diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cef6cde60..c57e7ef19 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
+- Improved the url validation in the create and update platform endpoint
 - Improved the language localization for German (`de`)
 
 ## 2.70.0 - 2024-04-02
diff --git a/apps/api/src/app/platform/create-platform.dto.ts b/apps/api/src/app/platform/create-platform.dto.ts
index a61f21743..941354c11 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/app/platform/create-platform.dto.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/app/platform/create-platform.dto.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
-import { IsString } from 'class-validator';
+import { IsString, IsUrl } from 'class-validator';
 
 export class CreatePlatformDto {
   @IsString()
   name: string;
 
-  @IsString()
+  @IsUrl({
+    protocols: ['https'],
+    require_protocol: true
+  })
   url: string;
 }
diff --git a/apps/api/src/app/platform/update-platform.dto.ts b/apps/api/src/app/platform/update-platform.dto.ts
index ec6f2687c..4c4f907af 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/app/platform/update-platform.dto.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/app/platform/update-platform.dto.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { IsString } from 'class-validator';
+import { IsString, IsUrl } from 'class-validator';
 
 export class UpdatePlatformDto {
   @IsString()
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ export class UpdatePlatformDto {
   @IsString()
   name: string;
 
-  @IsString()
+  @IsUrl({
+    protocols: ['https'],
+    require_protocol: true
+  })
   url: string;
 }