diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
index d032e69..903ef70 100644
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     </option>
     <option name="skipTestSources" value="false" />
   </component>
-  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_11" project-jdk-name="18" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_11" project-jdk-name="20" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
     <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/build/classes" />
   </component>
   <component name="ProjectType">
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/bitly/Utils.kt b/src/main/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/bitly/Utils.kt
index 75ffa6a..f1c6dc9 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/bitly/Utils.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/bitly/Utils.kt
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ import okhttp3.logging.HttpLoggingInterceptor
 import org.json.JSONException
 import org.json.JSONObject
 import java.net.MalformedURLException
-import java.net.URL
+import java.net.URI
+import java.net.URISyntaxException
 import java.util.logging.Level
 import java.util.logging.Logger
 
@@ -163,9 +164,9 @@ object Utils {
     fun String.isValidUrl(): Boolean {
         if (this.isNotBlank()) {
             try {
-                URL(this)
+                URI(this)
                 return true
-            } catch (e: MalformedURLException) {
+            } catch (e: URISyntaxException) {
                 if (logger.isLoggable(Level.WARNING)) {
                     logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Invalid URL: $this", e)
                 }