diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6daa5c7237e..d4c2922bd12 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/bluenviron/mediacommon v1.13.0
 	github.com/datarhei/gosrt v0.7.0
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0
+	github.com/gin-contrib/pprof v1.5.0
 	github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.10.0
 	github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.12.0
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.2.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8ba558dc3a5..7876ae11d99 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 h1:8JEhPFa5W2WU7YfeZzPNqzMP6Lwt7L2715Ggo0nos
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:40Bi/Hjc2AVfZrqy+aj+yEI+/bRxZnMJyTJwOpGvigM=
 github.com/gabriel-vasile/mimetype v1.4.3 h1:in2uUcidCuFcDKtdcBxlR0rJ1+fsokWf+uqxgUFjbI0=
 github.com/gabriel-vasile/mimetype v1.4.3/go.mod h1:d8uq/6HKRL6CGdk+aubisF/M5GcPfT7nKyLpA0lbSSk=
+github.com/gin-contrib/pprof v1.5.0 h1:E/Oy7g+kNw94KfdCy3bZxQFtyDnAX2V7axRS7sNYVrU=
+github.com/gin-contrib/pprof v1.5.0/go.mod h1:GqFL6LerKoCQ/RSWnkYczkTJ+tOAUVN/8sbnEtaqOKs=
 github.com/gin-contrib/sse v0.1.0 h1:Y/yl/+YNO8GZSjAhjMsSuLt29uWRFHdHYUb5lYOV9qE=
 github.com/gin-contrib/sse v0.1.0/go.mod h1:RHrZQHXnP2xjPF+u1gW/2HnVO7nvIa9PG3Gm+fLHvGI=
 github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.10.0 h1:nTuyha1TYqgedzytsKYqna+DfLos46nTv2ygFy86HFU=
diff --git a/internal/core/api_test.go b/internal/core/api_test.go
index a54ec12c45f..c868d9d3eb2 100644
--- a/internal/core/api_test.go
+++ b/internal/core/api_test.go
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ func TestAPIProtocolKick(t *testing.T) {
 				} `json:"items"`
 			}
 			httpRequest(t, hc, http.MethodGet, "http://localhost:9997/v3/"+pa+"/list", nil, &out2)
-			require.Equal(t, 0, len(out2.Items))
+			require.Empty(t, out2.Items)
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/core/path_manager_test.go b/internal/core/path_manager_test.go
index 6b506fced67..cadd5cd58fb 100644
--- a/internal/core/path_manager_test.go
+++ b/internal/core/path_manager_test.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func TestPathAutoDeletion(t *testing.T) {
 			data, err := p.pathManager.APIPathsList()
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 
-			require.Equal(t, 0, len(data.Items))
+			require.Empty(t, data.Items)
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/pprof/pprof.go b/internal/pprof/pprof.go
index 90c492902e5..6575778974f 100644
--- a/internal/pprof/pprof.go
+++ b/internal/pprof/pprof.go
@@ -6,15 +6,14 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 
-	// start pprof
-	_ "net/http/pprof"
+	"github.com/gin-contrib/pprof"
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 
 	"github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx/internal/auth"
 	"github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx/internal/conf"
 	"github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx/internal/logger"
 	"github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx/internal/protocols/httpp"
 	"github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx/internal/restrictnetwork"
-	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 )
 
 type pprofAuthManager interface {
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ func (pp *PPROF) Initialize() error {
 	router.Use(pp.middlewareOrigin)
 	router.Use(pp.middlewareAuth)
 
-	router.Use(pp.onRequest)
+	pprof.Register(router)
 
 	network, address := restrictnetwork.Restrict("tcp", pp.Address)
 
@@ -117,7 +116,3 @@ func (pp *PPROF) middlewareAuth(ctx *gin.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 }
-
-func (pp *PPROF) onRequest(ctx *gin.Context) {
-	http.DefaultServeMux.ServeHTTP(ctx.Writer, ctx.Request)
-}
diff --git a/internal/pprof/pprof_test.go b/internal/pprof/pprof_test.go
index d26de96514b..16cb16f43d4 100644
--- a/internal/pprof/pprof_test.go
+++ b/internal/pprof/pprof_test.go
@@ -46,3 +46,33 @@ func TestPreflightRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, "Authorization", res.Header.Get("Access-Control-Allow-Headers"))
 	require.Equal(t, byts, []byte{})
 }
+
+func TestPprof(t *testing.T) {
+	s := &PPROF{
+		Address:     "127.0.0.1:9999",
+		AllowOrigin: "*",
+		ReadTimeout: conf.StringDuration(10 * time.Second),
+		AuthManager: test.NilAuthManager,
+		Parent:      test.NilLogger,
+	}
+	err := s.Initialize()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer s.Close()
+
+	tr := &http.Transport{}
+	defer tr.CloseIdleConnections()
+	hc := &http.Client{Transport: tr}
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "http://127.0.0.1:9999/debug/pprof/heap", nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	res, err := hc.Do(req)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer res.Body.Close()
+
+	require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, res.StatusCode)
+
+	byts, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotEmpty(t, byts)
+}
diff --git a/internal/servers/webrtc/server_test.go b/internal/servers/webrtc/server_test.go
index 80fa556199c..4da99c46104 100644
--- a/internal/servers/webrtc/server_test.go
+++ b/internal/servers/webrtc/server_test.go
@@ -763,5 +763,5 @@ func TestICEServerClientOnly(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, len(s.ICEServers), len(clientICEServers))
 	serverICEServers, err := s.generateICEServers(false)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.Equal(t, 0, len(serverICEServers))
+	require.Empty(t, serverICEServers)
 }