diff --git a/bin/utils/url.ts b/bin/utils/url.ts
index ec0350e..8f1a0ca 100644
--- a/bin/utils/url.ts
+++ b/bin/utils/url.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import * as psl from 'psl';
-import isUrl from 'is-url';
 
 // Extracts the domain from a given URL.
 export function getDomain(inputUrl: string): string | null {
@@ -32,10 +31,10 @@ export function appendProtocol(inputUrl: string): string {
 // Normalizes the URL by ensuring it has a protocol and is valid.
 export function normalizeUrl(urlToNormalize: string): string {
   const urlWithProtocol = appendProtocol(urlToNormalize);
-
-  if (isUrl(urlWithProtocol)) {
+  try {
+    new URL(urlWithProtocol);
     return urlWithProtocol;
-  } else {
-    throw new Error(`Your url "${urlWithProtocol}" is invalid`);
+  } catch (err) {
+    throw new Error(`Your url "${urlWithProtocol}" is invalid: ${(err as Error).message}`);
   }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index aed48c6..42b7590 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
     "commander": "^11.1.0",
     "file-type": "^18.7.0",
     "fs-extra": "^11.2.0",
-    "is-url": "^1.2.4",
     "loglevel": "^1.9.2",
     "ora": "^7.0.1",
     "prompts": "^2.4.2",
@@ -70,7 +69,6 @@
     "@rollup/plugin-replace": "^5.0.7",
     "@rollup/plugin-terser": "^0.4.4",
     "@types/fs-extra": "^11.0.4",
-    "@types/is-url": "^1.2.32",
     "@types/node": "^20.17.10",
     "@types/page-icon": "^0.3.6",
     "@types/prompts": "^2.4.9",