diff --git a/nifi-commons/nifi-utils/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/util/file/classloader/ClassLoaderUtils.java b/nifi-commons/nifi-utils/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/util/file/classloader/ClassLoaderUtils.java
index 61ef0173e0..487c9d39b6 100644
--- a/nifi-commons/nifi-utils/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/util/file/classloader/ClassLoaderUtils.java
+++ b/nifi-commons/nifi-utils/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/util/file/classloader/ClassLoaderUtils.java
@@ -155,13 +155,17 @@ public class ClassLoaderUtils {
     }
 
     private static long getLastModified(String url) {
-        File file = null;
+        long lastModified = 0;
         try {
-            file = new File(new URI(url));
+            final URI uri = new URI(url);
+            if (uri.getScheme().equals("file")) {
+                final File file = new File(uri);
+                lastModified = file.lastModified();
+            }
         } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
             LOGGER.error("Error getting last modified date for " + url);
         }
-        return file != null ? file.lastModified() : 0;
+        return lastModified;
     }
 
     protected static ClassLoader createModuleClassLoader(URL[] modules, ClassLoader parentClassLoader) {
diff --git a/nifi-commons/nifi-utils/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/util/file/classloader/TestClassLoaderUtils.java b/nifi-commons/nifi-utils/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/util/file/classloader/TestClassLoaderUtils.java
index e2bec02eba..2ba4796bdc 100644
--- a/nifi-commons/nifi-utils/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/util/file/classloader/TestClassLoaderUtils.java
+++ b/nifi-commons/nifi-utils/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/util/file/classloader/TestClassLoaderUtils.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import java.io.FilenameFilter;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
-import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.HashSet;
@@ -114,7 +113,7 @@ public class TestClassLoaderUtils {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testGenerateAdditionalUrlsFingerprint() throws MalformedURLException, URISyntaxException {
+    public void testGenerateAdditionalUrlsFingerprintForFileUrl() throws MalformedURLException {
         final Set<URL> urls = new HashSet<>();
         URL testUrl = Paths.get("src/test/resources/TestClassLoaderUtils/TestSuccess.jar").toUri().toURL();
         urls.add(testUrl);
@@ -122,6 +121,15 @@ public class TestClassLoaderUtils {
         assertNotNull(testFingerprint);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testGenerateAdditionalUrlsFingerprintForHttpUrl() throws MalformedURLException {
+        final Set<URL> urls = new HashSet<>();
+        URL testUrl = new URL("http://myhost/TestSuccess.jar");
+        urls.add(testUrl);
+        String testFingerprint = ClassLoaderUtils.generateAdditionalUrlsFingerprint(urls, null);
+        assertNotNull(testFingerprint);
+    }
+
     protected FilenameFilter getJarFilenameFilter(){
         return  (dir, name) -> name != null && name.endsWith(".jar");
     }