diff --git a/packages/url/src/is-url.native.js b/packages/url/src/is-url.native.js
index 012a93fb9a2fc0..71222cf7e74f36 100644
--- a/packages/url/src/is-url.native.js
+++ b/packages/url/src/is-url.native.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-const URL_REGEXP = /((([A-Za-z]{3,9}:(?:\/\/)?)(?:[\-;:&=\+\$,\w]+@)?[A-Za-z0-9\.\-]+|(?:www\.|[\-;:&=\+\$,\w]+@)[A-Za-z0-9\.\-]+)(?::\d{2,5})?((?:\/[\+~%\/\.\w\-_]*)?\??(?:[\-\+=&;%@\.\w_]*)#?(?:[\.\!\/\\\w]*))?)/i;
-
+const URL_REGEXP = /^((([A-Za-z]{3,9}:(?:\/[\/]*)?)(?:[\-;:&=\+\$,\w]+@)?[A-Za-z0-9\.\-]+|(?:www\.|[\-;:&=\+\$,\w]+@)[A-Za-z0-9\.\-]+)(?::\d{2,5})?((?:\/[\+~%\/\.\w\-_]*)?\??(?:[\-\+=&;%@\.\w_]*)#?(?:[\.\!\/\\\w]*))?)$/i;
 /**
  * Determines whether the given string looks like a URL.
  *
@@ -13,10 +12,5 @@ const URL_REGEXP = /((([A-Za-z]{3,9}:(?:\/\/)?)(?:[\-;:&=\+\$,\w]+@)?[A-Za-z0-9\
  * @return {boolean} Whether or not it looks like a URL.
  */
 export function isURL( url ) {
-	const match = url.match( URL_REGEXP );
-	// The current REGEX pattern will match strings where a valid url is part of it,
-	// so things like 'this is https://wordpress.com' will return true using `URL_REGEXP.test( url );`.
-	// This check will ensure that the matched url (the url found) is the same as the original string,
-	// so the given example will return false.
-	return match !== null && match.length >= 1 && match[ 0 ] === url;
+	return URL_REGEXP.test( url );
 }
diff --git a/packages/url/src/test/index.test.js b/packages/url/src/test/index.test.js
index f51192808ac826..d14572627de149 100644
--- a/packages/url/src/test/index.test.js
+++ b/packages/url/src/test/index.test.js
@@ -37,8 +37,11 @@ describe( 'isURL', () => {
 		[ 'https://wordpress.org/./foo' ],
 		[ 'https://wordpress.org/path?query#fragment' ],
 		[ 'https://localhost/foo#bar' ],
+		[ 'https:///localhost/foo#bar' ],
 		[ 'mailto:example@example.com' ],
 		[ 'ssh://user:password@127.0.0.1:8080' ],
+		[ 'file:///localfolder/file.mov' ],
+		[ 'file:/localfolder/file.mov' ],
 	] )( 'valid (true): %s', ( url ) => {
 		expect( isURL( url ) ).toBe( true );
 	} );