiTLG5rD5rZLDS+rp2Bjs=
-golang.org/x/net v0.8.0 h1:Zrh2ngAOFYneWTAIAPethzeaQLuHwhuBkuV6ZiRnUaQ=
-golang.org/x/net v0.8.0/go.mod h1:QVkue5JL9kW//ek3r6jTKnTFis1tRmNAW2P1shuFdJc=
+golang.org/x/net v0.9.0 h1:aWJ/m6xSmxWBx+V0XRHTlrYrPG56jKsLdTFmsSsCzOM=
+golang.org/x/net v0.9.0/go.mod h1:d48xBJpPfHeWQsugry2m+kC02ZBRGRgulfHnEXEuWns=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20180821212333-d2e6202438be/go.mod h1:N/0e6XlmueqKjAGxoOufVs8QHGRruUQn6yWY3a++T0U=
-golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.6.0 h1:Lh8GPgSKBfWSwFvtuWOfeI3aAAnbXTSutYxJiOJFgIw=
-golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.6.0/go.mod h1:ycmewcwgD4Rpr3eZJLSB4Kyyljb3qDh40vJ8STE5HKw=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.7.0 h1:qe6s0zUXlPX80/dITx3440hWZ7GwMwgDDyrSGTPJG/g=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.7.0/go.mod h1:hPLQkd9LyjfXTiRohC/41GhcFqxisoUQ99sCUOHO9x4=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20180314180146-1d60e4601c6f/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20200317015054-43a5402ce75a/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20220722155259-a9ba230a4035/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuX
 golang.org/x/term v0.1.0/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
 golang.org/x/term v0.4.0/go.mod h1:9P2UbLfCdcvo3p/nzKvsmas4TnlujnuoV9hGgYzW1lQ=
 golang.org/x/term v0.5.0/go.mod h1:jMB1sMXY+tzblOD4FWmEbocvup2/aLOaQEp7JmGp78k=
-golang.org/x/term v0.6.0 h1:clScbb1cHjoCkyRbWwBEUZ5H/tIFu5TAXIqaZD0Gcjw=
+golang.org/x/term v0.7.0 h1:BEvjmm5fURWqcfbSKTdpkDXYBrUS1c0m8agp14W48vQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.2/go.mod h1:bEr9sfX3Q8Zfm5fL9x+3itogRgK3+ptLWKqgva+5dAk=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
diff --git a/v2/pkg/protocols/http/build_request.go b/v2/pkg/protocols/http/build_request.go
index ae9b9e3f..d1e06428 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/protocols/http/build_request.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/protocols/http/build_request.go
@@ -268,14 +268,14 @@ func (r *requestGenerator) generateRawRequest(ctx context.Context, rawRequest st
 		unsafeReq := &generatedRequest{rawRequest: rawRequestData, meta: generatorValues, original: r.request, interactshURLs: r.interactshURLs}
 		return unsafeReq, nil
 	}
-
 	var body io.ReadCloser
 	body = io.NopCloser(strings.NewReader(rawRequestData.Data))
-	if r.request.Race {
+	if r.request.Race && r.request.RaceNumberRequests > 0 {
 		// More or less this ensures that all requests hit the endpoint at the same approximated time
 		// Todo: sync internally upon writing latest request byte
 		body = race.NewOpenGateWithTimeout(body, time.Duration(2)*time.Second)
 	}
+
 	urlx, err := urlutil.ParseURL(rawRequestData.FullURL, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errorutil.NewWithErr(err).Msgf("failed to create request with url %v got %v", rawRequestData.FullURL, err).WithTag("raw")
@@ -284,6 +284,11 @@ func (r *requestGenerator) generateRawRequest(ctx context.Context, rawRequest st
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	// override the body with a new one that will be used to read the request body in parallel threads
+	// for race condition testing
+	if r.request.Threads > 0 && r.request.Race {
+		req.Body = race.NewOpenGateWithTimeout(req.Body, time.Duration(2)*time.Second)
+	}
 	for key, value := range rawRequestData.Headers {
 		if key == "" {
 			continue