diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 4728001d..21430a7f 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -307,17 +307,6 @@ files = [
 [package.dependencies]
 colorama = {version = "*", markers = "platform_system == \"Windows\""}
 
-[[package]]
-name = "decorator"
-version = "5.1.1"
-description = "Decorators for Humans"
-optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.5"
-files = [
-    {file = "decorator-5.1.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b8c3f85900b9dc423225913c5aace94729fe1fa9763b38939a95226f02d37186"},
-    {file = "decorator-5.1.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:637996211036b6385ef91435e4fae22989472f9d571faba8927ba8253acbc330"},
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "exceptiongroup"
 version = "1.2.2"
@@ -911,21 +900,19 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "validators"
-version = "0.20.0"
-description = "Python Data Validation for Humans™."
+version = "0.34.0"
+description = "Python Data Validation for Humans™"
 optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.4"
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "validators-0.20.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:24148ce4e64100a2d5e267233e23e7afeb55316b47d30faae7eb6e7292bc226a"},
+    {file = "validators-0.34.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c804b476e3e6d3786fa07a30073a4ef694e617805eb1946ceee3fe5a9b8b1321"},
+    {file = "validators-0.34.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:647fe407b45af9a74d245b943b18e6a816acf4926974278f6dd617778e1e781f"},
 ]
 
-[package.dependencies]
-decorator = ">=3.4.0"
-
 [package.extras]
-test = ["flake8 (>=2.4.0)", "isort (>=4.2.2)", "pytest (>=2.2.3)"]
+crypto-eth-addresses = ["eth-hash[pycryptodome] (>=0.7.0)"]
 
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.10"
-content-hash = "3610b1fe63bb6da688c1d8f7e868b0855e904f216e996d0d4b64b9e276618acb"
+content-hash = "664daad3945668e9fff39a84c858b424e5561b6b50b8c1271bd102d6cc68b806"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d83c2403..6365c0fa 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pontos = ">=22.7,<25.0"
 codespell = "^2.0.0"
 python-magic = "^0.4.25"
 chardet = ">=4,<6"
-validators = "0.20.0"
+validators = "^0.34.0"
 gitpython = "^3.1.31"
 charset-normalizer = "^3.2.0"
 
diff --git a/troubadix/plugins/script_xref_url.py b/troubadix/plugins/script_xref_url.py
index 42e6e90f..165ef8ed 100644
--- a/troubadix/plugins/script_xref_url.py
+++ b/troubadix/plugins/script_xref_url.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def check_content(
         for match in matches:
             if match:
                 if match.group("value") not in ALLOWED_URLS and not url(
-                    match.group("value")
+                    match.group("value"), strict_query=False
                 ):
                     yield LinterError(
                         f"{match.group(0)}: Invalid URL value",