diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ebf9da3..f4061c8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/suyashkumar/ssl-proxy
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.21
 
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
diff --git a/reverseproxy/reverseproxy.go b/reverseproxy/reverseproxy.go
index fcd0fc8..5ce954c 100644
--- a/reverseproxy/reverseproxy.go
+++ b/reverseproxy/reverseproxy.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func newDirector(target *url.URL, extraDirector func(*http.Request)) func(*http.
 		} else {
 			req.URL.RawQuery = targetQuery + "&" + req.URL.RawQuery
 		}
-		if _, ok := req.Header["User-Agent"]; !ok {
+        if req.Header.Get("User-Agent") != "" {
 			// explicitly disable User-Agent so it's not set to default value
 			req.Header.Set("User-Agent", "")
 		}