diff --git a/packages/metascraper-helpers/index.js b/packages/metascraper-helpers/index.js
index bfb109d22..5a1795cc3 100644
--- a/packages/metascraper-helpers/index.js
+++ b/packages/metascraper-helpers/index.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const {
 
 const memoizeOne = require('memoize-one').default || require('memoize-one')
 const condenseWhitespace = require('condense-whitespace')
-const urlRegex = require('url-regex')({ exact: true })
+const urlRegex = require('url-regex-safe')({ exact: true })
 const langs = Object.values(require('iso-639-3/to-1'))
 const isRelativeUrl = require('is-relative-url')
 const fileExtension = require('file-extension')
diff --git a/packages/metascraper-helpers/package.json b/packages/metascraper-helpers/package.json
index a654806f2..0e741f087 100644
--- a/packages/metascraper-helpers/package.json
+++ b/packages/metascraper-helpers/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "smartquotes": "~2.3.1",
     "title": "~3.4.2",
     "truncate": "~2.1.0",
-    "url-regex": "~5.0.0",
+    "url-regex-safe": "~1.0.1",
     "video-extensions": "~1.1.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {