diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f76436c8de..cc1ea9b6e7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -689,6 +689,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "collect_links"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "ada-url",
  "http",
  "lychee-lib",
  "regex",
diff --git a/examples/collect_links/Cargo.toml b/examples/collect_links/Cargo.toml
index 8e6c83cb98..a9d6e21359 100644
--- a/examples/collect_links/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/collect_links/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ path = "collect_links.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 lychee-lib = { path = "../../lychee-lib", version = "0.13.0", default-features = false }
+ada-url = { version = "1.4.3" }
 tokio = { version = "1.32.0", features = ["full"] }
 regex = "1.9.3"
 http = "0.2.9"
diff --git a/examples/collect_links/collect_links.rs b/examples/collect_links/collect_links.rs
index d6c466271d..acf142f170 100644
--- a/examples/collect_links/collect_links.rs
+++ b/examples/collect_links/collect_links.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+use ada_url::Url;
 use lychee_lib::{Collector, Input, InputSource, Result};
-use reqwest::Url;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use tokio_stream::StreamExt;
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let inputs = vec![
         Input {
             source: InputSource::RemoteUrl(Box::new(
-                Url::parse("https://github.com/lycheeverse/lychee").unwrap(),
+                Url::parse("https://github.com/lycheeverse/lychee", None).unwrap(),
             )),
             file_type_hint: None,
             excluded_paths: None,
diff --git a/lychee-lib/src/client.rs b/lychee-lib/src/client.rs
index c94b89de91..ba0e20accd 100644
--- a/lychee-lib/src/client.rs
+++ b/lychee-lib/src/client.rs
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ impl Client {
         credentials: &Option<BasicAuthCredentials>,
     ) -> Result<Status> {
         match self.check_website_inner(uri, credentials).await {
-            Status::Ok(code) if self.require_https && uri.scheme() == "http" => {
+            Status::Ok(code) if self.require_https && uri.scheme() == "http:" => {
                 if self
                     .check_website_inner(&uri.to_https(), credentials)
                     .await
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ impl Client {
     ) -> Status {
         // Workaround for upstream reqwest panic
         if validate_url(&uri.url) {
-            if matches!(uri.scheme(), "http" | "https") {
+            if matches!(uri.scheme(), "http:" | "https:") {
                 // This is a truly invalid URI with a known scheme.
                 // If we pass that to reqwest it would panic.
                 return Status::Error(ErrorKind::InvalidURI(uri.clone()));
@@ -674,10 +674,12 @@ impl Client {
 
     /// Check a `file` URI.
     pub async fn check_file(&self, uri: &Uri) -> Status {
-        let path = Path::new(uri.url.href());
+        let path = Path::new(uri.url.pathname());
+
         if !path.exists() {
             return ErrorKind::InvalidFilePath(uri.clone()).into();
         }
+
         if self.include_fragments {
             self.check_fragment(path, uri).await
         } else {
diff --git a/lychee-lib/src/collector.rs b/lychee-lib/src/collector.rs
index 4a79538c3a..79d63b85c9 100644
--- a/lychee-lib/src/collector.rs
+++ b/lychee-lib/src/collector.rs
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ impl Collector {
 mod tests {
     use std::{collections::HashSet, convert::TryFrom, fs::File, io::Write};
 
+    use ada_url::Url;
     use http::StatusCode;
-    use reqwest::Url;
 
     use super::*;
     use crate::{
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ mod tests {
             },
             Input {
                 source: InputSource::RemoteUrl(Box::new(
-                    Url::parse(&mock_server.uri())
+                    Url::parse(&mock_server.uri(), None)
                         .map_err(|e| (mock_server.uri(), e))
                         .unwrap(),
                 )),
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ mod tests {
         </html>"#;
         let mock_server = mock_server!(StatusCode::OK, set_body_string(contents));
 
-        let server_uri = Url::parse(&mock_server.uri()).unwrap();
+        let server_uri = Url::parse(&mock_server.uri(), None).unwrap();
 
         let input = Input {
             source: InputSource::RemoteUrl(Box::new(server_uri.clone())),
diff --git a/lychee-lib/src/extract/mod.rs b/lychee-lib/src/extract/mod.rs
index 3cbd14ec7f..a106202ec5 100644
--- a/lychee-lib/src/extract/mod.rs
+++ b/lychee-lib/src/extract/mod.rs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ impl Extractor {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use reqwest::Url;
+    use ada_url::Url;
     use std::{collections::HashSet, path::Path};
 
     use super::*;
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_extract_relative_url() {
         let source = InputSource::RemoteUrl(Box::new(
-            Url::parse("https://example.com/some-post").unwrap(),
+            Url::parse("https://example.com/some-post", None).unwrap(),
         ));
 
