diff --git a/CHANGES/8481.bugfix.rst b/CHANGES/8481.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b185780174e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/8481.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fixed the incorrect rejection of ``ws://`` and ``wss://`` urls
+-- by :user:` AraHaan`.
diff --git a/aiohttp/client.py b/aiohttp/client.py
index 4c0ad893bbb..25026920206 100644
--- a/aiohttp/client.py
+++ b/aiohttp/client.py
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@ class ClientTimeout:
 # https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110#section-9.2.2
 IDEMPOTENT_METHODS = frozenset({"GET", "HEAD", "OPTIONS", "TRACE", "PUT", "DELETE"})
 HTTP_SCHEMA_SET = frozenset({"http", "https", ""})
+WS_SCHEMA_SET = frozenset({"ws", "wss"})
+ALLOWED_PROTOCOL_SCHEMA_SET = HTTP_SCHEMA_SET | WS_SCHEMA_SET
 
 _RetType = TypeVar("_RetType")
 _CharsetResolver = Callable[[ClientResponse, bytes], str]
@@ -452,7 +454,7 @@ async def _request(
         except ValueError as e:
             raise InvalidUrlClientError(str_or_url) from e
 
-        if url.scheme not in HTTP_SCHEMA_SET:
+        if url.scheme not in ALLOWED_PROTOCOL_SCHEMA_SET:
             raise NonHttpUrlClientError(url)
 
         skip_headers = set(self._skip_auto_headers)
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index fb294bd2cad..6310a1dd765 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 # type: ignore
 import asyncio
+import base64
 import os
 import socket
 import ssl
 import sys
-from hashlib import md5, sha256
+from hashlib import md5, sha1, sha256
 from pathlib import Path
 from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
 from typing import Any, List
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 
+from aiohttp.http import WS_KEY
 from aiohttp.test_utils import loop_context
 
 try:
@@ -218,3 +220,18 @@ def start_connection():
         spec_set=True,
     ) as start_connection_mock:
         yield start_connection_mock
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def key_data():
+    return os.urandom(16)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def key(key_data: Any):
+    return base64.b64encode(key_data)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def ws_key(key: Any):
+    return base64.b64encode(sha1(key + WS_KEY).digest()).decode()
diff --git a/tests/test_client_session.py b/tests/test_client_session.py
index e08e7d10414..0125f611b98 100644
--- a/tests/test_client_session.py
+++ b/tests/test_client_session.py
@@ -467,6 +467,60 @@ async def create_connection(req, traces, timeout):
         c.__del__()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("protocol", ["http", "https", "ws", "wss"])
+async def test_ws_connect_allowed_protocols(
+    create_session: Any,
+    create_mocked_conn: Any,
+    protocol: str,
+    ws_key: Any,
+    key_data: Any,
+) -> None:
+    resp = mock.create_autospec(aiohttp.ClientResponse)
+    resp.status = 101
+    resp.headers = {
+        hdrs.UPGRADE: "websocket",
+        hdrs.CONNECTION: "upgrade",
+        hdrs.SEC_WEBSOCKET_ACCEPT: ws_key,
+    }
+    resp.url = URL(f"{protocol}://example.com")
+    resp.cookies = SimpleCookie()
+    resp.start = mock.AsyncMock()
+
+    req = mock.create_autospec(aiohttp.ClientRequest, spec_set=True)
+    req_factory = mock.Mock(return_value=req)
+    req.send = mock.AsyncMock(return_value=resp)
+
+    session = await create_session(request_class=req_factory)
+
+    connections = []
+    original_connect = session._connector.connect
+
+    async def connect(req, traces, timeout):
+        conn = await original_connect(req, traces, timeout)
+        connections.append(conn)
+        return conn
+
+    async def create_connection(req, traces, timeout):
+        return create_mocked_conn()
+
+    connector = session._connector
+    with mock.patch.object(connector, "connect", connect), mock.patch.object(
+        connector, "_create_connection", create_connection
+    ), mock.patch.object(connector, "_release"), mock.patch(
+        "aiohttp.client.os"
+    ) as m_os:
+        m_os.urandom.return_value = key_data
+        await session.ws_connect(f"{protocol}://example.com")
+
+    # normally called during garbage collection.  triggers an exception
+    # if the connection wasn't already closed
+    for c in connections:
+        c.close()
+        del c
+
+    await session.close()
+
+
 async def test_cookie_jar_usage(loop: Any, aiohttp_client: Any) -> None:
     req_url = None
 
diff --git a/tests/test_client_ws.py b/tests/test_client_ws.py
index 06cf2a12066..3e469df208f 100644
--- a/tests/test_client_ws.py
+++ b/tests/test_client_ws.py
@@ -15,21 +15,6 @@
 from aiohttp.test_utils import make_mocked_coro
 
 
-@pytest.fixture
-def key_data():
-    return os.urandom(16)
-
-
-@pytest.fixture
-def key(key_data: Any):
-    return base64.b64encode(key_data)
-
-
-@pytest.fixture
-def ws_key(key: Any):
-    return base64.b64encode(hashlib.sha1(key + WS_KEY).digest()).decode()
-
-
 async def test_ws_connect(ws_key: Any, loop: Any, key_data: Any) -> None:
     resp = mock.Mock()
     resp.status = 101