diff --git a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jena/fuseki/validation/html/IRIValidatorHTML.java b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jena/fuseki/validation/html/IRIValidatorHTML.java
index d8914d88d47..003b4aabc39 100644
--- a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jena/fuseki/validation/html/IRIValidatorHTML.java
+++ b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jena/fuseki/validation/html/IRIValidatorHTML.java
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@
 import jakarta.servlet.ServletOutputStream;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+import org.apache.jena.iri3986.provider.IRIProvider3986;
 import org.apache.jena.irix.IRIException;
+import org.apache.jena.irix.IRIProvider;
 import org.apache.jena.irix.IRIx;
 
 public class IRIValidatorHTML
@@ -60,6 +62,8 @@ public static void executeHTML(HttpServletRequest httpRequest, HttpServletRespon
 
             try {
                 boolean first = true;
+                IRIProvider provider = new IRIProvider3986();
+
                 for ( String iriStr : args ) {
                     if ( iriStr.startsWith("<") ) {
                         iriStr = iriStr.substring(1);
@@ -70,7 +74,7 @@ public static void executeHTML(HttpServletRequest httpRequest, HttpServletRespon
                         System.out.println();
                     first = false;
                     try {
-                        IRIx iri = IRIx.create(iriStr);
+                        IRIx iri = provider.create(iriStr);
                         System.out.println(iriStr + " ==> " + iri);
                         if ( iri.isRelative() )
                             System.out.println("Relative IRI: " + iriStr);
diff --git a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jena/fuseki/validation/json/IRIValidatorJSON.java b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jena/fuseki/validation/json/IRIValidatorJSON.java
index d36ce85b763..6fde9c91d65 100644
--- a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jena/fuseki/validation/json/IRIValidatorJSON.java
+++ b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jena/fuseki/validation/json/IRIValidatorJSON.java
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@
 import org.apache.jena.atlas.json.JsonBuilder;
 import org.apache.jena.atlas.json.JsonObject;
 import org.apache.jena.fuseki.servlets.ServletOps;
+import org.apache.jena.iri3986.provider.IRIProvider3986;
 import org.apache.jena.irix.IRIException;
+import org.apache.jena.irix.IRIProvider;
 import org.apache.jena.irix.IRIx;
 
 public class IRIValidatorJSON {
@@ -55,13 +57,15 @@ public static JsonObject execute(ValidationAction action) {
         obj.key(jIRIs);
         obj.startArray();
 
+        IRIProvider provider = new IRIProvider3986();
+
         for ( String iriStr : args ) {
             obj.startObject();
             obj.key(jIRI).value(iriStr);
             List<String> errors = new ArrayList<>();
             List<String> warnings = new ArrayList<>();
             try {
-                IRIx iri = IRIx.create(iriStr);
+                IRIx iri = provider.create(iriStr);
                 System.out.println(iriStr + " ==> " + iri);
                 if ( iri.isRelative() )
                     if ( iri.isRelative() )