diff --git a/v2/go.mod b/v2/go.mod
index d09b73f5..021330c2 100644
--- a/v2/go.mod
+++ b/v2/go.mod
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/cryptoutil v1.0.0
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/fastdialer v0.0.15-0.20220127193345-f06b0fd54d47
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/filekv v0.0.0-20210915124239-3467ef45dd08
-	github.com/projectdiscovery/fileutil v0.0.0-20220411194636-887419690acd
+	github.com/projectdiscovery/fileutil v0.0.0-20220427234316-40b2541a84b8
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/goflags v0.0.8-0.20220323170412-1721b7db8fa0
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/gologger v1.1.4
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/hmap v0.0.2-0.20210917080408-0fd7bd286bfa
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/rawhttp v0.0.8-0.20220321180300-366b511e8bfd
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/retryabledns v1.0.13-0.20211109182249-43d38df59660
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/retryablehttp-go v1.0.3-0.20220414143248-bb6eabffa43e
-	github.com/projectdiscovery/stringsutil v0.0.0-20220404001522-0d00e0703d0d
+	github.com/projectdiscovery/stringsutil v0.0.0-20220422150559-b54fb5dc6833
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/yamldoc-go v1.0.3-0.20211126104922-00d2c6bb43b6
 	github.com/remeh/sizedwaitgroup v1.0.0
 	github.com/rs/xid v1.4.0
diff --git a/v2/go.sum b/v2/go.sum
index 5a7a63c7..1c1eb28b 100644
--- a/v2/go.sum
+++ b/v2/go.sum
@@ -443,6 +443,8 @@ github.com/projectdiscovery/fileutil v0.0.0-20210926202739-6050d0acf73c/go.mod h
 github.com/projectdiscovery/fileutil v0.0.0-20210928100737-cab279c5d4b5/go.mod h1:U+QCpQnX8o2N2w0VUGyAzjM3yBAe4BKedVElxiImsx0=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/fileutil v0.0.0-20220411194636-887419690acd h1:zFHkfyY0PTQGkZSXMqd8ALOStRGhVMXD1Td325okrFQ=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/fileutil v0.0.0-20220411194636-887419690acd/go.mod h1:Pm0f+MWgDFMSSI9NBedNh48LyYPs8gD3Jd8DXGmp4aQ=
+github.com/projectdiscovery/fileutil v0.0.0-20220427234316-40b2541a84b8 h1:2j5ev2I0RESb1+sLpnbLDXzty83Kdz0/bO4OVKWMPfM=
+github.com/projectdiscovery/fileutil v0.0.0-20220427234316-40b2541a84b8/go.mod h1:wjS/oBWbzlayJ/aTK0KW0oOHGO03G8oEYzuN6stI8Ho=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/folderutil v0.0.0-20211206150108-b4e7ea80f36e h1:RJJuYyuwskYtzZi2gziy6SE/b7saWEzyskaA252E0VY=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/folderutil v0.0.0-20211206150108-b4e7ea80f36e/go.mod h1:BMqXH4jNGByVdE2iLtKvc/6XStaiZRuCIaKv1vw9PnI=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/goflags v0.0.7/go.mod h1:Jjwsf4eEBPXDSQI2Y+6fd3dBumJv/J1U0nmpM+hy2YY=
@@ -496,6 +498,8 @@ github.com/projectdiscovery/stringsutil v0.0.0-20210830151154-f567170afdd9/go.mo
 github.com/projectdiscovery/stringsutil v0.0.0-20220208075244-7c05502ca8e9/go.mod h1:oTRc18WBv9t6BpaN9XBY+QmG28PUpsyDzRht56Qf49I=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/stringsutil v0.0.0-20220404001522-0d00e0703d0d h1:QYq+NO3fGJyQNvvuciJDUb5LvTZLjRPP5hl7yk/G96A=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/stringsutil v0.0.0-20220404001522-0d00e0703d0d/go.mod h1:oTRc18WBv9t6BpaN9XBY+QmG28PUpsyDzRht56Qf49I=
+github.com/projectdiscovery/stringsutil v0.0.0-20220422150559-b54fb5dc6833 h1:yo7hCL47BOHl8X/aMmPeRQwiqUrH6TZ2WjgqItaSPcc=
+github.com/projectdiscovery/stringsutil v0.0.0-20220422150559-b54fb5dc6833/go.mod h1:oTRc18WBv9t6BpaN9XBY+QmG28PUpsyDzRht56Qf49I=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/urlutil v0.0.0-20210525140139-b874f06ad921 h1:EgaxpJm7+lKppfAHkFHs+S+II0lodp4Gu3leZCCkWlc=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/urlutil v0.0.0-20210525140139-b874f06ad921/go.mod h1:oXLErqOpqEAp/ueQlknysFxHO3CUNoSiDNnkiHG+Jpo=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/wappalyzergo v0.0.38 h1:0HGXJfMGMfveM5R0oGIWL0Sc513+gVPoHQkjZxmT2GA=
diff --git a/v2/pkg/protocols/headless/engine/engine.go b/v2/pkg/protocols/headless/engine/engine.go
index 8d72f85b..9f40ab75 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/protocols/headless/engine/engine.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/protocols/headless/engine/engine.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	ps "github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v3/process"
 
+	"github.com/projectdiscovery/fileutil"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v2/pkg/types"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/stringsutil"
 )
@@ -53,7 +54,14 @@ func New(options *types.Options) (*Browser, error) {
 		chromeLauncher = chromeLauncher.NoSandbox(true)
 	}
 
-	if options.UseInstalledChrome {
+	executablePath, err := os.Executable()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// if musl is used, most likely we are on alpine linux which is not supported by go-rod, so we fallback to default chrome
+	useMusl, _ := fileutil.UseMusl(executablePath)
+	if options.UseInstalledChrome || useMusl {
 		if chromePath, hasChrome := launcher.LookPath(); hasChrome {
 			chromeLauncher.Bin(chromePath)
 		} else {