diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 49a04d7e..c28756ed 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 version: 2.1
 
 orbs:
-  codacy: codacy/base@12.1.2
+  codacy: codacy/base@12.2.0
 
 references:
   circleci_job: &circleci_job
     docker:
-      - image: circleci/circleci-cli:0.1.29041
+      - image: circleci/circleci-cli:0.1.32638
     working_directory: ~/workdir
 
 commands:
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4a130515..1a025c05 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -32,4 +32,7 @@ musl.tar.gz
 src/graal/bundle
 project/metals.sbt
 site
-.bsp
\ No newline at end of file
+.bsp
+
+#Ignore vscode AI rules
+.github/copilot-instructions.md
diff --git a/api-scala/src/main/scala/com/codacy/api/client/CodacyClient.scala b/api-scala/src/main/scala/com/codacy/api/client/CodacyClient.scala
index 99f32d4a..055a6c0c 100644
--- a/api-scala/src/main/scala/com/codacy/api/client/CodacyClient.scala
+++ b/api-scala/src/main/scala/com/codacy/api/client/CodacyClient.scala
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import play.api.libs.json._
 import com.codacy.api.util.JsonOps
 import scalaj.http.{Http, HttpOptions}
 
-import java.net.URL
+import java.net.{URI, URL}
 import scala.util.{Failure, Success, Try}
 import scala.util.control.NonFatal
 
@@ -23,11 +23,12 @@ class CodacyClient(
   private val tokens = Map.empty[String, String] ++
     apiToken.map(t => "api-token" -> t) ++
     projectToken.map(t => "project-token" -> t) ++
-    // This is deprecated and is kept for backward compatibility. It will removed in the context of CY-1272
+    // This is deprecated and is kept for backward compatibility. It will be removed in the context of CY-1272
     apiToken.map(t => "api_token" -> t) ++
     projectToken.map(t => "project_token" -> t)
 
-  private val remoteUrl = new URL(new URL(apiUrl.getOrElse("https://api.codacy.com")), "/2.0").toString()
+  private val baseUri = new URI(apiUrl.getOrElse("https://api.codacy.com"))
+  private val remoteUrl = baseUri.resolve("/2.0").toURL.toString
 
   private def httpOptions = if (allowUnsafeSSL) Seq(HttpOptions.allowUnsafeSSL) else Seq.empty
 
@@ -66,7 +67,8 @@ class CodacyClient(
         case success => success
       }
     } catch {
-      case NonFatal(ex) => retryPost(request, value, timeoutOpt, sleepTime, numRetries.map(x => x - 1), ex.getMessage)
+      case NonFatal(ex) =>
+        retryPost(request, value, timeoutOpt, sleepTime, numRetries.map(x => x - 1), ex.getMessage)
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/codacy/rules/ConfigurationRules.scala b/src/main/scala/com/codacy/rules/ConfigurationRules.scala
index 6902ad35..48656bcd 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/codacy/rules/ConfigurationRules.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/codacy/rules/ConfigurationRules.scala
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import com.codacy.api.OrganizationProvider
 import com.codacy.api.client.RequestTimeout
 
 import java.io.File
-import java.net.URL
+import java.net.{URI, URL}
 import scala.util.Try
 import wvlet.log.LogSupport
 import com.codacy.configuration.parser.{BaseCommandConfig, CommandConfiguration, Final, Report}
@@ -176,7 +176,13 @@ class ConfigurationRules(cmdConfig: CommandConfiguration, envVars: Map[String, S
     * @return true for valid url, false if not
     */
   private[rules] def validUrl(baseUrl: String): Boolean = {
-    Try(new URL(baseUrl)).toOption.isDefined
+    Try(new URI(baseUrl.trim)).toOption.exists { uri =>
+      val scheme = uri.getScheme
+      val host = uri.getHost
+      scheme != null &&
+      (scheme.equalsIgnoreCase("http") || scheme.equalsIgnoreCase("https")) &&
+      host != null && host.nonEmpty
+    }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/codacy/rules/ReportRules.scala b/src/main/scala/com/codacy/rules/ReportRules.scala
index d5f4631d..220d4d1a 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/codacy/rules/ReportRules.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/codacy/rules/ReportRules.scala
@@ -329,17 +329,13 @@ class ReportRules(coverageServices: => CoverageServices, gitFileFetcher: GitFile
       report: CoverageReport
   )(config: ReportConfig, commitUUID: String, acceptableFileNames: Either[String, Seq[String]]): CoverageReport = {
     val transformations: Seq[Transformation] = acceptableFileNames
-      .fold(
-        error => {
-          logger.warn(s"Report files will not be matched against git files, reason: $error")
-          Seq(new PathPrefixer(config.prefix))
-        },
-        filenames =>
-          Seq(new PathPrefixer(config.prefix), {
-            val acceptableFileNamesMap = filenames.groupBy(getFilenameFromPath).view.toMap
-            new GitFileNameUpdaterAndFilter(acceptableFileNamesMap)
-          })
-      )
+      .fold(error => {
+        logger.warn(s"Report files will not be matched against git files, reason: $error")
+        Seq(new PathPrefixer(config.prefix))
+      }, filenames => {
+        val acceptableFileNamesMap = filenames.groupBy(getFilenameFromPath).view.toMap
+        Seq(new GitFileNameUpdaterAndFilter(acceptableFileNamesMap), new PathPrefixer(config.prefix))
+      })
 
     transformations.foldLeft(report) { (report, transformation) =>
       transformation.execute(report)
diff --git a/src/test/scala/com/codacy/rules/commituuid/providers/GitHubActionProviderSpec.scala b/src/test/scala/com/codacy/rules/commituuid/providers/GitHubActionProviderSpec.scala
index ff4ff968..8f1e5ce2 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/com/codacy/rules/commituuid/providers/GitHubActionProviderSpec.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/com/codacy/rules/commituuid/providers/GitHubActionProviderSpec.scala
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class GitHubActionProviderSpec extends AnyWordSpec with Matchers with EitherValu
         val envVars = Map(
           "GITHUB_EVENT_NAME" -> "pull_request",
           "GITHUB_SHA" -> invalidPullRequestCommitUuid,
-          "GITHUB_EVENT_PATH" -> "src/test/resources/invalid-github-action-pull-request-event.json"
+          "GITHUB_EVENT_PATH" -> "src/test/resources/invalid-github-action-event.json"
         )
         val commitUuidEither = provider.getValidCommitUUID(envVars)
         commitUuidEither should be(Symbol("left"))