diff --git a/packages/handy-url/package.json b/packages/handy-url/package.json
index 3ad6db8..b6998d7 100644
--- a/packages/handy-url/package.json
+++ b/packages/handy-url/package.json
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
   ],
   "dependencies": {
     "jolt-lodash": "^2.7.7",
-    "qs": "6.2.0",
-    "url-parse": "1.1.1",
+    "qs": "6.5.1",
+    "url-parse": "1.1.9",
     "valid-url": "1.0.9"
   },
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/packages/handy-url/src/Url.js b/packages/handy-url/src/Url.js
index d276a85..425fefe 100644
--- a/packages/handy-url/src/Url.js
+++ b/packages/handy-url/src/Url.js
@@ -164,9 +164,11 @@ class Url {
     const {protocol} = this.parsed;
 
     switch (protocol) {
-      // If the url doesn't have a protocol, the parse(url) method returns
-      // `about` for `about:blank`.
+      case '':
+        return null;
       case 'about:':
+        // If the url doesn't have a protocol, the parse(url) method returns
+        // `about` for `about:blank`.
         return null;
       default:
         // We want to remote the colon from the end of the protocol.
diff --git a/packages/handy-url/src/__tests__/Url.spec.js b/packages/handy-url/src/__tests__/Url.spec.js
index ef3970d..915e292 100644
--- a/packages/handy-url/src/__tests__/Url.spec.js
+++ b/packages/handy-url/src/__tests__/Url.spec.js
@@ -1,10 +1,3 @@
-/**
- * @jest-environment jsdom
- *
- * TODO(mark): Unsure why this is necessary but in a node environment, tests
- * fail. Definitely has to do with the Url class.
- */
-
 // Imports
 import Url from '../Url';
 
@@ -127,8 +120,12 @@ describe('Url', () => {
       expect(new Url('https://google.com').domain).toBe('google');
     });
 
-    it('does not require a protocol', () => {
-      expect(new Url('www.google.com').domain).toBe('google');
+    it('does not require a protocol but requires slashes', () => {
+      expect(new Url('//www.google.com').domain).toBe('google');
+    });
+
+    it('returns the empty string for invalid urls', () => {
+      expect(new Url('www.google.com').domain).toBe('');
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c33bb0e..a951275 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3767,9 +3767,9 @@ q@^1.4.1:
   version "1.5.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/q/-/q-1.5.0.tgz#dd01bac9d06d30e6f219aecb8253ee9ebdc308f1"
 
-qs@6.2.0:
-  version "6.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/qs/-/qs-6.2.0.tgz#3b7848c03c2dece69a9522b0fae8c4126d745f3b"
+qs@6.5.1:
+  version "6.5.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/qs/-/qs-6.5.1.tgz#349cdf6eef89ec45c12d7d5eb3fc0c870343a6d8"
 
 qs@~6.3.0:
   version "6.3.2"
@@ -3779,9 +3779,9 @@ qs@~6.4.0:
   version "6.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/qs/-/qs-6.4.0.tgz#13e26d28ad6b0ffaa91312cd3bf708ed351e7233"
 
-querystringify@0.0.x:
-  version "0.0.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/querystringify/-/querystringify-0.0.4.tgz#0cf7f84f9463ff0ae51c4c4b142d95be37724d9c"
+querystringify@~1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/querystringify/-/querystringify-1.0.0.tgz#6286242112c5b712fa654e526652bf6a13ff05cb"
 
 randomatic@^1.1.3:
   version "1.1.7"
@@ -4550,11 +4550,11 @@ universalify@^0.1.0:
   version "0.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/universalify/-/universalify-0.1.1.tgz#fa71badd4437af4c148841e3b3b165f9e9e590b7"
 
-url-parse@1.1.1:
-  version "1.1.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/url-parse/-/url-parse-1.1.1.tgz#d1507970728c9a5f80f471530c57325c3fb0e868"
+url-parse@1.1.9:
+  version "1.1.9"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/url-parse/-/url-parse-1.1.9.tgz#c67f1d775d51f0a18911dd7b3ffad27bb9e5bd19"
   dependencies:
-    querystringify "0.0.x"
+    querystringify "~1.0.0"
     requires-port "1.0.x"
 
 user-home@^1.1.1: