diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index 0c022c7..3d39305 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -2,11 +2,18 @@
 
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html) and [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) format. 
 
+## [0.8.0] - 2024-04-02
+### Changed
+- Expanded `mkabs` function to handle more cases
+- Allow `is_url` to work on Path objects
+- Remove `mock` test requirement in favor of importing `unittest.mock as mock`
+
 ## [0.7.0] - 2024-01-02
 
 ### Added
 - Experimental support for three-locking.
 
+
 ## [0.6.3] - 2023-08-08
 ### Fixed 
 - Incorrect read of registry path.  [Issue 35](https://github.com/pepkit/ubiquerg/issues/35)
diff --git a/requirements/requirements-test.txt b/requirements/requirements-test.txt
index 922cca3..4637bac 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 coveralls>=1.1
 pytest-cov==2.6.1
 veracitools
-mock
diff --git a/tests/test_paths.py b/tests/test_paths.py
index 5139c34..1005750 100644
--- a/tests/test_paths.py
+++ b/tests/test_paths.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import os
 import pytest
-from ubiquerg import expandpath, parse_registry_path
+from ubiquerg import expandpath, parse_registry_path, mkabs
 
 __author__ = "Vince Reuter"
 __email__ = "vreuter@virginia.edu"
@@ -106,3 +106,12 @@ def test_parse_reg():
 def test_registry_path(registry_path, output):
     pvars = parse_registry_path(registry_path)
     assert pvars == output
+
+
+def test_mkabs():
+    relpath = "abc.txt"
+    abspath = mkabs(relpath)
+    print(f"Abspath: {abspath}")
+    assert abspath == os.path.join(os.getcwd(), relpath)
+    url = "http://example.com"
+    assert mkabs(url) == url
diff --git a/tests/test_query_yes_no.py b/tests/test_query_yes_no.py
index 3242035..97fb20e 100644
--- a/tests/test_query_yes_no.py
+++ b/tests/test_query_yes_no.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """ Tests for binary user terminal interaction """
 
 import itertools
-import mock
+import unittest.mock as mock
 
 import pytest
 from ubiquerg import query_yes_no
diff --git a/ubiquerg/_version.py b/ubiquerg/_version.py
index 49e0fc1..777f190 100644
--- a/ubiquerg/_version.py
+++ b/ubiquerg/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.7.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.0"
diff --git a/ubiquerg/paths.py b/ubiquerg/paths.py
index 63ce656..dc80763 100644
--- a/ubiquerg/paths.py
+++ b/ubiquerg/paths.py
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
 
 import os
 import re
+
 from typing import List, Tuple, Any, Union
 
+from .web import is_url
+
 __author__ = "Vince Reuter"
 __email__ = "vreuter@virginia.edu"
 
@@ -78,10 +81,10 @@ def parse_registry_path(
     return parsed_identifier
 
 
-def mkabs(path, reldir=None):
+def mkabs(path: str, reldir: str = None) -> str:
     """
     Makes sure a path is absolute; if not already absolute, it's made absolute
-    relative to a given directory. Also expands ~ and environment variables for
+    relative to a given directory (or file). Also expands ~ and environment variables for
     kicks.
 
     :param str path: Path to make absolute
@@ -94,10 +97,19 @@ def mkabs(path, reldir=None):
     def xpand(path):
         return os.path.expandvars(os.path.expanduser(path))
 
+    if path is None:
+        return path
+
+    if is_url(path):
+        return path
+
     if os.path.isabs(xpand(path)):
         return xpand(path)
 
     if not reldir:
         return os.path.abspath(xpand(path))
 
-    return os.path.join(xpand(reldir), xpand(path))
+    if os.path.isdir(reldir):
+        return os.path.join(xpand(reldir), xpand(path))
+    else:
+        return os.path.join(xpand(os.path.dirname(reldir)), xpand(path))
diff --git a/ubiquerg/web.py b/ubiquerg/web.py
index e16037d..6eb80e3 100644
--- a/ubiquerg/web.py
+++ b/ubiquerg/web.py
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ def is_url(maybe_url):
         r"(?:/?|[/?]\S+)$",
         re.IGNORECASE,
     )
-    return re.match(regex, maybe_url) is not None
+    return re.match(regex, str(maybe_url)) is not None