diff --git a/v2/go.mod b/v2/go.mod
index a85d2bc24..cd1e36504 100644
--- a/v2/go.mod
+++ b/v2/go.mod
@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@ require (
 	github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.9.1
 	github.com/mholt/archiver v3.1.1+incompatible
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0
-	github.com/openrdap/rdap v0.9.1-0.20191017185644-af93e7ef17b7
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/fasttemplate v0.0.2
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/goflags v0.1.3
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/nvd v1.0.9
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/ratelimit v0.0.0-20221004232058-7b82379157fa
+	github.com/projectdiscovery/rdap v0.9.1-0.20221108103045-9865884d1917
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/tlsx v0.0.9
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/utils v0.0.1
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/wappalyzergo v0.0.67
diff --git a/v2/go.sum b/v2/go.sum
index 3a0cb6830..78b9a7716 100644
--- a/v2/go.sum
+++ b/v2/go.sum
@@ -571,8 +571,6 @@ github.com/onsi/gomega v1.10.5/go.mod h1:gza4q3jKQJijlu05nKWRCW/GavJumGt8aNRxWg7
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.16.0 h1:6gjqkI8iiRHMvdccRJM8rVKjCWk6ZIm6FTm3ddIe4/c=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.16.0/go.mod h1:HnhC7FXeEQY45zxNK3PPoIUhzk/80Xly9PcubAlGdZY=
 github.com/op/go-logging v0.0.0-20160315200505-970db520ece7/go.mod h1:HzydrMdWErDVzsI23lYNej1Htcns9BCg93Dk0bBINWk=
-github.com/openrdap/rdap v0.9.1-0.20191017185644-af93e7ef17b7 h1:3Xn/CN6GVY+7mVuGgt5bfp0F9JwcWqnvwfb23Jf8Vxg=
-github.com/openrdap/rdap v0.9.1-0.20191017185644-af93e7ef17b7/go.mod h1:inRbqVxN7ri77yTJY3ZtGtKegIFa3Qnarh7Xp9P7LgY=
 github.com/owenrumney/go-sarif v1.0.11/go.mod h1:hTBFbxU7GuVRUvwMx+eStp9M/Oun4xHCS3vqpPvket8=
 github.com/owenrumney/go-sarif v1.1.1/go.mod h1:dNDiPlF04ESR/6fHlPyq7gHKmrM0sHUvAGjsoh8ZH0U=
 github.com/owenrumney/go-sarif/v2 v2.1.2 h1:PMDK7tXShJ9zsB7bfvlpADH5NEw1dfA9xwU8Xtdj73U=
@@ -658,6 +656,8 @@ github.com/projectdiscovery/ratelimit v0.0.0-20221004232058-7b82379157fa/go.mod
 github.com/projectdiscovery/rawhttp v0.0.7/go.mod h1:PQERZAhAv7yxI/hR6hdDPgK1WTU56l204BweXrBec+0=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/rawhttp v0.1.2 h1:fCK42+qc5qYR4Dj/BVoukQ182h4n/w0dRcGVO92T7eI=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/rawhttp v0.1.2/go.mod h1:Q5PDAmKzjAjweEp0CQr9301nyxCOkzA9ImK6qLjgk+8=
+github.com/projectdiscovery/rdap v0.9.1-0.20221108103045-9865884d1917 h1:m03X4gBVSorSzvmm0bFa7gDV4QNSOWPL/fgZ4kTXBxk=
+github.com/projectdiscovery/rdap v0.9.1-0.20221108103045-9865884d1917/go.mod h1:JxXtZC9e195awe7EynrcnBJmFoad/BNDzW9mzFkK8Sg=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/retryabledns v1.0.11/go.mod h1:4sMC8HZyF01HXukRleSQYwz4870bwgb4+hTSXTMrkf4=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/retryabledns v1.0.12/go.mod h1:4sMC8HZyF01HXukRleSQYwz4870bwgb4+hTSXTMrkf4=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/retryabledns v1.0.13-0.20210916165024-76c5b76fd59a/go.mod h1:tXaLDs4n3pRZHwfa8mdXpUWe/AYDNK3HlWDjldhRbjI=
diff --git a/v2/pkg/protocols/common/protocolinit/init.go b/v2/pkg/protocols/common/protocolinit/init.go
index 80216dda8..4e2cc33e4 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/protocols/common/protocolinit/init.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/protocols/common/protocolinit/init.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v2/pkg/protocols/http/httpclientpool"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v2/pkg/protocols/http/signerpool"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v2/pkg/protocols/network/networkclientpool"
+	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v2/pkg/protocols/whois/rdapclientpool"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v2/pkg/types"
 )
 
@@ -27,7 +28,13 @@ func Init(options *types.Options) error {
 	if err := signerpool.Init(options); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	return networkclientpool.Init(options)
+	if err := networkclientpool.Init(options); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := rdapclientpool.Init(options); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 var userAgents = []string{
diff --git a/v2/pkg/protocols/whois/rdapclientpool/clientpool.go b/v2/pkg/protocols/whois/rdapclientpool/clientpool.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6aa513fb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v2/pkg/protocols/whois/rdapclientpool/clientpool.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package rdapclientpool
+
+import (
+	"github.com/projectdiscovery/gologger"
+	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v2/pkg/types"
+	"github.com/projectdiscovery/rdap"
+)
+
+var normalClient *rdap.Client
+
+// Init initializes the client pool implementation
+func Init(options *types.Options) error {
+	// Don't create clients if already created in the past.
+	if normalClient != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	normalClient = &rdap.Client{}
+	if options.Verbose || options.Debug || options.DebugRequests || options.DebugResponse {
+		normalClient.Verbose = func(text string) {
+			gologger.Debug().Msgf("rdap: %s", text)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Configuration contains the custom configuration options for a client - placeholder
+type Configuration struct{}
+
+// Hash returns the hash of the configuration to allow client pooling - placeholder
+func (c *Configuration) Hash() string {
+	return ""
+}
+
+// Get creates or gets a client for the protocol based on custom configuration
+func Get(options *types.Options, configuration *Configuration) (*rdap.Client, error) {
+	return normalClient, nil
+}
diff --git a/v2/pkg/protocols/whois/whois.go b/v2/pkg/protocols/whois/whois.go
index a464e2f63..7d7fcf7a1 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/protocols/whois/whois.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/protocols/whois/whois.go
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	jsoniter "github.com/json-iterator/go"
-	"github.com/openrdap/rdap"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/projectdiscovery/rdap"
 
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/gologger"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v2/pkg/operators"
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v2/pkg/protocols/common/helpers/responsehighlighter"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v2/pkg/protocols/common/replacer"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v2/pkg/protocols/common/utils/vardump"
+	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v2/pkg/protocols/whois/rdapclientpool"
 	templateTypes "github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v2/pkg/templates/types"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v2/pkg/types"
 )
@@ -57,12 +58,7 @@ func (request *Request) Compile(options *protocols.ExecuterOptions) error {
 	}
 
 	request.options = options
-	request.client = &rdap.Client{}
-	if request.options.Options.Verbose || request.options.Options.Debug || request.options.Options.DebugRequests {
-		request.client.Verbose = func(text string) {
-			gologger.Debug().Msgf("rdap: %s", text)
-		}
-	}
+	request.client, _ = rdapclientpool.Get(options.Options, nil)
 
 	if len(request.Matchers) > 0 || len(request.Extractors) > 0 {
 		compiled := &request.Operators