diff --git a/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/lessons/ssrf/SSRFTask2.java b/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/lessons/ssrf/SSRFTask2.java
index cb58bd63d..fecb3efa2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/lessons/ssrf/SSRFTask2.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/lessons/ssrf/SSRFTask2.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 
 package org.owasp.webgoat.lessons.ssrf;
 
+import io.github.pixee.security.HostValidator;
+import io.github.pixee.security.Urls;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ public AttackResult completed(@RequestParam String url) {
   protected AttackResult furBall(String url) {
     if (url.matches("http://ifconfig.pro")) {
       String html;
-      try (InputStream in = new URL(url).openStream()) {
+      try (InputStream in = Urls.create(url, Urls.HTTP_PROTOCOLS, HostValidator.DENY_COMMON_INFRASTRUCTURE_TARGETS).openStream()) {
         html =
             new String(in.readAllBytes(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8)
                 .replaceAll("\n", "<br>"); // Otherwise the \n gets escaped in the response