diff --git a/v2/go.mod b/v2/go.mod
index c0d3aa392..534037e86 100644
--- a/v2/go.mod
+++ b/v2/go.mod
@@ -71,11 +71,13 @@ require (
 	github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20210307081110-f21760c49a8d
 	github.com/docker/go-units v0.4.0
 	github.com/h2non/filetype v1.1.3
+	github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.4.0
 	github.com/mholt/archiver v3.1.1+incompatible
 	github.com/openrdap/rdap v0.9.1-0.20191017185644-af93e7ef17b7
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/iputil v0.0.0-20210804143329-3a30fcde43f3
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/nvd v1.0.9-0.20220314070650-d4a214c1f87d
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/sliceutil v0.0.0-20220225084130-8392ac12fa6d
+	github.com/projectdiscovery/urlutil v0.0.0-20210525140139-b874f06ad921
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/wappalyzergo v0.0.35
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1
 	github.com/zmap/zcrypto v0.0.0-20211005224000-2d0ffdec8a9b
@@ -117,7 +119,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/gosuri/uiprogress v0.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp v0.5.1 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.6.8 // indirect
-	github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/iancoleman/orderedmap v0.0.0-20190318233801-ac98e3ecb4b0 // indirect
 	github.com/itchyny/timefmt-go v0.1.3 // indirect
 	github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0 // indirect
diff --git a/v2/go.sum b/v2/go.sum
index ec85e8eec..ed74e849a 100644
--- a/v2/go.sum
+++ b/v2/go.sum
@@ -485,12 +485,15 @@ github.com/projectdiscovery/retryablehttp-go v1.0.2 h1:LV1/KAQU+yeWhNVlvveaYFsjB
 github.com/projectdiscovery/retryablehttp-go v1.0.2/go.mod h1:dx//aY9V247qHdsRf0vdWHTBZuBQ2vm6Dq5dagxrDYI=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/sliceutil v0.0.0-20220225084130-8392ac12fa6d h1:wIQPYRZEwTeJuoZLv3NT9r+il2fAv1ObRzTdHkNgOxk=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/sliceutil v0.0.0-20220225084130-8392ac12fa6d/go.mod h1:QHXvznfPfA5f0AZUIBkbLapoUJJlsIDgUlkKva6dOr4=
+github.com/projectdiscovery/stringsutil v0.0.0-20210524051937-51dabe3b72c0/go.mod h1:TVSdZC0rRQeMIbsNSiGPhbmhyRtxqqtAGA9JiiNp2r4=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/stringsutil v0.0.0-20210804142656-fd3c28dbaafe/go.mod h1:oTRc18WBv9t6BpaN9XBY+QmG28PUpsyDzRht56Qf49I=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/stringsutil v0.0.0-20210823090203-2f5f137e8e1d/go.mod h1:oTRc18WBv9t6BpaN9XBY+QmG28PUpsyDzRht56Qf49I=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/stringsutil v0.0.0-20210830151154-f567170afdd9/go.mod h1:oTRc18WBv9t6BpaN9XBY+QmG28PUpsyDzRht56Qf49I=
 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/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 v0.0.35 h1:UDjCmOygrY0Q25ZH4jz5pEw67wPxO6ilHYJQoxgdfu4=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/wappalyzergo v0.0.35/go.mod h1:vS+npIOANv7eKsEtODsyRQt2n1v8VofCwj2gjmq72EM=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/yamldoc-go v1.0.2/go.mod h1:7uSxfMXaBmzvw8m5EhOEjB6nhz0rK/H9sUjq1ciZu24=
diff --git a/v2/pkg/protocols/http/request_annotations.go b/v2/pkg/protocols/http/request_annotations.go
index 1ae9feac6..e763e3e42 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/protocols/http/request_annotations.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/protocols/http/request_annotations.go
@@ -1,19 +1,47 @@
 package http
 
 import (
+	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/projectdiscovery/iputil"
+	"github.com/projectdiscovery/stringsutil"
+	"github.com/projectdiscovery/urlutil"
 )
 
 // @Host:target overrides the input target with the annotated one (similar to self-contained requests)
-var reHostAnnotation = regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)^@Host:(.+)$`)
+var reHostAnnotation = regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)^@Host:\s*(.+)\s*$`)
 
 // parseAnnotations and override requests settings
 func parseAnnotations(rawRequest string, request *http.Request) {
 	// parse request for known ovverride annotations
 	if hosts := reHostAnnotation.FindStringSubmatch(rawRequest); len(hosts) > 0 {
-		host := strings.TrimSpace(hosts[1])
-		request.URL.Host = host
+		value := strings.TrimSpace(hosts[1])
+		// handle scheme
+		switch {
+		case stringsutil.HasPrefixI(value, "http://"):
+			request.URL.Scheme = urlutil.HTTP
+		case stringsutil.HasPrefixI(value, "https://"):
+			request.URL.Scheme = urlutil.HTTPS
+		}
+
+		value = stringsutil.TrimPrefixAny(value, "http://", "https://")
+
+		if isHostPort(value) {
+			request.URL.Host = value
+		}
 	}
 }
+
+func isHostPort(value string) bool {
+	_, port, err := net.SplitHostPort(value)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	if !iputil.IsPort(port) {
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}