diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 866e93f..50f0c45 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.4.3"
+  ".": "1.4.4"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f0579b6..0a43829 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.4.4 (2024-12-12)
+
+Full Changelog: [v1.4.3...v1.4.4](https://github.com/runwayml/sdk-node/compare/v1.4.3...v1.4.4)
+
+### Chores
+
+* **internal:** update isAbsoluteURL ([#51](https://github.com/runwayml/sdk-node/issues/51)) ([4aa8cb7](https://github.com/runwayml/sdk-node/commit/4aa8cb7f486114e147da258cc65fc951660244a9))
+
 ## 1.4.3 (2024-12-11)
 
 Full Changelog: [v1.4.2...v1.4.3](https://github.com/runwayml/sdk-node/compare/v1.4.2...v1.4.3)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 905e9b1..3e2ab96 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@runwayml/sdk",
-  "version": "1.4.3",
+  "version": "1.4.4",
   "description": "The official TypeScript library for the RunwayML API",
   "author": "RunwayML <dev-feedback@runwayml.com>",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/src/core.ts b/src/core.ts
index 42a575e..887b937 100644
--- a/src/core.ts
+++ b/src/core.ts
@@ -970,8 +970,8 @@ export const safeJSON = (text: string) => {
   }
 };
 
-// https://stackoverflow.com/a/19709846
-const startsWithSchemeRegexp = new RegExp('^(?:[a-z]+:)?//', 'i');
+// https://url.spec.whatwg.org/#url-scheme-string
+const startsWithSchemeRegexp = /^[a-z][a-z0-9+.-]*:/i;
 const isAbsoluteURL = (url: string): boolean => {
   return startsWithSchemeRegexp.test(url);
 };
diff --git a/src/version.ts b/src/version.ts
index 6dac803..8c3be46 100644
--- a/src/version.ts
+++ b/src/version.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export const VERSION = '1.4.3'; // x-release-please-version
+export const VERSION = '1.4.4'; // x-release-please-version