diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/schema/json_schema.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/schema/json_schema.py
index f6e944f4fc3cb..c7e8a15d8dfa4 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/schema/json_schema.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/schema/json_schema.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from os.path import basename, dirname
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Iterable, List, Optional, Union
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 import jsonref
 from pydantic import AnyHttpUrl, DirectoryPath, FilePath, validator
@@ -53,6 +54,16 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+def is_url_valid(url: Optional[str]) -> bool:
+    if url is None:
+        return False
+    try:
+        result = urlparse(url)
+        return all([result.scheme, result.netloc])
+    except Exception:
+        return False
+
+
 class URIReplacePattern(ConfigModel):
     match: str = Field(
         description="Pattern to match on uri-s as part of reference resolution. See replace field",
@@ -281,12 +292,14 @@ def _load_one_file(
                 entityUrn=dataset_urn, aspect=models.StatusClass(removed=False)
             ).as_workunit()
 
+            external_url = JsonSchemaTranslator._get_id_from_any_schema(schema_dict)
+            if not is_url_valid(external_url):
+                external_url = None
+
             yield MetadataChangeProposalWrapper(
                 entityUrn=dataset_urn,
                 aspect=models.DatasetPropertiesClass(
-                    externalUrl=JsonSchemaTranslator._get_id_from_any_schema(
-                        schema_dict
-                    ),
+                    externalUrl=external_url,
                     name=dataset_simple_name,
                     description=JsonSchemaTranslator._get_description_from_any_schema(
                         schema_dict