diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 94880a5..b87e1e0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,17 +15,16 @@ build = "build.rs"
 
 [features]
 default = ["lnurl-auth", "sigs-auth"]
-lnurl-auth = ["dep:bitcoin", "dep:url", "dep:serde", "dep:serde_json"]
+lnurl-auth = ["dep:bitcoin", "dep:serde", "dep:serde_json"]
 sigs-auth = ["dep:bitcoin"]
 
 [dependencies]
 prost = "0.11.6"
-bitreq = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["async-https"] }
+bitreq = { version = "0.3.4", default-features = false, features = ["async-https"] }
 tokio = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["time"] }
 rand = "0.8.5"
 async-trait = "0.1.77"
 bitcoin = { version = "0.32.2", default-features = false, features = ["std", "rand-std"], optional = true }
-url = { version = "2.5.0", default-features = false, optional = true, features = ["std"] }
 base64 = { version = "0.22", default-features = false, features = ["std"]}
 serde = { version = "1.0.196", default-features = false, features = ["serde_derive"], optional = true }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.113", default-features = false, features = ["std"], optional = true }
diff --git a/src/headers/lnurl_auth_jwt.rs b/src/headers/lnurl_auth_jwt.rs
index 1f52efb..c02fc92 100644
--- a/src/headers/lnurl_auth_jwt.rs
+++ b/src/headers/lnurl_auth_jwt.rs
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ use bitcoin::hashes::sha256;
 use bitcoin::hashes::{Hash, HashEngine, Hmac, HmacEngine};
 use bitcoin::secp256k1::{Message, Secp256k1, SignOnly};
 use bitcoin::PrivateKey;
+use bitreq::Url;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::RwLock;
 use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime};
-use url::Url;
 
 // Derivation index of the hashing private key as defined by LUD-05.
 const HASHING_DERIVATION_INDEX: u32 = 0;
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ fn sign_lnurl(
 		error: format!("invalid lnurl: {}", lnurl_str.escape_debug()),
 	};
 	let mut lnurl = Url::parse(lnurl_str).map_err(|_| invalid_lnurl())?;
-	let domain = lnurl.domain().ok_or(invalid_lnurl())?;
+	let domain = lnurl.base_url();
 	let k1_str = lnurl
 		.query_pairs()
 		.find(|(k, _)| k == K1_QUERY_PARAM)
@@ -218,10 +218,11 @@ fn sign_lnurl(
 	let sig = engine.sign_ecdsa(&message, &linking_private_key.inner);
 
 	// Compose LNURL with signature and linking public key.
-	lnurl
-		.query_pairs_mut()
-		.append_pair(SIG_QUERY_PARAM, &sig.serialize_der().to_string())
-		.append_pair(KEY_QUERY_PARAM, &linking_public_key.to_string());
+	let serialized_sig = sig.serialize_der().to_string();
+	let serialized_pubkey = linking_public_key.to_string();
+	let query_params =
+		[(SIG_QUERY_PARAM, serialized_sig.as_str()), (KEY_QUERY_PARAM, serialized_pubkey.as_str())];
+	lnurl.append_query_params(query_params.into_iter());
 	Ok(lnurl.to_string())
 }