diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index fc01e7401..45d33bd57 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 		"stellarwp/prophecy-image-downloader": "^3.0",
 		"stellarwp/prophecy-storage": "^3.0",
 		"stellarwp/schema": "^2.0",
-		"stellarwp/superglobals": "^1.3",
+		"stellarwp/superglobals": "^2.0",
 		"stellarwp/telemetry": "^2.3",
 		"stellarwp/uplink": "dev-bugfix/multisite-token-logic",
 		"symfony/translation-contracts": "^2.5"
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 77382173e..093b93597 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "7a823630fd7197034de879f12f7ac260",
+    "content-hash": "71d610412ee70256b8492c277ea40194",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "adbario/php-dot-notation",
@@ -1009,16 +1009,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "stellarwp/superglobals",
-            "version": "1.3.0",
+            "version": "2.0.0",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/stellarwp/superglobals.git",
-                "reference": "a43ffa491c171f46d81a26d55e096bc8eaddfb3e"
+                "reference": "188f4466663b9aea10cdb865805a734ecc9f0f25"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/stellarwp/superglobals/zipball/a43ffa491c171f46d81a26d55e096bc8eaddfb3e",
-                "reference": "a43ffa491c171f46d81a26d55e096bc8eaddfb3e",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/stellarwp/superglobals/zipball/188f4466663b9aea10cdb865805a734ecc9f0f25",
+                "reference": "188f4466663b9aea10cdb865805a734ecc9f0f25",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -1053,9 +1053,9 @@
             "description": "A library that handles access to superglobals.",
             "support": {
                 "issues": "https://github.com/stellarwp/superglobals/issues",
-                "source": "https://github.com/stellarwp/superglobals/tree/1.3.0"
+                "source": "https://github.com/stellarwp/superglobals/tree/2.0.0"
             },
-            "time": "2024-06-26T14:12:19+00:00"
+            "time": "2026-02-09T18:15:19+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "stellarwp/telemetry",
diff --git a/tests/wpunit/Resources/Optimizer/Path/PathFactoryTest.php b/tests/wpunit/Resources/Optimizer/Path/PathFactoryTest.php
index d45ca77f1..3d61d4522 100644
--- a/tests/wpunit/Resources/Optimizer/Path/PathFactoryTest.php
+++ b/tests/wpunit/Resources/Optimizer/Path/PathFactoryTest.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use InvalidArgumentException;
 use KadenceWP\KadenceBlocks\Optimizer\Path\Path_Factory;
+use stdClass;
 use Tests\Support\Classes\OptimizerTestCase;
 
 final class PathFactoryTest extends OptimizerTestCase {
@@ -19,6 +20,12 @@ protected function setUp(): void {
 		$this->path_factory = $this->container->get( Path_Factory::class );
 	}
 
+	protected function tearDown(): void {
+		unset( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] );
+
+		parent::tearDown();
+	}
+
 	public function testItHandlesRootPath(): void {
 		$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = '/';
 
@@ -347,4 +354,16 @@ public function testItResolvesPostIdForPageForPosts(): void {
 		$this->assertSame( '/blog/', $path->path() );
 		$this->assertSame( $blog_page_id, $path->post_id() );
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @note this would only fatal error in PHP 8.x
+	 */
+	public function testItHandlesInvalidRequestUri(): void {
+		$this->expectException( InvalidArgumentException::class );
+		$this->expectExceptionMessage( 'Cannot hash an empty path. Verify you are using this after the wp hook fired.' );
+
+		$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = new stdClass();
+
+		$this->path_factory->make();
+	}
 }