diff --git a/v2/pkg/requests/bulk-http-request.go b/v2/pkg/requests/bulk-http-request.go
index 3de8758c..69265bd7 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/requests/bulk-http-request.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/requests/bulk-http-request.go
@@ -240,8 +240,6 @@ func (r *BulkHTTPRequest) handleRawWithPaylods(ctx context.Context, raw, baseURL
 }
 
 func (r *BulkHTTPRequest) fillRequest(req *http.Request, values map[string]interface{}) (*retryablehttp.Request, error) {
-	setHeader(req, "Connection", "close")
-	req.Close = true
 	replacer := newReplacer(values)
 
 	// Check if the user requested a request body
@@ -254,6 +252,13 @@ func (r *BulkHTTPRequest) fillRequest(req *http.Request, values map[string]inter
 		req.Header[header] = []string{replacer.Replace(value)}
 	}
 
+	// if the user specified a Connection header we don't alter it
+	if req.Header.Get("Connection") == "" {
+		// Otherwise we set it to "Connection: close" - The instruction is redundant, but it ensures that internally net/http don't miss the header/internal flag
+		setHeader(req, "Connection", "close")
+		req.Close = true
+	}
+
 	setHeader(req, "User-Agent", "Nuclei - Open-source project (github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei)")
 
 	// raw requests are left untouched