diff --git a/crates/distribution-types/src/direct_url.rs b/crates/distribution-types/src/direct_url.rs
index a25a6160c..75e29c31f 100644
--- a/crates/distribution-types/src/direct_url.rs
+++ b/crates/distribution-types/src/direct_url.rs
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ impl TryFrom<&LocalFileUrl> for pypi_types::DirectUrl {
 
     fn try_from(value: &LocalFileUrl) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
         Ok(pypi_types::DirectUrl::LocalDirectory {
-            url: value.url.to_string(),
+            url: value.url.clone(),
             dir_info: pypi_types::DirInfo { editable: None },
         })
     }
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ impl TryFrom<&DirectArchiveUrl> for pypi_types::DirectUrl {
 
     fn try_from(value: &DirectArchiveUrl) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
         Ok(pypi_types::DirectUrl::ArchiveUrl {
-            url: value.url.to_string(),
+            url: value.url.clone(),
             archive_info: pypi_types::ArchiveInfo {
                 hash: None,
                 hashes: None,
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ impl TryFrom<&DirectGitUrl> for pypi_types::DirectUrl {
 
     fn try_from(value: &DirectGitUrl) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
         Ok(pypi_types::DirectUrl::VcsUrl {
-            url: value.url.repository().to_string(),
+            url: value.url.repository().clone(),
             vcs_info: pypi_types::VcsInfo {
                 vcs: pypi_types::VcsKind::Git,
                 commit_id: value.url.precise().as_ref().map(ToString::to_string),
diff --git a/crates/pypi-types/src/direct_url.rs b/crates/pypi-types/src/direct_url.rs
index 3a33269f2..a1881d0fc 100644
--- a/crates/pypi-types/src/direct_url.rs
+++ b/crates/pypi-types/src/direct_url.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use url::Url;
 
 /// Metadata for a distribution that was installed via a direct URL.
 ///
@@ -13,13 +14,13 @@ pub enum DirectUrl {
     /// ```json
     /// {"url": "file:///home/user/project", "dir_info": {}}
     /// ```
-    LocalDirectory { url: String, dir_info: DirInfo },
+    LocalDirectory { url: Url, dir_info: DirInfo },
     /// The direct URL is a path to an archive. For example:
     /// ```json
     /// {"archive_info": {"hash": "sha256=75909db2664838d015e3d9139004ee16711748a52c8f336b52882266540215d8", "hashes": {"sha256": "75909db2664838d015e3d9139004ee16711748a52c8f336b52882266540215d8"}}, "url": "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/b8/8b/31273bf66016be6ad22bb7345c37ff350276cfd46e389a0c2ac5da9d9073/wheel-0.41.2-py3-none-any.whl"}
     /// ```
     ArchiveUrl {
-        url: String,
+        url: Url,
         archive_info: ArchiveInfo,
         #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
         subdirectory: Option<PathBuf>,
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ pub enum DirectUrl {
     /// {"url": "https://github.com/pallets/flask.git", "vcs_info": {"commit_id": "8d9519df093864ff90ca446d4af2dc8facd3c542", "vcs": "git"}}
     /// ```
     VcsUrl {
-        url: String,
+        url: Url,
         vcs_info: VcsInfo,
         #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
         subdirectory: Option<PathBuf>,