diff --git a/v2/go.mod b/v2/go.mod
index 324848044..361197733 100644
--- a/v2/go.mod
+++ b/v2/go.mod
@@ -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 v1.0.2
-	github.com/projectdiscovery/stringsutil v0.0.0-20220208075244-7c05502ca8e9
+	github.com/projectdiscovery/stringsutil v0.0.0-20220404001522-0d00e0703d0d
 	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 75c65d169..ba0d9c76d 100644
--- a/v2/go.sum
+++ b/v2/go.sum
@@ -486,8 +486,9 @@ github.com/projectdiscovery/sliceutil v0.0.0-20220225084130-8392ac12fa6d/go.mod
 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 h1:4fvUw6b4sS4GoWbHr60mJo3dI//4mGt3BuLx8Sz9aNw=
 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/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/reporting/exporters/markdown/markdown.go b/v2/pkg/reporting/exporters/markdown/markdown.go
index b86e4e9ec..3540d60bb 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/reporting/exporters/markdown/markdown.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/reporting/exporters/markdown/markdown.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v2/pkg/output"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v2/pkg/reporting/format"
+	"github.com/projectdiscovery/stringsutil"
 )
 
 type Exporter struct {
@@ -78,5 +79,5 @@ func sanitizeFilename(filename string) string {
 	if len(filename) > 256 {
 		filename = filename[0:255]
 	}
-	return filename
+	return stringsutil.ReplaceAny(filename, "_", "?", "/", ">", "|", ":", ";", "*", "<", "\"", "'", " ")
 }