diff --git a/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java b/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java
index cfc696f0122a..3b17dc11fc4c 100644
--- a/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java
+++ b/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
  * THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 
+import io.github.pixee.security.HostValidator;
+import io.github.pixee.security.Urls;
 import java.net.*;
 import java.io.*;
 import java.nio.channels.*;
@@ -113,7 +115,7 @@ protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
                 }
             });
         }
-        URL website = new URL(urlString);
+        URL website = Urls.create(urlString, Urls.HTTP_PROTOCOLS, HostValidator.DENY_COMMON_INFRASTRUCTURE_TARGETS);
         ReadableByteChannel rbc;
         rbc = Channels.newChannel(website.openStream());
         FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(destination);
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 10348ef0466a..c824b4c7d4a2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
     <sonar.projectKey>iluwatar_java-design-patterns</sonar.projectKey>
     <sonar.moduleKey>${project.artifactId}</sonar.moduleKey>
     <sonar.projectName>Java Design Patterns</sonar.projectName>
+    <versions.java-security-toolkit>1.2.0</versions.java-security-toolkit>
   </properties>
   <modules>
     <module>abstract-factory</module>
@@ -248,6 +249,11 @@
         <version>${system-lambda.version}</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.github.pixee</groupId>
+        <artifactId>java-security-toolkit</artifactId>
+        <version>${versions.java-security-toolkit}</version>
+      </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
   <dependencies>
@@ -268,6 +274,10 @@
       <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.github.pixee</groupId>
+      <artifactId>java-security-toolkit</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <pluginManagement>
diff --git a/promise/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/promise/Utility.java b/promise/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/promise/Utility.java
index 0976c8c751bc..2ecb9a967331 100644
--- a/promise/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/promise/Utility.java
+++ b/promise/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/promise/Utility.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
  */
 package com.iluwatar.promise;
 
+import io.github.pixee.security.HostValidator;
+import io.github.pixee.security.Urls;
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileReader;
@@ -98,7 +100,7 @@ public static Integer countLines(String fileLocation) {
    */
   public static String downloadFile(String urlString) throws IOException {
     LOGGER.info("Downloading contents from url: {}", urlString);
-    var url = new URL(urlString);
+    var url = Urls.create(urlString, Urls.HTTP_PROTOCOLS, HostValidator.DENY_COMMON_INFRASTRUCTURE_TARGETS);
     var file = File.createTempFile("promise_pattern", null);
     try (var bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(url.openStream()));
          var writer = new FileWriter(file)) {