diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index ca84899..b56fd88 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -4222,6 +4222,15 @@ RedirectableRequest.prototype._sanitizeOptions = function (options) {
   if (!options.headers) {
     options.headers = {};
   }
+  // Convert [header1, value1, header2, value2, …] to object
+  else if (Array.isArray(options.headers)) {
+    var headerList = options.headers;
+    options.headers = {};
+    for (var i = 0; i < headerList.length; i += 2) {
+      options.headers[headerList[i]] = headerList[i + 1];
+    }
+  }
+  // Ensure sensitive headers are always present
   if (!isArray(options.sensitiveHeaders)) {
     options.sensitiveHeaders = [];
   }
@@ -4621,7 +4630,7 @@ function isURL(value) {
 }
 
 function escapeRegex(regex) {
-  return regex.replace(/[\]\\/()*+?.$]/g, "\\$&");
+  return regex.replace(/[[\]\\/()*+?.^$|]/g, "\\$&");
 }
 
 // Exports
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index cec51fd..9db36e1 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ es-set-tostringtag@^2.1.0:
     hasown "^2.0.2"
 
 follow-redirects@^1.16.0:
-  version "1.16.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/follow-redirects/-/follow-redirects-1.16.1.tgz#6e0efa40a727fb369b98dab15883ec34787d675e"
-  integrity sha512-FNvFGzoMLWmE6Yj9spb/zjd7yiNCHiAW9/Tg9CXrQ8wuu32HtlJOwWO11OJafl5FfY3DxTdQ0vj42zU1kvv5jg==
+  version "1.16.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/follow-redirects/-/follow-redirects-1.16.2.tgz#a233160dd1bc9b16cbbab43709e6adc7cc941c8c"
+  integrity sha512-/kVP2U8z596Ia0gwFrwyIeo74ta5aVmSeU1FfAUMAmcEP5EP7zydmag3SLiN64NaRKef3lxsq7i/g7ltJQDGow==
 
 form-data@^4.0.6:
   version "4.0.6"