         let contents = r#"<html>
diff --git a/lychee-lib/src/test_utils.rs b/lychee-lib/src/test_utils.rs
index dc79f58925..12bd6a211a 100644
--- a/lychee-lib/src/test_utils.rs
+++ b/lychee-lib/src/test_utils.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ pub(crate) fn mail(address: &str) -> Uri {
     if address.starts_with("mailto:") {
         Url::parse(address, None)
     } else {
-        Url::parse(address, Some("mailto:"))
+        Url::parse(&*("mailto:".to_string() + address), None)
     }
     .expect("Expected valid Mail Address")
     .into()
diff --git a/lychee-lib/src/types/base.rs b/lychee-lib/src/types/base.rs
index 210fd4393a..b1cfd38b8f 100644
--- a/lychee-lib/src/types/base.rs
+++ b/lychee-lib/src/types/base.rs
@@ -36,22 +36,14 @@ impl Base {
         }
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn from_source(source: &InputSource) -> Option<ada_url::Url> {
+    pub(crate) fn from_source(source: &InputSource) -> Option<Url> {
         match &source {
             InputSource::RemoteUrl(url) => {
                 // TODO: This should be refactored.
                 // Cases like https://user:pass@example.com are not handled
                 // We can probably use the original URL and just replace the
                 // path component in the caller of this function
-                if let Some(port) = url.port() {
-                    Url::parse(
-                        &format!("{}://{}:{port}", url.scheme(), url.host_str()?),
-                        None,
-                    )
-                    .ok()
-                } else {
-                    Url::parse(&format!("{}://{}", url.scheme(), url.host_str()?), None).ok()
-                }
+                Url::parse(&format!("{}//{}", url.protocol(), url.host()), None).ok()
             }
             // other inputs do not have a URL to extract a base
             _ => None,
@@ -66,7 +58,7 @@ impl TryFrom<&str> for Base {
         if let Ok(url) = Url::parse(value, None) {
             // Cannot be a base
             // Character after scheme should be '/'
-            if url.href().chars().nth(url.protocol().len()) == Some('/') {
+            if url.href().chars().nth(url.protocol().len()) != Some('/') {
                 return Err(ErrorKind::InvalidBase(
                     value.to_string(),
                     "The given URL cannot be a base".to_string(),
@@ -127,7 +119,7 @@ mod test_base {
             ),
         ] {
             let url = Url::parse(url, None).unwrap();
-            let source = InputSource::String(url.href().to_string());
+            let source = InputSource::RemoteUrl(Box::from(url));
             let base = Base::from_source(&source);
             let expected = Url::parse(expected, None).unwrap();
             assert_eq!(base, Some(expected));
diff --git a/lychee-lib/src/types/file.rs b/lychee-lib/src/types/file.rs
index 98ae2546f9..efaf72ce45 100644
--- a/lychee-lib/src/types/file.rs
+++ b/lychee-lib/src/types/file.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ impl<P: AsRef<Path>> From<P> for FileType {
 }
 
 /// Helper function to check if a path is likely a URL.
-
 fn is_url(path: &Path) -> bool {
     path.to_str()
         .and_then(|s| Url::parse(s, None).ok())
diff --git a/lychee-lib/src/types/input.rs b/lychee-lib/src/types/input.rs
index 628d744ddb..fc65f83f01 100644
--- a/lychee-lib/src/types/input.rs
+++ b/lychee-lib/src/types/input.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 use crate::types::FileType;
 use crate::{utils, ErrorKind, Result};
+use ada_url::Url;
 use async_stream::try_stream;
 use futures::stream::Stream;
 use glob::glob_with;
 use jwalk::WalkDir;
-use reqwest::Url;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use shellexpand::tilde;
 use std::fmt::Display;
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ impl Input {
     ) -> Result<Self> {
         let source = if value == STDIN {
             InputSource::Stdin
-        } else if let Ok(url) = Url::parse(value) {
+        } else if let Ok(url) = Url::parse(value, None) {
             InputSource::RemoteUrl(Box::new(url))
         } else {
             // this seems to be the only way to determine if this is a glob pattern
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ impl Input {
                     // by prefixing it with a `http://` scheme.
                     // Curl also uses http (i.e. not https), see
                     // https://github.com/curl/curl/blob/70ac27604a2abfa809a7b2736506af0da8c3c8a9/lib/urlapi.c#L1104-L1124
-                    let url = Url::parse(&format!("http://{value}")).map_err(|e| {
+                    let url = Url::parse(&format!("http://{value}"), None).map_err(|e| {
                         ErrorKind::ParseUrl(e.to_string(), "Input is not a valid URL".to_string())
                     })?;
                     InputSource::RemoteUrl(Box::new(url))
@@ -297,13 +297,13 @@ impl Input {
 
     async fn url_contents(url: &Url) -> Result<InputContent> {
         // Assume HTML for default paths
-        let file_type = if url.path().is_empty() || url.path() == "/" {
+        let file_type = if url.pathname().is_empty() || url.pathname() == "/" {
             FileType::Html
         } else {
             FileType::from(url.as_str())
         };
 
