diff --git a/DuckDuckGo.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/DuckDuckGo.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 228f4dc98d..55cc722fcc 100644
--- a/DuckDuckGo.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/DuckDuckGo.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -9225,7 +9225,7 @@
 			repositoryURL = "https://github.com/DuckDuckGo/BrowserServicesKit";
 			requirement = {
 				kind = exactVersion;
-				version = 98.0.1;
+				version = 99.0.0;
 			};
 		};
 		C14882EB27F211A000D59F0C /* XCRemoteSwiftPackageReference "SwiftSoup" */ = {
diff --git a/DuckDuckGo.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/swiftpm/Package.resolved b/DuckDuckGo.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/swiftpm/Package.resolved
index 7b794ad4d2..cdee4384e6 100644
--- a/DuckDuckGo.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/swiftpm/Package.resolved
+++ b/DuckDuckGo.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/swiftpm/Package.resolved
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/DuckDuckGo/BrowserServicesKit",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "ea133abe237b6cb57a4237e0373318a40c10afc2",
-        "version" : "98.0.1"
+        "revision" : "2c1c2bb0aad5a23524e298fa9bea9b890ae43e23",
+        "version" : "99.0.0"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-argument-parser",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "c8ed701b513cf5177118a175d85fbbbcd707ab41",
-        "version" : "1.3.0"
+        "revision" : "8f4d2753f0e4778c76d5f05ad16c74f707390531",
+        "version" : "1.2.3"
       }
     },
     {
diff --git a/DuckDuckGo/TabViewController.swift b/DuckDuckGo/TabViewController.swift
index d798fb9502..05f59ce06b 100644
--- a/DuckDuckGo/TabViewController.swift
+++ b/DuckDuckGo/TabViewController.swift
@@ -426,16 +426,16 @@ class TabViewController: UIViewController {
         
         if consumeCookies {
             consumeCookiesThenLoadRequest(request)
-        } else if let url = request?.url {
+        } else if let urlRequest = request {
             var loadingStopped = false
-            linkProtection.getCleanURL(from: url, onStartExtracting: { [weak self] in
+            linkProtection.getCleanURLRequest(from: urlRequest, onStartExtracting: { [weak self] in
                 if loadingInitiatedByParentTab {
                     // stop parent-initiated URL loading only if canonical URL extraction process has started
                     loadingStopped = true
                     self?.webView.stopLoading()
                 }
                 self?.showProgressIndicator()
-            }, onFinishExtracting: {}, completion: { [weak self] cleanURL in
+            }, onFinishExtracting: {}, completion: { [weak self] cleanURLRequest in
                 // restart the cleaned-up URL loading here if:
                 //   link protection provided an updated URL
                 //   OR if loading was stopped for a popup loaded by its parent
@@ -443,8 +443,8 @@ class TabViewController: UIViewController {
                 // the check is here to let an (about:blank) popup which has its loading
                 // initiated by its parent to keep its active request, otherwise we would
                 // break a js-initiated popup request such as printing from a popup
-                guard url != cleanURL || loadingStopped || !loadingInitiatedByParentTab else { return }
-                self?.load(urlRequest: .userInitiated(cleanURL))
+                guard self?.url != cleanURLRequest.url || loadingStopped || !loadingInitiatedByParentTab else { return }
+                self?.load(urlRequest: cleanURLRequest)
             })
         }
 
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ class TabViewController: UIViewController {
             webView.evaluateJavaScript(js)
         }
     }
-    
+
     public func load(url: URL) {
         webView.stopLoading()
         dismissJSAlertIfNeeded()
@@ -551,6 +551,7 @@ class TabViewController: UIViewController {
         }
 
         webView.stopLoading()
+        dismissJSAlertIfNeeded()
         webView.load(urlRequest)
     }
     
@@ -1351,16 +1352,9 @@ extension TabViewController: WKNavigationDelegate {
                                                                            navigationAction: navigationAction,
                                                                            onStartExtracting: { showProgressIndicator() },
                                                                            onFinishExtracting: { },
-                                                                           onLinkRewrite: { [weak self] newURL, navigationAction in
+                                                                           onLinkRewrite: { [weak self] newRequest, _ in
                 guard let self = self else { return }
-                if self.isNewTargetBlankRequest(navigationAction: navigationAction) {
-                    self.delegate?.tab(self,
-                                       didRequestNewTabForUrl: newURL,
-                                       openedByPage: true,
-                                       inheritingAttribution: self.adClickAttributionLogic.state)
-                } else {
-                    self.load(url: newURL)
-                }
+                self.load(urlRequest: newRequest)
             },
                                                                            policyDecisionHandler: decisionHandler)
 
diff --git a/LocalPackages/DuckUI/Package.swift b/LocalPackages/DuckUI/Package.swift
index b0fc39d008..7b9e1f4987 100644
--- a/LocalPackages/DuckUI/Package.swift
+++ b/LocalPackages/DuckUI/Package.swift
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ let package = Package(
             targets: ["DuckUI"])
     ],
     dependencies: [
-        .package(url: "https://github.com/duckduckgo/BrowserServicesKit", exact: "98.0.1"),
+        .package(url: "https://github.com/duckduckgo/BrowserServicesKit", exact: "99.0.0"),
     ],
     targets: [
         .target(
diff --git a/LocalPackages/SyncUI/Package.swift b/LocalPackages/SyncUI/Package.swift
index ca3dec90e6..7a2a869f10 100644
--- a/LocalPackages/SyncUI/Package.swift
+++ b/LocalPackages/SyncUI/Package.swift
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ let package = Package(
     ],
     dependencies: [
         .package(path: "../DuckUI"),
-        .package(url: "https://github.com/duckduckgo/BrowserServicesKit", exact: "98.0.1"),
+        .package(url: "https://github.com/duckduckgo/BrowserServicesKit", exact: "99.0.0"),
         .package(url: "https://github.com/duckduckgo/DesignResourcesKit", exact: "2.0.0")
     ],
     targets: [
diff --git a/LocalPackages/Waitlist/Package.swift b/LocalPackages/Waitlist/Package.swift
index 33f974ec7d..836bd7a045 100644
--- a/LocalPackages/Waitlist/Package.swift
+++ b/LocalPackages/Waitlist/Package.swift
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ let package = Package(
             targets: ["Waitlist", "WaitlistMocks"])
     ],
     dependencies: [
-        .package(url: "https://github.com/duckduckgo/BrowserServicesKit", exact: "98.0.1"),
+        .package(url: "https://github.com/duckduckgo/BrowserServicesKit", exact: "99.0.0"),
         .package(url: "https://github.com/duckduckgo/DesignResourcesKit", exact: "2.0.0")
     ],
     targets: [