diff --git a/pyrit/prompt_target/http_target/http_target.py b/pyrit/prompt_target/http_target/http_target.py
index 1aeee2b6e..48e6a24c1 100644
--- a/pyrit/prompt_target/http_target/http_target.py
+++ b/pyrit/prompt_target/http_target/http_target.py
@@ -240,10 +240,11 @@ def parse_raw_http_request(self, http_request: str) -> tuple[dict[str, str], Req
         body = ""
 
         # Support both LF and CRLF raw HTTP requests (e.g. copied from Burp).
-        request_parts = re.split(r"\r?\n\r?\n", http_request.strip(), maxsplit=1)
+        normalized = http_request.strip().replace("\r\n", "\n")
+        request_parts = normalized.split("\n\n", 1)
 
         # Parse out the header components
-        header_lines = request_parts[0].strip().splitlines()
+        header_lines = request_parts[0].strip().split("\n")
         http_req_info_line = header_lines[0].split(" ")  # get 1st line like POST /url_ending HTTP_VSN
         header_lines = header_lines[1:]  # rest of the raw request is the headers info