diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 75661e659..9427a0952 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 .. currentmodule:: wtforms
 
+Version 3.X.X
+-------------
+
+Unreleased
+
+- :class:`~validators.URL` validator is based on `urllib.urlparse` and
+  allows `username:password@` values.
+
 Version 3.1.2
 -------------
 
diff --git a/src/wtforms/validators.py b/src/wtforms/validators.py
index d5b3c39a9..15c8433dc 100644
--- a/src/wtforms/validators.py
+++ b/src/wtforms/validators.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import math
 import re
 import uuid
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 __all__ = (
     "DataRequired",
@@ -505,9 +506,9 @@ def __call__(self, form, field):
         super().__call__(form, field, message)
 
 
-class URL(Regexp):
+class URL:
     """
-    Simple regexp based url validation. Much like the email validator, you
+    Simple url validation. Much like the email validator, you
     probably want to validate the url later by other means if the url must
     resolve.
 
@@ -522,14 +523,7 @@ class URL(Regexp):
     """
 
     def __init__(self, require_tld=True, allow_ip=True, message=None):
-        regex = (
-            r"^[a-z]+://"
-            r"(?P<host>[^\/\?:]+)"
-            r"(?P<port>:[0-9]+)?"
-            r"(?P<path>\/.*?)?"
-            r"(?P<query>\?.*)?$"
-        )
-        super().__init__(regex, re.IGNORECASE, message)
+        self.message = message
         self.validate_hostname = HostnameValidation(
             require_tld=require_tld, allow_ip=allow_ip
         )
@@ -539,8 +533,18 @@ def __call__(self, form, field):
         if message is None:
             message = field.gettext("Invalid URL.")
 
-        match = super().__call__(form, field, message)
-        if not self.validate_hostname(match.group("host")):
+        try:
+            r = urlparse(field.data)
+        except ValueError as exc:
+            raise ValidationError(message) from exc
+
+        if not r.scheme:
+            raise ValidationError(message)
+
+        if not r.hostname:
+            raise ValidationError(message)
+
+        if not self.validate_hostname(r.hostname):
             raise ValidationError(message)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/validators/test_url.py b/tests/validators/test_url.py
index 30d9f8ce0..26e317479 100644
--- a/tests/validators/test_url.py
+++ b/tests/validators/test_url.py
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
         "\u0625\u062e\u062a\u0628\u0627\u0631/foo.com",  # Arabic
         "http://उदाहरण.परीक्षा/",  # Hindi
         "http://실례.테스트",  # Hangul
+        "http://username:password@foobar.dk",
+        "http://username@foobar.dk",
+        "http://usern@me:p@ssword@foobar.dk",
+        "http://username:password@foobar.dk:1234/path?query=parm",
     ],
 )
 def test_valid_url_passes(url_val, dummy_form, dummy_field):
@@ -42,6 +46,7 @@ def test_valid_url_passes(url_val, dummy_form, dummy_field):
         "http://foobar:5000?query=param&foo=faa",
         "http://foobar/path?query=param&foo=faa",
         "http://foobar:1234/path?query=param&foo=faa",
+        "http://user:password@foobar:1234/path?query=param&foo=faa",
     ],
 )
 def test_valid_url_notld_passes(url_val, dummy_form, dummy_field):