diff --git a/artifactory/services/fspatterns/utils.go b/artifactory/services/fspatterns/utils.go
index df1a3e8f5..d87698b86 100644
--- a/artifactory/services/fspatterns/utils.go
+++ b/artifactory/services/fspatterns/utils.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Return all the existing paths of the provided root path
-func ListFiles(rootPath string, isRecursive, includeDirs, isSymlink bool, excludePathPattern string) ([]string, error) {
+func ListFiles(rootPath string, isRecursive, includeDirs, excludeWithRelativePath, isSymlink bool, excludePathPattern string) ([]string, error) {
 	var paths []string
 	var err error
 	if isRecursive {
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ func ListFiles(rootPath string, isRecursive, includeDirs, isSymlink bool, exclud
 	if err != nil {
 		return paths, err
 	}
-	return filterFiles(paths, excludePathPattern)
+	var rootFilter string
+	if excludeWithRelativePath {
+		rootFilter = rootPath
+	}
+	return filterFiles(rootFilter, paths, excludePathPattern)
 }
 
 // Transform to regexp and prepare Exclude patterns to be used, exclusion patterns must be absolute paths.
@@ -49,13 +53,13 @@ func PrepareExcludePathPattern(exclusions []string, patternType utils.PatternTyp
 	return excludePathPattern
 }
 
-func filterFiles(files []string, excludePathPattern string) (filteredFiles []string, err error) {
+func filterFiles(rootPath string, files []string, excludePathPattern string) (filteredFiles []string, err error) {
 	var excludedPath bool
 	for i := 0; i < len(files); i++ {
 		if files[i] == "." {
 			continue
 		}
-		excludedPath, err = isPathExcluded(files[i], excludePathPattern)
+		excludedPath, err = isPathExcluded(strings.TrimPrefix(files[i], rootPath), excludePathPattern)
 		if err != nil {
 			return
 		}
diff --git a/artifactory/services/fspatterns/utils_test.go b/artifactory/services/fspatterns/utils_test.go
index 66f598ff3..fbfb1bea9 100644
--- a/artifactory/services/fspatterns/utils_test.go
+++ b/artifactory/services/fspatterns/utils_test.go
@@ -12,12 +12,19 @@ func TestFilterFiles(t *testing.T) {
 	data := []struct {
 		files          []string
 		ExcludePattern string
+		root           string
 		result         []string
 	}{
-		{[]string{"file1", filepath.Join("dir", "file1"), "file2.zip"}, "^*.zip$", []string{"file1", filepath.Join("dir", "file1")}},
+		{[]string{"file1", filepath.Join("dir", "file1"), "file2.zip"}, "^*.zip$", "", []string{"file1", filepath.Join("dir", "file1")}},
+		{[]string{
+			"file1",
+			"test.zip",
+			filepath.Join("test", "file1"),
+			filepath.Join("dir", "test", "should-be-filter"),
+		}, "(^.*test.*$)", "test", []string{"file1", "test.zip", filepath.Join("test", "file1")}},
 	}
 	for _, d := range data {
-		got, err := filterFiles(d.files, d.ExcludePattern)
+		got, err := filterFiles(d.root, d.files, d.ExcludePattern)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		assert.Len(t, got, len(d.result))
 		assert.Contains(t, got, d.files[0])
diff --git a/artifactory/services/upload.go b/artifactory/services/upload.go
index 0abf34585..10efdb304 100644
--- a/artifactory/services/upload.go
+++ b/artifactory/services/upload.go
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ func scanFilesByPattern(uploadParams UploadParams, rootPath string, progressMgr
 	if errorutils.CheckError(err) != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	paths, err := fspatterns.ListFiles(rootPath, uploadParams.IsRecursive(), uploadParams.IsIncludeDirs(), uploadParams.IsSymlink(), excludePathPattern)
+	paths, err := fspatterns.ListFiles(rootPath, uploadParams.IsRecursive(), uploadParams.IsIncludeDirs(), false, uploadParams.IsSymlink(), excludePathPattern)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 247abdfd8..c3bdba052 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.9.0
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 v4.5.0
 	github.com/gookit/color v1.5.4
-	github.com/jfrog/build-info-go v1.9.13
+	github.com/jfrog/build-info-go v1.9.15
 	github.com/jfrog/gofrog v1.3.1
 	github.com/mholt/archiver/v3 v3.5.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4544a5af0..8fe2dd04c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ github.com/gookit/color v1.5.4 h1:FZmqs7XOyGgCAxmWyPslpiok1k05wmY3SJTytgvYFs0=
 github.com/gookit/color v1.5.4/go.mod h1:pZJOeOS8DM43rXbp4AZo1n9zCU2qjpcRko0b6/QJi9w=
 github.com/jbenet/go-context v0.0.0-20150711004518-d14ea06fba99 h1:BQSFePA1RWJOlocH6Fxy8MmwDt+yVQYULKfN0RoTN8A=
 github.com/jbenet/go-context v0.0.0-20150711004518-d14ea06fba99/go.mod h1:1lJo3i6rXxKeerYnT8Nvf0QmHCRC1n8sfWVwXF2Frvo=
-github.com/jfrog/build-info-go v1.9.13 h1:OeoGzPVK/O4TOUYk35uL4bXg/hleyqMrjGjjmyLOYrg=
-github.com/jfrog/build-info-go v1.9.13/go.mod h1:ujJ8XQZMdT2tMkLSMJNyDd1pCY+duwHdjV+9or9FLIg=
+github.com/jfrog/build-info-go v1.9.15 h1:DN7DKZq6H5FlHfL3Lu8fo4t2INgczRgT09dJiZjJ1oo=
+github.com/jfrog/build-info-go v1.9.15/go.mod h1:XVFk2rCYhIdc7+hIGE8TC3le5PPM+xYHU22udoE2b7Q=
 github.com/jfrog/gofrog v1.3.1 h1:QqAwQXCVReT724uga1AYqG/ZyrNQ6f+iTxmzkb+YFQk=
 github.com/jfrog/gofrog v1.3.1/go.mod h1:IFMc+V/yf7rA5WZ74CSbXe+Lgf0iApEQLxRZVzKRUR0=
 github.com/kevinburke/ssh_config v1.2.0 h1:x584FjTGwHzMwvHx18PXxbBVzfnxogHaAReU4gf13a4=
diff --git a/http/httpclient/client.go b/http/httpclient/client.go
index 24f24adb8..dc58ba463 100644
--- a/http/httpclient/client.go
+++ b/http/httpclient/client.go
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ func (jc *HttpClient) GetRetries() int {
 	return jc.retries
 }
 
