diff --git a/packages/richtext-lexical/src/lexical/utils/url.spec.ts b/packages/richtext-lexical/src/lexical/utils/url.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..40abcf98f9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/richtext-lexical/src/lexical/utils/url.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import { jest } from '@jest/globals'
+import { absoluteRegExp, relativeOrAnchorRegExp } from './url.js'
+
+describe('Lexical URL Regex Matchers', () => {
+  describe('relative URLs', () => {
+    it('validation for links it should match', async () => {
+      const shouldMatch = [
+        '/path/to/resource',
+        '/file-name.html',
+        '/',
+        '/dir/',
+        '/path.with.dots/',
+        '#anchor',
+        '#section-title',
+        '/path#fragment',
+      ]
+
+      shouldMatch.forEach((testCase) => {
+        expect(relativeOrAnchorRegExp.test(testCase)).toBe(true)
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('validation for links it should not match', async () => {
+      const shouldNotMatch = [
+        'match',
+        'http://example.com',
+        'relative/path',
+        'file.html',
+        'some#fragment',
+        '#',
+        '/#',
+        '/path/with spaces',
+        '',
+        'ftp://example.com',
+      ]
+
+      shouldNotMatch.forEach((testCase) => {
+        expect(relativeOrAnchorRegExp.test(testCase)).not.toBe(true)
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('absolute URLs', () => {
+    it('validation for links it should match', async () => {
+      const shouldMatch = [
+        'http://example.com',
+        'https://example.com',
+        'ftp://files.example.com',
+        'http://example.com/resource',
+        'https://example.com/resource?key=value',
+        'http://example.com/resource#anchor',
+        'http://www.example.com',
+        'https://sub.example.com/path/file',
+        'mailto:email@example.com',
+        'tel:+1234567890',
+        'http://user:pass@example.com',
+        'www.example.com',
+        'www.example.com/resource',
+        'www.example.com/resource?query=1',
+        'www.example.com#fragment',
+      ]
+
+      shouldMatch.forEach((testCase) => {
+        expect(absoluteRegExp.test(testCase)).toBe(true)
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('validation for links it should not match', async () => {
+      const shouldNotMatch = [
+        '/relative/path',
+        '#anchor',
+        'example.com',
+        '://missing.scheme',
+        'http://',
+        'http:/example.com',
+        'ftp://example .com',
+        'http://example',
+        'not-a-url',
+        'http//example.com',
+        'https://example.com/ spaces',
+      ]
+
+      shouldNotMatch.forEach((testCase) => {
+        expect(absoluteRegExp.test(testCase)).not.toBe(true)
+      })
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/richtext-lexical/src/lexical/utils/url.ts b/packages/richtext-lexical/src/lexical/utils/url.ts
index 57cdb1e543d..0719f030602 100644
--- a/packages/richtext-lexical/src/lexical/utils/url.ts
+++ b/packages/richtext-lexical/src/lexical/utils/url.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,20 @@ export function sanitizeUrl(url: string): string {
   return 'https://'
 }
 
-// Source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/8234912/2013580
-const absoluteRegExp =
-  /(?:[A-Za-z]{3,9}:(?:\/\/)?(?:[-;:&=+$,\w]+@)?[A-Za-z\d.-]+|(?:www.|[-;:&=+$,\w]+@)[A-Za-z\d.-]+)(?:\/[+~%/.\w-]*)?\??[-+=&;%@.\w]*#?\w*/
+/**
+ * This regex checks for absolute URLs in a string. Tested for the following use cases:
+ * - http://example.com
+ * - https://example.com
+ * - ftp://files.example.com
+ * - http://example.com/resource
+ * - https://example.com/resource?key=value
+ * - http://example.com/resource#anchor
+ * - http://www.example.com
+ * - https://sub.example.com/path/file
+ * - mailto:
+ */
+export const absoluteRegExp =
+  /^(?:[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\d+.-]*:(?:\/\/)?(?:[-;:&=+$,\w]+@)?[A-Za-z\d]+(?:\.[A-Za-z\d]+)+|www\.[A-Za-z\d]+(?:\.[A-Za-z\d]+)+|(?:tel|mailto):[\w+.-]+)(?:\/[+~%/\w-]*)?(?:\?[-;&=%\w]*)?(?:#\w+)?$/
 
 /**
  * This regex checks for relative URLs starting with / or anchor links starting with # in a string. Tested for the following use cases:
@@ -25,7 +36,7 @@ const absoluteRegExp =
  * - /privacy-policy#primary-terms
  * - #primary-terms
  *  */
-const relativeOrAnchorRegExp = /^[\w\-./]*(?:#\w[\w-]*)?$/
+export const relativeOrAnchorRegExp = /^(?:\/[\w\-./]*(?:#\w[\w-]*)?|#[\w\-]+)$/
 
 /**
  * Prevents unreasonable URLs from being inserted into the editor.