diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/AbstractFixJavadocMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/AbstractFixJavadocMojo.java
index ff065c7e..c48258f9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/AbstractFixJavadocMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/AbstractFixJavadocMojo.java
@@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ private ClassLoader getProjectClassLoader()
             {
                 try
                 {
-                    urls.add( new File( filename ).toURL() );
+                    urls.add( new File( filename ).toURI().toURL() );
                 }
                 catch ( MalformedURLException e )
                 {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/JavadocUtilTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/JavadocUtilTest.java
index 33431b5a..e3a00d1b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/JavadocUtilTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/JavadocUtilTest.java
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ public void testIsValidPackageList()
             assertTrue( true );
         }
 
-        url = new File( getBasedir(), "/pom.xml" ).toURL();
+        url = new File( getBasedir(), "/pom.xml" ).toURI().toURL();
         assertTrue( JavadocUtil.isValidPackageList( url, settings, false ) );
 
         try