diff --git a/common/deps.edn b/common/deps.edn
index aa42cd43ec..9955b4cc85 100644
--- a/common/deps.edn
+++ b/common/deps.edn
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   funcool/promesa {:mvn/version "6.0.1"}
   funcool/cuerdas {:mvn/version "2021.05.29-0"}
 
-  lambdaisland/uri {:mvn/version "1.4.54"
+  lambdaisland/uri {:mvn/version "1.4.70"
                     :exclusions [org.clojure/data.json]}
 
   frankiesardo/linked {:mvn/version "1.3.0"}
diff --git a/common/src/app/common/uri.cljc b/common/src/app/common/uri.cljc
index d381ee7b0a..dbe03bf79e 100644
--- a/common/src/app/common/uri.cljc
+++ b/common/src/app/common/uri.cljc
@@ -15,10 +15,7 @@
 (d/export u/join)
 (d/export u/query-encode)
 (d/export un/percent-encode)
-
-(defn uri?
-  [o]
-  (instance? lambdaisland.uri.URI o))
+(d/export u/uri?)
 
 (defn query-string->map
   [s]