diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 12e6d1e..5da9f54 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Then in your `build.sbt` configure the following settings:
 ```scala
 organizationName := "Heiko Seeberger"
 startYear := Some(2015)
-licenses += ("Apache-2.0", new URL("https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt"))
+licenses += ("Apache-2.0", url("https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt"))
 ```
 
 This configuration will apply Apache License 2.0 headers to Scala and Java files. sbt-header provides two tasks: `headerCreate` and `headerCheck`, which are described in the following sub sections. For more information on how to customize sbt-header, please refer to the [Configuration](#configuration) section.
diff --git a/src/sbt-test/sbt-header/auto-detection-end-year/test.sbt b/src/sbt-test/sbt-header/auto-detection-end-year/test.sbt
index a2de471..14c5755 100644
--- a/src/sbt-test/sbt-header/auto-detection-end-year/test.sbt
+++ b/src/sbt-test/sbt-header/auto-detection-end-year/test.sbt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 organizationName := "Heiko Seeberger"
 startYear        := Some(2015)
 headerEndYear    := Some(2022)
-licenses         := List(("Apache-2.0", new URL("https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt")))
+licenses         := List(("Apache-2.0", url("https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt")))
 
 val checkFileContents = taskKey[Unit]("Verify file contents match expected contents")
 
diff --git a/src/sbt-test/sbt-header/auto-detection-with-different-style/test.sbt b/src/sbt-test/sbt-header/auto-detection-with-different-style/test.sbt
index 76d502a..b4c0dba 100644
--- a/src/sbt-test/sbt-header/auto-detection-with-different-style/test.sbt
+++ b/src/sbt-test/sbt-header/auto-detection-with-different-style/test.sbt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 organizationName := "Heiko Seeberger"
 startYear        := Some(2015)
-licenses         := List(("Apache-2.0", new URL("https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt")))
+licenses         := List(("Apache-2.0", url("https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt")))
 headerLicenseStyle := HeaderLicenseStyle.SpdxSyntax
diff --git a/src/sbt-test/sbt-header/auto-detection/test.sbt b/src/sbt-test/sbt-header/auto-detection/test.sbt
index cbfa2a6..b613928 100644
--- a/src/sbt-test/sbt-header/auto-detection/test.sbt
+++ b/src/sbt-test/sbt-header/auto-detection/test.sbt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 organizationName := "Heiko Seeberger"
 startYear        := Some(2015)
-licenses         := List(("Apache-2.0", new URL("https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt")))
+licenses         := List(("Apache-2.0", url("https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt")))
 
 val checkFileContents = taskKey[Unit]("Verify file contents match expected contents")
 
diff --git a/src/test/scala/de/heikoseeberger/sbtheader/LicenseDetectionSpec.scala b/src/test/scala/de/heikoseeberger/sbtheader/LicenseDetectionSpec.scala
index b8e7869..d4c4fea 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/de/heikoseeberger/sbtheader/LicenseDetectionSpec.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/de/heikoseeberger/sbtheader/LicenseDetectionSpec.scala
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package de.heikoseeberger.sbtheader
 
 import de.heikoseeberger.sbtheader.HeaderPlugin.autoImport.HeaderLicense._
 import sbt.URL
+import sbt.url
 import org.scalatest.matchers.should.Matchers
 import org.scalatest.wordspec.AnyWordSpec
 
@@ -27,47 +28,47 @@ class LicenseDetectionSpec extends AnyWordSpec with Matchers {
   val yyyy             = "2017"
   val startYear        = Some(yyyy)
   val apache: (String, URL) =
-    ("Apache-2.0", new URL("https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html#licenseText"))
-  val mit: (String, URL) = ("MIT", new URL("https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html#licenseText"))
+    ("Apache-2.0", url("https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html#licenseText"))
+  val mit: (String, URL) = ("MIT", url("https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html#licenseText"))
 
   val licenses: Map[License, (String, URL)] = Map(
-    BSD2Clause(yyyy.toString, organizationName) -> ("BSD-2-Clause", new URL(
+    BSD2Clause(yyyy.toString, organizationName) -> ("BSD-2-Clause", url(
       "https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause.html#licenseText"
     )),
-    BSD3Clause(yyyy.toString, organizationName) -> ("BSD-3-Clause", new URL(
+    BSD3Clause(yyyy.toString, organizationName) -> ("BSD-3-Clause", url(
       "https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause.html#licenseText"
     )),
-    AGPLv3OrLater(yyyy.toString, organizationName) -> ("AGPL-3.0-or-later", new URL(
+    AGPLv3OrLater(yyyy.toString, organizationName) -> ("AGPL-3.0-or-later", url(
       "https://spdx.org/licenses/AGPL-3.0-or-later.html#licenseText"
     )),
-    AGPLv3Only(yyyy.toString, organizationName) -> ("AGPL-3.0-only", new URL(
+    AGPLv3Only(yyyy.toString, organizationName) -> ("AGPL-3.0-only", url(
       "https://spdx.org/licenses/AGPL-3.0-only.html#licenseText"
     )),
-    AGPLv3(yyyy.toString, organizationName) -> ("AGPL-3.0", new URL(
+    AGPLv3(yyyy.toString, organizationName) -> ("AGPL-3.0", url(
       "https://spdx.org/licenses/AGPL-3.0.html#licenseText"
     )),
     ALv2(yyyy.toString, organizationName) ->
     apache,
-    GPLv3OrLater(yyyy.toString, organizationName) -> ("GPL-3.0-or-later", new URL(
+    GPLv3OrLater(yyyy.toString, organizationName) -> ("GPL-3.0-or-later", url(
       "https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-3.0-or-later.html#licenseText"
     )),
-    GPLv3Only(yyyy.toString, organizationName) -> ("GPL-3.0-only", new URL(
+    GPLv3Only(yyyy.toString, organizationName) -> ("GPL-3.0-only", url(
       "https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-3.0-only.html#licenseText"
     )),
-    GPLv3(yyyy.toString, organizationName) -> ("GPL-3.0", new URL(
+    GPLv3(yyyy.toString, organizationName) -> ("GPL-3.0", url(
       "https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-3.0.html#licenseText"
     )),
-    LGPLv3OrLater(yyyy.toString, organizationName) -> ("LGPL-3.0-or-later", new URL(
+    LGPLv3OrLater(yyyy.toString, organizationName) -> ("LGPL-3.0-or-later", url(
       "https://spdx.org/licenses/LGPL-3.0-or-later.html#licenseText"
     )),
-    LGPLv3Only(yyyy.toString, organizationName) -> ("LGPL-3.0-only", new URL(
+    LGPLv3Only(yyyy.toString, organizationName) -> ("LGPL-3.0-only", url(
       "https://spdx.org/licenses/LGPL-3.0-only.html#licenseText"
     )),
-    LGPLv3(yyyy.toString, organizationName) -> ("LGPL-3.0", new URL(
+    LGPLv3(yyyy.toString, organizationName) -> ("LGPL-3.0", url(
       "https://spdx.org/licenses/LGPL-3.0.html#licenseText"
     )),
     MIT(yyyy.toString, organizationName) -> mit,
-    MPLv2(yyyy.toString, organizationName) -> ("MPL-2.0", new URL(
+    MPLv2(yyyy.toString, organizationName) -> ("MPL-2.0", url(
       "https://spdx.org/licenses/MPL-2.0.html#licenseText"
     ))
   )