diff --git a/api/services/external_knowledge_service.py b/api/services/external_knowledge_service.py
index 094772d674..b49738c61c 100644
--- a/api/services/external_knowledge_service.py
+++ b/api/services/external_knowledge_service.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class ExternalDatasetService:
 
         endpoint = f"{settings['endpoint']}/retrieval"
         api_key = settings["api_key"]
-        if not validators.url(endpoint):
+        if not validators.url(endpoint, simple_host=True):
             raise ValueError(f"invalid endpoint: {endpoint}")
         try:
             response = httpx.post(endpoint, headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}"})