-        let res = reqwest::get(url.clone())
+        let res = reqwest::get(url.href())
             .await
             .map_err(ErrorKind::NetworkRequest)?;
         let input_content = InputContent {
diff --git a/lychee-lib/src/types/uri/github.rs b/lychee-lib/src/types/uri/github.rs
index 68ba3d97b3..5d6c195169 100644
--- a/lychee-lib/src/types/uri/github.rs
+++ b/lychee-lib/src/types/uri/github.rs
@@ -76,10 +76,11 @@ impl GithubUri {
             return Err(ErrorKind::InvalidGithubUrl(uri.to_string()));
         };
 
-        let parts: Vec<_> = match uri.path_segments() {
-            Some(parts) => parts.collect(),
-            None => return Err(ErrorKind::InvalidGithubUrl(uri.to_string())),
-        };
+        let parts = uri.path_segments();
+
+        if parts.is_empty() {
+            return Err(ErrorKind::InvalidGithubUrl(uri.to_string()));
+        }
 
         if parts.len() < 2 {
             // Not a valid org/repo pair.
diff --git a/lychee-lib/src/types/uri/valid.rs b/lychee-lib/src/types/uri/valid.rs
index f4a06b696c..f26f6f0eab 100644
--- a/lychee-lib/src/types/uri/valid.rs
+++ b/lychee-lib/src/types/uri/valid.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use std::net::Ipv6Addr;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::{convert::TryFrom, fmt::Display, net::IpAddr};
 
@@ -70,16 +71,28 @@ impl Uri {
     /// each as a percent-encoded ASCII string.
     ///
     /// Return `None` for cannot-be-a-base URLs.
-    pub fn path_segments(&self) -> Option<std::str::Split<char>> {
-        Some(self.url.pathname().split('/'))
+    pub fn path_segments(&self) -> Vec<&str> {
+        self.url
+            .pathname()
+            .split('/')
+            .filter(|p| !p.is_empty())
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
     }
 
     #[must_use]
     /// Returns the IP address (either IPv4 or IPv6) of the URI,
     /// or `None` if it is a domain
     pub fn host_ip(&self) -> Option<IpAddr> {
+        let host = self.url.host();
         match self.url.host_type() {
             HostType::Domain => None,
+            HostType::IPV6 => {
+                if let Ok(addr) = Ipv6Addr::from_str(&self.url.host()[1..host.len() - 1]) {
+                    Some(addr.into())
+                } else {
+                    None
+                }
+            }
             _ => IpAddr::from_str(self.url.host()).ok(),
         }
     }
@@ -131,9 +144,12 @@ impl Uri {
     pub fn is_loopback(&self) -> bool {
         match self.url.host_type() {
             HostType::Domain => false,
-            _ => IpAddr::from_str(self.url.host())
-                .ok()
-                .is_some_and(|a| a.is_loopback()),
+            HostType::IPV6 => {
+                let host = self.url.host();
+                Ipv6Addr::from_str(&host[1..host.len() - 1])
+                    .map_or(false, |addr| addr.is_loopback())
+            }
+            _ => IpAddr::from_str(self.url.host()).map_or(false, |addr| addr.is_loopback()),
         }
     }
 
@@ -163,11 +179,12 @@ impl Uri {
     /// [IETF RFC 4291]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4291
     /// [IETF RFC 3879]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3879
     pub fn is_private(&self) -> bool {
+        let host = self.url.host();
         match self.url.host_type() {
-            HostType::IPV4 => std::net::Ipv4Addr::from_str(self.url.host())
+            HostType::IPV4 => std::net::Ipv4Addr::from_str(host)
                 .ok()
                 .is_some_and(|a| a.is_private()),
-            HostType::IPV6 => std::net::Ipv6Addr::from_str(self.url.host())
+            HostType::IPV6 => std::net::Ipv6Addr::from_str(&host[1..host.len() - 1])
                 .ok()
                 .is_some_and(|a| Ipv6Network::from(a).is_unique_local()),
             HostType::Domain => false,
@@ -190,12 +207,13 @@ impl Uri {
     /// [IETF RFC 3927]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3927
     /// [IETF RFC 4291]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4291
     pub fn is_link_local(&self) -> bool {
+        let host = self.url.host();
         match self.url.host_type() {
-            HostType::IPV4 => std::net::Ipv4Addr::from_str(self.url.host())
+            HostType::IPV4 => std::net::Ipv4Addr::from_str(host)
                 .ok()
                 .is_some_and(|a| a.is_link_local()),
             HostType::IPV6 => {
-                if let Ok(addr) = std::net::Ipv6Addr::from_str(self.url.host()) {
+                if let Ok(addr) = Ipv6Addr::from_str(&host[1..host.len() - 1]) {
                     Ipv6Network::from(addr).is_unicast_link_local()
                 } else {
                     false