+func (jc *HttpClient) GetClient() *http.Client {
+	return jc.client
+}
+
 func (jc *HttpClient) GetRetryWaitTime() int {
 	return jc.retryWaitMilliSecs
 }
diff --git a/utils/usage/reportusage.go b/utils/usage/reportusage.go
index 765486f8c..4b228f007 100644
--- a/utils/usage/reportusage.go
+++ b/utils/usage/reportusage.go
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 package usage
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 
-	"github.com/jfrog/jfrog-client-go/artifactory/services/utils"
 	"github.com/jfrog/jfrog-client-go/http/httpclient"
 	"github.com/jfrog/jfrog-client-go/utils/errorutils"
-	"github.com/jfrog/jfrog-client-go/utils/io/httputils"
+	"github.com/jfrog/jfrog-client-go/utils/log"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -51,11 +53,37 @@ func CreateUsageData(productId, accountId, clientId string, features ...string)
 }
 
 func sendRequestToEcosystemService(content []byte) (resp *http.Response, respBody []byte, err error) {
+	client, req, err := createEcosystemRequestInfo(content)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	log.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("Sending HTTP %s request to: %s", req.Method, req.URL))
+	resp, err = client.Do(req)
+	err = errorutils.CheckError(err)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	if resp == nil {
+		err = errorutils.CheckErrorf("Ecosystem-Usage Received empty response from server")
+		return
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		if resp.Body != nil {
+			err = errors.Join(err, errorutils.CheckError(resp.Body.Close()))
+		}
+	}()
+	respBody, _ = io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	return
+}
+
+func createEcosystemRequestInfo(content []byte) (c *http.Client, req *http.Request, err error) {
 	var client *httpclient.HttpClient
 	if client, err = httpclient.ClientBuilder().Build(); err != nil {
 		return
 	}
-	details := httputils.HttpClientDetails{}
-	utils.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json", &details.Headers)
-	return client.SendPost(ecosystemUsageApiPath, content, details, "Ecosystem-Usage")
+	if req, err = http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, ecosystemUsageApiPath, bytes.NewBuffer(content)); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	return client.GetClient(), req, errorutils.CheckError(err)
 }
diff --git a/utils/utils.go b/utils/utils.go
index 42b5f2d60..886a2e9c5 100644
--- a/utils/utils.go
+++ b/utils/utils.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	Development = "development"
 	Agent       = "jfrog-client-go"
-	Version     = "1.34.3"
+	Version     = "1.34.4"
 )
 
 type MinVersionProduct string