diff --git a/core/src/main/contraband-scala/sbt/librarymanagement/Developer.scala b/core/src/main/contraband-scala/sbt/librarymanagement/Developer.scala
index fc52d4e7b..0afb34a0f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/contraband-scala/sbt/librarymanagement/Developer.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/contraband-scala/sbt/librarymanagement/Developer.scala
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ final class Developer private (
   val id: String,
   val name: String,
   val email: String,
-  val url: java.net.URL) extends Serializable {
+  val url: java.net.URI) extends Serializable {
   
   
   
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ final class Developer private (
   override def toString: String = {
     "Developer(" + id + ", " + name + ", " + email + ", " + url + ")"
   }
-  private[this] def copy(id: String = id, name: String = name, email: String = email, url: java.net.URL = url): Developer = {
+  private[this] def copy(id: String = id, name: String = name, email: String = email, url: java.net.URI = url): Developer = {
     new Developer(id, name, email, url)
   }
   def withId(id: String): Developer = {
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ final class Developer private (
   def withEmail(email: String): Developer = {
     copy(email = email)
   }
-  def withUrl(url: java.net.URL): Developer = {
+  def withUrl(url: java.net.URI): Developer = {
     copy(url = url)
   }
 }
 object Developer {
   
-  def apply(id: String, name: String, email: String, url: java.net.URL): Developer = new Developer(id, name, email, url)
+  def apply(id: String, name: String, email: String, url: java.net.URI): Developer = new Developer(id, name, email, url)
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/contraband-scala/sbt/librarymanagement/DeveloperFormats.scala b/core/src/main/contraband-scala/sbt/librarymanagement/DeveloperFormats.scala
index 381013ab0..3a7cdbf60 100644
--- a/core/src/main/contraband-scala/sbt/librarymanagement/DeveloperFormats.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/contraband-scala/sbt/librarymanagement/DeveloperFormats.scala
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ implicit lazy val DeveloperFormat: JsonFormat[sbt.librarymanagement.Developer] =
       val id = unbuilder.readField[String]("id")
       val name = unbuilder.readField[String]("name")
       val email = unbuilder.readField[String]("email")
-      val url = unbuilder.readField[java.net.URL]("url")
+      val url = unbuilder.readField[java.net.URI]("url")
       unbuilder.endObject()
       sbt.librarymanagement.Developer(id, name, email, url)
       case None =>
diff --git a/core/src/main/contraband/librarymanagement.json b/core/src/main/contraband/librarymanagement.json
index 8f87d7040..6954a4f5b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/contraband/librarymanagement.json
+++ b/core/src/main/contraband/librarymanagement.json
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@
         { "name": "id",    "type": "String"       },
         { "name": "name",  "type": "String"       },
         { "name": "email", "type": "String"       },
-        { "name": "url",   "type": "java.net.URL" }
+        { "name": "url",   "type": "java.net.URI" }
       ]
     },
     {