diff --git a/src/customizations/volto/helpers/FormValidation/FormValidation.js b/src/customizations/volto/helpers/FormValidation/FormValidation.js
index 9374508de..c7985aec4 100644
--- a/src/customizations/volto/helpers/FormValidation/FormValidation.js
+++ b/src/customizations/volto/helpers/FormValidation/FormValidation.js
@@ -73,8 +73,16 @@ const widgetValidation = {
   },
   url: {
     isValidURL: (urlValue, urlObj, intlFunc) => {
-      const urlRegex =
-        /^(http:\/\/www\.|https:\/\/www\.|http:\/\/|https:\/\/)?[a-z0-9]+([-.]{1}[a-z0-9]+)*\.[a-z]{2,5}(:[0-9]{1,5})?(\/.*)?|^(http:\/\/www\.|https:\/\/www\.|http:\/\/|https:\/\/)?[a-z0-9]+([_.]{1}[a-z0-9]+)*\.[a-z]{2,5}(:[0-9]{1,5})?(\/.*)?|^((http:\/\/www\.|https:\/\/www\.|http:\/\/|https:\/\/)?([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.){3}([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])$/gm;
+      var urlRegex = new RegExp(
+        '^(https?:\\/\\/)?' + // validate protocol
+          '((([a-z\\d]([a-z\\d-]*[a-z\\d])*)\\.)+[a-z]{2,}|' + // validate domain name
+          '((\\d{1,3}\\.){3}\\d{1,3}))|' + // validate OR ip (v4) address
+          '(localhost)' + // validate OR localhost address
+          '(\\:\\d+)?(\\/[-a-z\\d%_.~+]*)*' + // validate port and path
+          '(\\?[;&a-z\\d%_.~+=-]*)?' + // validate query string
+          '(\\#[-a-z\\d_]*)?$', // validate fragment locator
+        'i',
+      );
       const isValid = urlRegex.test(urlValue);
       return !isValid ? intlFunc(messages.isValidURL) : null;
     },