diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.pushbullet/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/pushbullet/internal/handler/PushbulletHandler.java b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.pushbullet/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/pushbullet/internal/handler/PushbulletHandler.java
index cd45afc12a6e9..d1266246b2fad 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.pushbullet/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/pushbullet/internal/handler/PushbulletHandler.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.pushbullet/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/pushbullet/internal/handler/PushbulletHandler.java
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 import static org.openhab.binding.pushbullet.internal.PushbulletBindingConstants.*;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.MalformedURLException;
-import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -280,11 +280,11 @@ private boolean sendPush(PushRequest request) {
             return IMAGE_FILE_NAME;
         }
         try {
-            Path fileName = Path.of(content.startsWith("http") ? new URL(content).getPath() : content).getFileName();
+            Path fileName = Path.of(content.startsWith("http") ? new URI(content).getPath() : content).getFileName();
             if (fileName != null) {
                 return fileName.toString();
             }
-        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+        } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
             logger.debug("Malformed url content: {}", e.getMessage());
         }
         return null;