diff --git a/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/util/UpdateUtility.java b/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/util/UpdateUtility.java
index 923ba65ab..2cffa291b 100644
--- a/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/util/UpdateUtility.java
+++ b/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/util/UpdateUtility.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import org.bukkit.scheduler.BukkitTask;
 import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
-import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URI;
 
 public class UpdateUtility implements Listener {
 
@@ -59,8 +59,9 @@ public class UpdateUtility implements Listener {
     public void updateChecker() {
         task = Bukkit.getScheduler().runTaskTimerAsynchronously(this.javaPlugin, () -> {
             try {
-                HttpsURLConnection connection = (HttpsURLConnection) new URL(
+                HttpsURLConnection connection = (HttpsURLConnection) URI.create(
                         "https://api.spigotmc.org/simple/0.2/index.php?action=getResource&id=77506")
+                        .toURL()
                         .openConnection();
                 connection.setRequestMethod("GET");
                 JsonObject result = new JsonParser()
diff --git a/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/PlotSquared.java b/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/PlotSquared.java
index 580fe35b1..702de9e68 100644
--- a/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/PlotSquared.java
+++ b/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/PlotSquared.java
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
 import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
-import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
@@ -210,9 +210,10 @@ public class PlotSquared {
             try {
                 URL logurl = PlotSquared.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation();
                 this.jarFile = new File(
-                        new URL(logurl.toURI().toString().split("\\!")[0].replaceAll("jar:file", "file"))
-                                .toURI().getPath());
-            } catch (MalformedURLException | URISyntaxException | SecurityException e) {
+                        URI.create(
+                                logurl.toURI().toString().split("\\!")[0].replaceAll("jar:file", "file"))
+                                .getPath());
+            } catch (URISyntaxException | SecurityException e) {
                 e.printStackTrace();
                 this.jarFile = new File(this.platform.getDirectory().getParentFile(), "PlotSquared.jar");
                 if (!this.jarFile.exists()) {
diff --git a/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/command/Load.java b/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/command/Load.java
index 4ead54146..14c700d4c 100644
--- a/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/command/Load.java
+++ b/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/command/Load.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.tag.resolver.TagResolver;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.NonNull;
 
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ public class Load extends SubCommand {
                     }
                     final URL url;
                     try {
-                        url = new URL(Settings.Web.URL + "saves/" + player.getUUID() + '/' + schematic);
+                        url = URI.create(Settings.Web.URL + "saves/" + player.getUUID() + '/' + schematic).toURL();
                     } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
                         e.printStackTrace();
                         player.sendMessage(TranslatableCaption.of("web.load_failed"));
diff --git a/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/command/SchematicCmd.java b/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/command/SchematicCmd.java
index 613f2eec7..a92f06c5a 100644
--- a/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/command/SchematicCmd.java
+++ b/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/command/SchematicCmd.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.tag.Tag;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.tag.resolver.TagResolver;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.NonNull;
 
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -130,8 +131,7 @@ public class SchematicCmd extends SubCommand {
                     if (location.startsWith("url:")) {
                         try {
                             UUID uuid = UUID.fromString(location.substring(4));
-                            URL base = new URL(Settings.Web.URL);
-                            URL url = new URL(base, "uploads/" + uuid + ".schematic");
+                            URL url = URI.create(Settings.Web.URL + "uploads/" + uuid + ".schematic").toURL();
                             schematic = this.schematicHandler.getSchematic(url);
                         } catch (Exception e) {
                             e.printStackTrace();
diff --git a/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/util/SchematicHandler.java b/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/util/SchematicHandler.java
index c3f75e649..93e885608 100644
--- a/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/util/SchematicHandler.java
+++ b/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/util/SchematicHandler.java
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLConnection;
 import java.nio.channels.Channels;
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ public abstract class SchematicHandler {
         }
         final URL url;
         try {
-            url = new URL(Settings.Web.URL + "?key=" + uuid + "&type=" + extension);
+            url = URI.create(Settings.Web.URL + "?key=" + uuid + "&type=" + extension).toURL();
         } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
             whenDone.run();
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ public abstract class SchematicHandler {
         TaskManager.runTaskAsync(() -> {
             try {
                 String boundary = Long.toHexString(System.currentTimeMillis());
-                URLConnection con = new URL(website).openConnection();
+                URLConnection con = URI.create(website).toURL().openConnection();
                 con.setDoOutput(true);
                 con.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "multipart/form-data; boundary=" + boundary);
                 try (OutputStream output = con.getOutputStream();
@@ -498,9 +499,10 @@ public abstract class SchematicHandler {
     public List<String> getSaves(UUID uuid) {
         String rawJSON;
         try {
-            String website = Settings.Web.URL + "list.php?" + uuid.toString();
-            URL url = new URL(website);
-            URLConnection connection = new URL(url.toString()).openConnection();
+            URLConnection connection = URI.create(
+                    Settings.Web.URL + "list.php?" + uuid.toString())
+                    .toURL()
+                    .openConnection();
             connection.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", "Mozilla/5.0");
             try (BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream()))) {
                 rawJSON = reader.lines().collect(Collectors.joining());