diff --git a/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/GirlsOfDesireRipperTest.java b/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/GirlsOfDesireRipperTest.java
index 39e6b3c1..59ba2184 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/GirlsOfDesireRipperTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/GirlsOfDesireRipperTest.java
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 package com.rarchives.ripme.tst.ripper.rippers;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 
 import com.rarchives.ripme.ripper.rippers.GirlsOfDesireRipper;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
@@ -10,8 +11,8 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 public class GirlsOfDesireRipperTest extends RippersTest {
     @Test
     @Tag("flaky")
-    public void testGirlsofdesireAlbum() throws IOException {
-        GirlsOfDesireRipper ripper = new GirlsOfDesireRipper(new URL("http://www.girlsofdesire.org/galleries/krillia/"));
+    public void testGirlsofdesireAlbum() throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
+        GirlsOfDesireRipper ripper = new GirlsOfDesireRipper(new URI("http://www.girlsofdesire.org/galleries/krillia/").toURL());
         testRipper(ripper);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/HbrowseRipperTest.java b/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/HbrowseRipperTest.java
index e4b90c65..291ac782 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/HbrowseRipperTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/HbrowseRipperTest.java
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 package com.rarchives.ripme.tst.ripper.rippers;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 
 import com.rarchives.ripme.ripper.rippers.HbrowseRipper;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
@@ -10,8 +11,8 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 public class HbrowseRipperTest extends RippersTest {
     @Test
     @Tag("flaky")
-    public void testPahealRipper() throws IOException {
-        HbrowseRipper ripper = new HbrowseRipper(new URL("https://www.hbrowse.com/21013/c00001"));
+    public void testPahealRipper() throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
+        HbrowseRipper ripper = new HbrowseRipper(new URI("https://www.hbrowse.com/21013/c00001").toURL());
         testRipper(ripper);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/Hentai2readRipperTest.java b/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/Hentai2readRipperTest.java
index c6e2d3de..d6cbb9d0 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/Hentai2readRipperTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/Hentai2readRipperTest.java
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 package com.rarchives.ripme.tst.ripper.rippers;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 
 import com.rarchives.ripme.ripper.rippers.Hentai2readRipper;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
@@ -10,8 +11,8 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 public class Hentai2readRipperTest extends RippersTest {
     @Test
     @Tag("flaky")
-    public void testHentai2readAlbum() throws IOException {
-        Hentai2readRipper ripper = new Hentai2readRipper(new URL("https://hentai2read.com/sm_school_memorial/1/"));
+    public void testHentai2readAlbum() throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
+        Hentai2readRipper ripper = new Hentai2readRipper(new URI("https://hentai2read.com/sm_school_memorial/1/").toURL());
         testRipper(ripper);
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/HentaicafeRipperTest.java b/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/HentaicafeRipperTest.java
index 03a96991..e8c39d07 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/HentaicafeRipperTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/HentaicafeRipperTest.java
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 package com.rarchives.ripme.tst.ripper.rippers;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 
 import com.rarchives.ripme.ripper.rippers.HentaiCafeRipper;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
@@ -12,16 +13,16 @@ public class HentaicafeRipperTest extends RippersTest {
     @Test
     @Tag("flaky")
     @Disabled("20/05/2021 This test was disabled as the site has experienced notable downtime")
-    public void testHentaiCafeAlbum() throws IOException {
-        HentaiCafeRipper ripper = new HentaiCafeRipper(new URL("https://hentai.cafe/kikuta-the-oni-in-the-room/"));
+    public void testHentaiCafeAlbum() throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
+        HentaiCafeRipper ripper = new HentaiCafeRipper(new URI("https://hentai.cafe/kikuta-the-oni-in-the-room/").toURL());
         testRipper(ripper);
     }
     // This album has a line break (<br />) in the url. Test it to make sure ripme can handle these invalid urls
     @Test
     @Tag("flaky")
     @Disabled("20/05/2021 This test was disabled as the site has experienced notable downtime")
-    public void testAlbumWithInvalidChars() throws IOException {
-        HentaiCafeRipper ripper = new HentaiCafeRipper(new URL("https://hentai.cafe/chobipero-club/"));
+    public void testAlbumWithInvalidChars() throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
+        HentaiCafeRipper ripper = new HentaiCafeRipper(new URI("https://hentai.cafe/chobipero-club/").toURL());
         testRipper(ripper);
 
     }