diff --git a/src/framework/types.ts b/src/framework/types.ts
index 2df2ea07..07666c94 100644
--- a/src/framework/types.ts
+++ b/src/framework/types.ts
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ export type ValidateSecurityOpts = {
 };
 
 export type OperationHandlerOptions = {
-  basePath: string;
+  basePath: string | URL;
   resolver: (
-    handlersPath: string,
+    handlersPath: string | URL,
     route: RouteMetadata,
     apiDoc: OpenAPIV3.Document,
   ) => unknown;
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ export interface OpenApiValidatorOpts {
   $refParser?: {
     mode: 'bundle' | 'dereference';
   };
-  operationHandlers?: false | string | OperationHandlerOptions;
+  operationHandlers?: false | string | URL | OperationHandlerOptions;
   validateFormats?: boolean | 'fast' | 'full';
 }
 
diff --git a/src/middlewares/openapi.security.ts b/src/middlewares/openapi.security.ts
index d9fc4f83..8663e6e8 100644
--- a/src/middlewares/openapi.security.ts
+++ b/src/middlewares/openapi.security.ts
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ class AuthValidator {
       const authHeader =
         req.headers['authorization'] &&
         req.headers['authorization'].toLowerCase();
+
       // req.cookies will be `undefined` without `cookie-parser` middleware
       const authCookie =
         req.cookies?.[scheme.name] || req.signedCookies?.[scheme.name];
@@ -241,7 +242,7 @@ class AuthValidator {
         if (authHeader && !authHeader.includes('bearer')) {
           throw Error(`Authorization header with scheme 'Bearer' required`);
         }
-        
+
         if (!authHeader && !authCookie) {
           if (scheme.in === 'cookie') {
             throw Error(`Cookie authentication required`);
diff --git a/src/openapi.validator.ts b/src/openapi.validator.ts
index 3265c187..3d130a35 100644
--- a/src/openapi.validator.ts
+++ b/src/openapi.validator.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export class OpenApiValidator {
     if (options.formats == null) options.formats = {};
     if (options.useRequestUrl == null) options.useRequestUrl = false;
 
-    if (typeof options.operationHandlers === 'string') {
+    if (typeof options.operationHandlers === 'string' || options.operationHandlers instanceof URL) {
       /**
        * Internally, we want to convert this to a value typed OperationHandlerOptions.
        * In this way, we can treat the value as such when we go to install (rather than
diff --git a/src/resolvers.ts b/src/resolvers.ts
index 3092e3a3..405f1d6c 100644
--- a/src/resolvers.ts
+++ b/src/resolvers.ts
@@ -2,13 +2,17 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 import { RequestHandler } from 'express';
 import { RouteMetadata } from './framework/openapi.spec.loader';
 import { OpenAPIV3 } from './framework/types';
+import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from 'url';
+
+// Prevent TypeScript from replacing dynamic import with require()
+const dynamicImport = new Function('specifier', 'return import(specifier)');
 
 const cache = {};
-export function defaultResolver(
-  handlersPath: string,
+export async function defaultResolver(
+  handlersPath: string | URL,
   route: RouteMetadata,
   apiDoc: OpenAPIV3.Document,
-): RequestHandler {
+): Promise<RequestHandler> {
   const tmpModules = {};
   const { basePath, expressRoute, openApiRoute, method } = route;
   const pathKey = openApiRoute.substring(basePath.length);
@@ -29,14 +33,17 @@ export function defaultResolver(
       `found x-eov-operation-handler for route [${method} - ${expressRoute}]. operationId or x-eov-operation-id required.`,
     );
   }
-  if (oId && baseName && typeof handlersPath === 'string') {
-    const modulePath = path.join(handlersPath, baseName);
-    if (!tmpModules[modulePath]) {
-      tmpModules[modulePath] = require(modulePath);
-    }
-
-    const handler = tmpModules[modulePath][oId] || tmpModules[modulePath].default[oId] || tmpModules[modulePath].default;
+  const hasHandlerPath = typeof handlersPath === 'string' || handlersPath instanceof URL;
+  if (oId && baseName && hasHandlerPath) {
+    const modulePath = typeof handlersPath === 'string'
+      ? path.join(handlersPath, baseName)
+      : path.join(fileURLToPath(handlersPath), baseName);
+    const importedModule = typeof handlersPath === 'string'
+      ? require(modulePath)
+      : await dynamicImport(pathToFileURL(modulePath).toString());
 
+    const handler = importedModule[oId] || importedModule.default?.[oId] || importedModule.default;
+    
     if (!handler) {
       throw Error(
         `Could not find 'x-eov-operation-handler' with id ${oId} in module '${modulePath}'. Make sure operation '${oId}' defined in your API spec exists as a handler function (or module has a default export) in '${modulePath}'.`,