diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 7cb6b34..6242e1e 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    Dhalang (0.7.1)
+    Dhalang (0.7.2)
 
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    Ascii85 (1.1.0)
+    Ascii85 (1.1.1)
     afm (0.2.2)
-    bigdecimal (3.1.7)
+    bigdecimal (3.1.8)
     diff-lcs (1.5.1)
     fastimage (2.2.7)
     hashery (2.1.2)
@@ -23,15 +23,15 @@ GEM
       rspec-core (~> 3.13.0)
       rspec-expectations (~> 3.13.0)
       rspec-mocks (~> 3.13.0)
-    rspec-core (3.13.0)
+    rspec-core (3.13.2)
       rspec-support (~> 3.13.0)
-    rspec-expectations (3.13.0)
+    rspec-expectations (3.13.3)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
       rspec-support (~> 3.13.0)
-    rspec-mocks (3.13.0)
+    rspec-mocks (3.13.2)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
       rspec-support (~> 3.13.0)
-    rspec-support (3.13.1)
+    rspec-support (3.13.2)
     ruby-rc4 (0.1.5)
     ttfunk (1.8.0)
       bigdecimal (~> 3.1)
diff --git a/lib/Dhalang/url_utils.rb b/lib/Dhalang/url_utils.rb
index f6894bf..44bbcdc 100644
--- a/lib/Dhalang/url_utils.rb
+++ b/lib/Dhalang/url_utils.rb
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ class UrlUtils
         #
         # @param [String] url The url to validate
         def self.validate(url)
-            if (url !~ URI::DEFAULT_PARSER.regexp[:ABS_URI])
-                raise URI::InvalidURIError, 'The given url was invalid, use format http://www.example.com'
-            end
+            parsed = URI.parse(url) # Raise URI::InvalidURIError on invalid URLs
+            return true if parsed.absolute?
+
+            raise URI::InvalidURIError, 'The given url was invalid, use format http://www.example.com'
         end
     end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/lib/Dhalang/version.rb b/lib/Dhalang/version.rb
index 1356d7c..565c1b5 100644
--- a/lib/Dhalang/version.rb
+++ b/lib/Dhalang/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Dhalang
-  VERSION = "0.7.1"
+  VERSION = "0.7.2"
 end