diff --git a/lib/plugin.js b/lib/plugin.js
index 40e93fd..fe00b49 100644
--- a/lib/plugin.js
+++ b/lib/plugin.js
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ class HTTP {
   }
 
   create(options) {
-    const { retry, timeout, prefixUrl, headers } = this._defaults
+    const { retry, timeout, prefixUrl, headers, searchParams } = this._defaults
 
-    return createHttpInstance(defu(options, { retry, timeout, prefixUrl, headers }))
+    return createHttpInstance(defu(options, { retry, timeout, prefixUrl, headers, searchParams }))
   }
 }
 
@@ -82,7 +82,23 @@ for (let method of ['get', 'head', 'delete', 'post', 'put', 'patch']) {
       }
     }
 
-    const _options = { ...this._defaults, ...options }
+    const _options = defu(options, this._defaults)
+
+    // Merge searchParams (mix strings, objects, and URLSearchParams instances)
+    if (this._defaults.searchParams && options && options.searchParams) {
+      const params1 = new URLSearchParams(this._defaults.searchParams);
+      const params2 = new URLSearchParams(options.searchParams);
+
+      for (let [key] of params2.entries()) {
+        // params2 overrides params1 to let's remove any param with the same key
+        params1.delete(key)
+      }
+
+      for (let [key, val] of params2.entries()) {
+        params1.append(key, val);
+      }
+      _options.searchParams = params1
+    }
 
     if (/^https?/.test(url)) {
       delete _options.prefixUrl
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 411d4f3..674b74a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "consola": "^2.15.0",
     "defu": "^3.2.2",
     "destr": "^1.0.1",
-    "ky": "^0.25.1",
+    "ky": "^0.31.3",
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.1",
     "web-streams-polyfill": "^3.0.1"
   },
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 0fc6792..28e1e8c 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6973,10 +6973,10 @@ kleur@^3.0.3:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/kleur/-/kleur-3.0.3.tgz#a79c9ecc86ee1ce3fa6206d1216c501f147fc07e"
   integrity sha512-eTIzlVOSUR+JxdDFepEYcBMtZ9Qqdef+rnzWdRZuMbOywu5tO2w2N7rqjoANZ5k9vywhL6Br1VRjUIgTQx4E8w==
 
-ky@^0.25.1:
-  version "0.25.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ky/-/ky-0.25.1.tgz#0df0bd872a9cc57e31acd5dbc1443547c881bfbc"
-  integrity sha512-PjpCEWlIU7VpiMVrTwssahkYXX1by6NCT0fhTUX34F3DTinARlgMpriuroolugFPcMgpPWrOW4mTb984Qm1RXA==
+ky@^0.31.3:
+  version "0.31.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ky/-/ky-0.31.3.tgz#f00e72b9c0467ab19b0b20f15daf7dff09f67dde"
+  integrity sha512-YDDQKG0Lt4PFSPZGJI8WKAm5y+1ebbeA306am+4nT7riX13wjNVD5sR/QOKtgsaQaARwrdUHlv0M9kJ1qv+Jug==
 
 last-call-webpack-plugin@^3.0.0:
   version "3.0.0"