diff --git a/lib/manager/gradle-lite/parser.spec.ts b/lib/manager/gradle-lite/parser.spec.ts
index 9b58cc58b880a0..be5c69c1b12a79 100644
--- a/lib/manager/gradle-lite/parser.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/manager/gradle-lite/parser.spec.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ describe('manager/gradle-lite/parser', () => {
 
     ({ urls } = parseGradle('url("https://example.com")'));
     expect(urls).toStrictEqual(['https://example.com']);
+
+    ({ urls } = parseGradle('uri "https://example.com"'));
+    expect(urls).toStrictEqual(['https://example.com']);
+
+    ({ urls } = parseGradle('uri("https://example.com")'));
+    expect(urls).toStrictEqual(['https://example.com']);
   });
   it('parses long form deps', () => {
     let deps;
diff --git a/lib/manager/gradle-lite/parser.ts b/lib/manager/gradle-lite/parser.ts
index 18579e66f8fd01..c14f8137c380ae 100644
--- a/lib/manager/gradle-lite/parser.ts
+++ b/lib/manager/gradle-lite/parser.ts
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ const matcherConfigs: SyntaxMatchConfig[] = [
   {
     // url 'https://repo.spring.io/snapshot/'
     matchers: [
-      { matchType: TokenType.Word, matchValue: 'url' },
+      { matchType: TokenType.Word, matchValue: ['uri', 'url'] },
       { matchType: TokenType.String, tokenMapKey: 'registryUrl' },
       endOfInstruction,
     ],
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ const matcherConfigs: SyntaxMatchConfig[] = [
   {
     // url('https://repo.spring.io/snapshot/')
     matchers: [
-      { matchType: TokenType.Word, matchValue: 'url' },
+      { matchType: TokenType.Word, matchValue: ['uri', 'url'] },
       { matchType: TokenType.LeftParen },
       { matchType: TokenType.String, tokenMapKey: 'registryUrl' },
       { matchType: TokenType.RightParen },