diff --git a/deptry/dependency_getter/requirements_txt.py b/deptry/dependency_getter/requirements_txt.py
index 97b74094f..c7efbd3a3 100644
--- a/deptry/dependency_getter/requirements_txt.py
+++ b/deptry/dependency_getter/requirements_txt.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def _check_if_dependency_is_conditional(line: str) -> bool:
 
     @staticmethod
     def _line_is_url(line: str) -> Match[str] | None:
-        return re.search(r"^(http|https|git\+https)", line)
+        return re.search(r"^(http|https|git\+https)://", line)
 
     @staticmethod
     def _extract_name_from_url(line: str) -> str | None:
diff --git a/tests/unit/dependency_getter/test_requirements_txt.py b/tests/unit/dependency_getter/test_requirements_txt.py
index 6946425d4..516a79965 100644
--- a/tests/unit/dependency_getter/test_requirements_txt.py
+++ b/tests/unit/dependency_getter/test_requirements_txt.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ def test_parse_requirements_txt(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
 docopt == 0.6.1
 requests [security] >= 2.8.1, == 2.8.* ; python_version < "2.7"
 fox-python
+httpx==0.25.2
 """
     with run_within_dir(tmp_path):
         with Path("requirements.txt").open("w") as f:
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ def test_parse_requirements_txt(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
         dependencies_extract = getter.get()
         dependencies = dependencies_extract.dependencies
 
-        assert len(dependencies) == 18
+        assert len(dependencies) == 19
         assert len(dependencies_extract.dev_dependencies) == 0
 
         assert dependencies[1].name == "colorama"