diff --git a/v2/cmd/nuclei/main.go b/v2/cmd/nuclei/main.go
index 490687d45..a863859f7 100644
--- a/v2/cmd/nuclei/main.go
+++ b/v2/cmd/nuclei/main.go
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ on extensive configurability, massive extensibility and ease of use.`)
 		flagSet.BoolVarP(&options.FollowRedirects, "follow-redirects", "fr", false, "enable following redirects for http templates"),
 		flagSet.IntVarP(&options.MaxRedirects, "max-redirects", "mr", 10, "max number of redirects to follow for http templates"),
 		flagSet.StringVarP(&options.ReportingConfig, "report-config", "rc", "", "nuclei reporting module configuration file"), // TODO merge into the config file or rename to issue-tracking
-		flagSet.StringSliceVarP(&options.CustomHeaders, "header", "H", []string{}, "custom headers in header:value format"),
+		flagSet.FileStringSliceVarP(&options.CustomHeaders, "header", "H", []string{}, "custom headers in header:value format"),
 		flagSet.RuntimeMapVarP(&options.Vars, "var", "V", []string{}, "custom vars in var=value format"),
 		flagSet.StringVarP(&options.ResolversFile, "resolvers", "r", "", "file containing resolver list for nuclei"),
 		flagSet.BoolVarP(&options.SystemResolvers, "system-resolvers", "sr", false, "use system DNS resolving as error fallback"),
diff --git a/v2/go.mod b/v2/go.mod
index 066a66d19..0db781e88 100644
--- a/v2/go.mod
+++ b/v2/go.mod
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/fastdialer v0.0.15-0.20220127193345-f06b0fd54d47
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/filekv v0.0.0-20210915124239-3467ef45dd08
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/fileutil v0.0.0-20210928100737-cab279c5d4b5
-	github.com/projectdiscovery/goflags v0.0.8-0.20220223132346-fcffa47ead36
+	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
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/interactsh v1.0.1-0.20220131074403-ca8bb8f87cd0
diff --git a/v2/go.sum b/v2/go.sum
index f1979a4e3..33fe5c94b 100644
--- a/v2/go.sum
+++ b/v2/go.sum
@@ -441,6 +441,8 @@ github.com/projectdiscovery/folderutil v0.0.0-20211206150108-b4e7ea80f36e/go.mod
 github.com/projectdiscovery/goflags v0.0.7/go.mod h1:Jjwsf4eEBPXDSQI2Y+6fd3dBumJv/J1U0nmpM+hy2YY=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/goflags v0.0.8-0.20220223132346-fcffa47ead36 h1:7tPZ9Ui9Iyo/bfP+LtOOKJRrXO7ZzunzMjqHClTDZEA=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/goflags v0.0.8-0.20220223132346-fcffa47ead36/go.mod h1:37KhVbVLllyuIAgpXGqcvE/hsFEwJ+ctEUSHawjhsBY=
+github.com/projectdiscovery/goflags v0.0.8-0.20220323170412-1721b7db8fa0 h1:mcuj09fJ/cBUuMdVkiAId+rTEwwXPbefEVba6unGy4E=
+github.com/projectdiscovery/goflags v0.0.8-0.20220323170412-1721b7db8fa0/go.mod h1:37KhVbVLllyuIAgpXGqcvE/hsFEwJ+ctEUSHawjhsBY=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/gologger v1.0.1/go.mod h1:Ok+axMqK53bWNwDSU1nTNwITLYMXMdZtRc8/y1c7sWE=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/gologger v1.1.4 h1:qWxGUq7ukHWT849uGPkagPKF3yBPYAsTtMKunQ8O2VI=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/gologger v1.1.4/go.mod h1:Bhb6Bdx2PV1nMaFLoXNBmHIU85iROS9y1tBuv7T5pMY=
diff --git a/v2/pkg/types/types.go b/v2/pkg/types/types.go
index de2eca9c5..ca10b4cd4 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/types/types.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/types/types.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ type Options struct {
 	// 	ExcludedTemplates  specifies the template/templates to exclude
 	ExcludedTemplates goflags.FileOriginalNormalizedStringSlice
 	// CustomHeaders is the list of custom global headers to send with each request.
-	CustomHeaders goflags.StringSlice
+	CustomHeaders goflags.FileStringSlice
 	// Vars is the list of custom global vars
 	Vars goflags.RuntimeMap
 	// vars to use as iterative payload