diff --git a/plugin/trino-openlineage/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/openlineage/config/http/OpenLineageClientHttpTransportConfig.java b/plugin/trino-openlineage/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/openlineage/config/http/OpenLineageClientHttpTransportConfig.java
index d7d1e94fde51..6e09ff2f1f28 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-openlineage/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/openlineage/config/http/OpenLineageClientHttpTransportConfig.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-openlineage/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/openlineage/config/http/OpenLineageClientHttpTransportConfig.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import io.airlift.units.MinDuration;
 import jakarta.validation.constraints.NotNull;
 
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@
 
 public class OpenLineageClientHttpTransportConfig
 {
-    private String url;
+    private URI url;
     private String endpoint;
     private Optional<String> apiKey = Optional.empty();
     private Duration timeout = new Duration(5000, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
@@ -40,14 +41,14 @@ public class OpenLineageClientHttpTransportConfig
     private Map<String, String> urlParams = new HashMap<>();
 
     @NotNull
-    public String getUrl()
+    public URI getUrl()
     {
         return url;
     }
 
     @Config("openlineage-event-listener.transport.url")
     @ConfigDescription("URL of receiving server. Explicitly set the scheme https:// to use symmetric encryption")
-    public OpenLineageClientHttpTransportConfig setUrl(String url)
+    public OpenLineageClientHttpTransportConfig setUrl(URI url)
     {
         this.url = url;
         return this;
diff --git a/plugin/trino-openlineage/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/openlineage/transport/OpenLineageTransport.java b/plugin/trino-openlineage/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/openlineage/transport/OpenLineageTransport.java
index 0e7c936c56a3..df81b2e6454c 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-openlineage/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/openlineage/transport/OpenLineageTransport.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-openlineage/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/openlineage/transport/OpenLineageTransport.java
@@ -17,6 +17,5 @@
 
 public interface OpenLineageTransport
 {
-    Transport buildTransport()
-            throws Exception;
+    Transport buildTransport();
 }
diff --git a/plugin/trino-openlineage/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/openlineage/transport/http/OpenLineageHttpTransport.java b/plugin/trino-openlineage/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/openlineage/transport/http/OpenLineageHttpTransport.java
index 3d09477d9155..472de10d7108 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-openlineage/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/openlineage/transport/http/OpenLineageHttpTransport.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-openlineage/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/openlineage/transport/http/OpenLineageHttpTransport.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 public class OpenLineageHttpTransport
         implements OpenLineageTransport
 {
-    private final String url;
+    private final URI url;
     private final String endpoint;
     private final int timeout;
     private final ApiKeyTokenProvider apiKey;
@@ -64,11 +64,10 @@ public OpenLineageHttpTransport(OpenLineageClientHttpTransportConfig config)
 
     @Override
     public HttpTransport buildTransport()
-            throws Exception
     {
         return new HttpTransport(
                 new HttpConfig(
-                        new URI(this.url),
+                        this.url,
                         this.endpoint,
                         null,
                         this.timeout,
diff --git a/plugin/trino-openlineage/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/openlineage/TestOpenLineageClientHttpTransportConfig.java b/plugin/trino-openlineage/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/openlineage/TestOpenLineageClientHttpTransportConfig.java
index 4fe0aefbcb26..95133c914e87 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-openlineage/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/openlineage/TestOpenLineageClientHttpTransportConfig.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-openlineage/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/openlineage/TestOpenLineageClientHttpTransportConfig.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import io.trino.plugin.openlineage.config.http.OpenLineageClientHttpTransportConfig;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import static io.airlift.configuration.testing.ConfigAssertions.assertFullMapping;
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ void testDefaults()
 
     @Test
     void testExplicitPropertyMappings()
+            throws Exception
     {
         Map<String, String> properties = ImmutableMap.<String, String>builder()
                 .put("openlineage-event-listener.transport.url", "http://testurl")
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ void testExplicitPropertyMappings()
                 .buildOrThrow();
 
         OpenLineageClientHttpTransportConfig expected = new OpenLineageClientHttpTransportConfig()
-                .setUrl("http://testurl")
+                .setUrl(new URI("http://testurl"))
                 .setEndpoint("/test/endpoint")
                 .setApiKey("dummy")
                 .setTimeout(Duration.valueOf("30s"))