diff --git a/ginext/engine.go b/ginext/engine.go
index 6ffedcf..42a4aaf 100644
--- a/ginext/engine.go
+++ b/ginext/engine.go
@@ -194,3 +194,9 @@ func (w *GinWrapper) ServeHTTP(req *http.Request) *httptest.ResponseRecorder {
 	w.engine.ServeHTTP(respRec, req)
 	return respRec
 }
+
+// ForwardRequest manually inserts a request into this router
+// = behaves as if the request came from the outside (and writes the response to `writer`)
+func (w *GinWrapper) ForwardRequest(writer http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+	w.engine.ServeHTTP(writer, req)
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index bf6449b..c27b2dd 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/montanaflynn/stats v0.7.1 // indirect
-	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/remyoudompheng/bigfft v0.0.0-20230129092748-24d4a6f8daec // indirect
 	github.com/twitchyliquid64/golang-asm v0.15.1 // indirect
 	github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.2.12 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index aa71315..8c6b3d2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ github.com/montanaflynn/stats v0.7.1 h1:etflOAAHORrCC44V+aR6Ftzort912ZU+YLiSTuV8
 github.com/montanaflynn/stats v0.7.1/go.mod h1:etXPPgVO6n31NxCd9KQUMvCM+ve0ruNzt6R8Bnaayow=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.1.1 h1:LWAJwfNvjQZCFIDKWYQaM62NcYeYViCmWIwmOStowAI=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.1.1/go.mod h1:tJU2Z3ZkXwnxa4DPO899bsyIoywizdUvyaeZurnPPDc=
+github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.0 h1:QLgLl2yMN7N+ruc31VynXs1vhMZa7CeHHejIeBAsoHo=
+github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.0/go.mod h1:1t835xjRzz80PqgE6HHgN2JOsmgYu/h4qDAS4n929Rs=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
@@ -118,6 +120,7 @@ github.com/rs/zerolog v1.32.0/go.mod h1:/7mN4D5sKwJLZQ2b/znpjC3/GQWY/xaDXUM0kKWR
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0/go.mod h1:YvHI0jy2hoMjB+UWwv71VJQ9isScKT/TqJzVSSt89Yw=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.0/go.mod h1:Yh+to48EsGEfYuaHDzXPcE3xhTkx73EhmCGUpEOglKo=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.2/go.mod h1:FRsXN1f5AsAjCGJKqEizvkpNtU+EGNCLh3NxZ/8L+MA=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
@@ -126,6 +129,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 github.com/twitchyliquid64/golang-asm v0.15.1 h1:SU5vSMR7hnwNxj24w34ZyCi/FmDZTkS4MhqMhdFk5YI=
 github.com/twitchyliquid64/golang-asm v0.15.1/go.mod h1:a1lVb/DtPvCB8fslRZhAngC2+aY1QWCk3Cedj/Gdt08=
 github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.2.12 h1:9LC83zGrHhuUA9l16C9AHXAqEV/2wBQ4nkvumAE65EE=
diff --git a/goextVersion.go b/goextVersion.go
index 9e81fb7..bf9de89 100644
--- a/goextVersion.go
+++ b/goextVersion.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 package goext
 
-const GoextVersion = "0.0.416"
+const GoextVersion = "0.0.417"
 
-const GoextVersionTimestamp = "2024-03-18T11:19:01+0100"
+const GoextVersionTimestamp = "2024-03-20T08:58:59+0100"