diff --git a/containers/Containerfile b/containers/Containerfile
index f8d4724..6c2f8f9 100644
--- a/containers/Containerfile
+++ b/containers/Containerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi:latest as builder
-RUN dnf install -y make git unzip gcc
+RUN dnf install -y make git unzip gcc openssl-devel
 RUN git clone https://github.com/wg/wrk.git --depth=1
+RUN git clone https://github.com/giltene/wrk2.git --depth=1
 RUN cd wrk && make -j $(nproc)
+RUN cd wrk2 && make -j $(nproc)
 
 FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi:latest
 RUN dnf install -y iproute procps-ng
 COPY --from=builder /wrk/wrk /usr/bin/wrk
+COPY --from=builder /wrk2/wrk /usr/bin/wrk2
 COPY json.lua json.lua
diff --git a/pkg/config/types.go b/pkg/config/types.go
index c0a5d9c..3a06374 100644
--- a/pkg/config/types.go
+++ b/pkg/config/types.go
@@ -46,4 +46,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	Warmup bool `yaml:"warmup" json:"-"`
 	// RequestTimeout defines the tool request timeout
 	RequestTimeout time.Duration `yaml:"requestTimeout"`
+	// RequestRate defines the amount of requests to run in parallel
+	RequestRate int `yaml:"requestRate"`
 }
diff --git a/pkg/runner/runner.go b/pkg/runner/runner.go
index 62cc699..4e20ca9 100644
--- a/pkg/runner/runner.go
+++ b/pkg/runner/runner.go
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ func Start(uuid, baseUUID, baseIndex string, tolerancy int, indexer *indexers.In
 		return err
 	}
 	clusterMetadata.HAProxyVersion, err = getHAProxyVersion()
+	log.Infof("HAProxy version: %s", clusterMetadata.HAProxyVersion)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/runner/tools/wrk.go b/pkg/runner/tools/wrk.go
index 64dbf8e..853739a 100644
--- a/pkg/runner/tools/wrk.go
+++ b/pkg/runner/tools/wrk.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func init() {
 
 func Wrk(cfg config.Config, ep string) Tool {
 	newWrk := &wrk{
-		cmd: []string{"wrk", "-s", "json.lua", "-c", fmt.Sprint(cfg.Connections), "-d", fmt.Sprintf("%v", cfg.Duration.Seconds()), "--latency", ep, "--timeout", fmt.Sprintf("%v", cfg.RequestTimeout.Seconds())},
+		cmd: []string{"wrk", "-s", "json.lua", "-c", fmt.Sprint(cfg.Connections), "-d", fmt.Sprintf("%v", cfg.Duration.Seconds()), ep, "--timeout", fmt.Sprintf("%v", cfg.RequestTimeout.Seconds())},
 		res: PodResult{},
 	}
 	return newWrk
diff --git a/pkg/runner/tools/wrk2.go b/pkg/runner/tools/wrk2.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..913fa1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/runner/tools/wrk2.go
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+// Copyright 2023 The ingress-perf Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package tools
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/cloud-bulldozer/ingress-perf/pkg/config"
+)
+
+type wrk2 struct {
+	cmd []string
+	res PodResult
+}
+
+func init() {
+	toolMap["wrk2"] = Wrk2
+}
+
+func Wrk2(cfg config.Config, ep string) Tool {
+	newWrk := &wrk2{
+		cmd: []string{"wrk2", "-R", fmt.Sprint(cfg.RequestRate), "-s", "json.lua", "-c", fmt.Sprint(cfg.Connections), "-d", fmt.Sprintf("%v", cfg.Duration.Seconds()), ep, "--timeout", fmt.Sprintf("%v", cfg.RequestTimeout.Seconds())},
+		res: PodResult{},
+	}
+	return newWrk
+}
+
+func (w *wrk2) Cmd() []string {
+	return w.cmd
+}
+
+func (w *wrk2) ParseResult(_, stderr string) (PodResult, error) {
+	return w.res, json.Unmarshal([]byte(stderr), &w.res)
+}