diff --git a/src/main/java/graphql/scalars/url/UrlScalar.java b/src/main/java/graphql/scalars/url/UrlScalar.java
index 2b024b2..180ab41 100644
--- a/src/main/java/graphql/scalars/url/UrlScalar.java
+++ b/src/main/java/graphql/scalars/url/UrlScalar.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Optional;
@@ -83,8 +84,8 @@ public Value<?> valueToLiteral(Object input, GraphQLContext graphQLContext, Loca
 
             private URL parseURL(String input, Function<String, RuntimeException> exceptionMaker) {
                 try {
-                    return new URL(input);
-                } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+                    return new URI(input).toURL();
+                } catch (URISyntaxException | IllegalArgumentException | MalformedURLException e) {
                     throw exceptionMaker.apply("Invalid URL value : '" + input + "'.");
                 }
             }