diff --git a/crates/binstalk-git-repo-api/src/gh_api_client.rs b/crates/binstalk-git-repo-api/src/gh_api_client.rs
index af0b2ab2..f7d6a6ef 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk-git-repo-api/src/gh_api_client.rs
+++ b/crates/binstalk-git-repo-api/src/gh_api_client.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use std::{
 use binstalk_downloader::remote;
 use compact_str::{format_compact, CompactString};
 use tokio::sync::OnceCell;
+use url::Url;
 
 mod common;
 mod error;
@@ -210,7 +211,7 @@ impl GhApiClient {
             release,
             artifact_name,
         }: GhReleaseArtifact,
-    ) -> Result<Option<CompactString>, GhApiError> {
+    ) -> Result<Option<Url>, GhApiError> {
         let once_cell = self.0.release_artifacts.get(release.clone());
         let res = once_cell
             .get_or_try_init(|| {
diff --git a/crates/binstalk-git-repo-api/src/gh_api_client/release_artifacts.rs b/crates/binstalk-git-repo-api/src/gh_api_client/release_artifacts.rs
index 4ff33684..3af455ed 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk-git-repo-api/src/gh_api_client/release_artifacts.rs
+++ b/crates/binstalk-git-repo-api/src/gh_api_client/release_artifacts.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use std::{
 use binstalk_downloader::remote::{self};
 use compact_str::{CompactString, ToCompactString};
 use serde::Deserialize;
+use url::Url;
 
 use super::{
     common::{issue_graphql_query, issue_restful_api},
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ use super::{
 #[derive(Eq, Deserialize, Debug)]
 struct Artifact {
     name: CompactString,
-    url: CompactString,
+    url: Url,
 }
 
 // Manually implement PartialEq and Hash to ensure it will always produce the
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ pub(super) struct Artifacts {
 
 impl Artifacts {
     /// get url for downloading the artifact using GitHub API (for private repository).
-    pub(super) fn get_artifact_url(&self, artifact_name: &str) -> Option<CompactString> {
+    pub(super) fn get_artifact_url(&self, artifact_name: &str) -> Option<Url> {
         self.assets
             .get(artifact_name)
             .map(|artifact| artifact.url.clone())