diff --git a/src/crawlee/request_loaders/_request_list.py b/src/crawlee/request_loaders/_request_list.py
index 56f19e855c..c4523ba2c8 100644
--- a/src/crawlee/request_loaders/_request_list.py
+++ b/src/crawlee/request_loaders/_request_list.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from logging import getLogger
 from typing import Annotated
 
-from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, Field
+from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, Field, ValidationError
 from typing_extensions import override
 
 from crawlee._request import Request
@@ -106,10 +106,14 @@ async def _get_state(self) -> RequestListState:
         if self._persist_request_data:
             async with self._requests_lock:
                 if not await self._requests_data.has_persisted_state():
-                    self._requests_data.current_value.requests = [
-                        request if isinstance(request, Request) else Request.from_url(request)
-                        async for request in self._requests
-                    ]
+                    self._requests_data.current_value.requests = []
+                    async for processing_request in self._requests:
+                        try:
+                            request = self._transform_request(processing_request)
+                        except ValidationError:
+                            logger.warning(f'Invalid request encountered in the request list: {processing_request}')
+                            continue
+                        self._requests_data.current_value.requests.append(request)
                     await self._requests_data.persist_state()
 
                 self._requests = self._iterate_in_threadpool(
@@ -202,11 +206,18 @@ async def _ensure_next_request(self) -> None:
                     self._next = (self._next[0], to_enqueue[0])
 
     async def _dequeue_requests(self, count: int) -> AsyncGenerator[Request | None]:
-        for _ in range(count):
+        while count > 0:
             try:
-                yield self._transform_request(await self._requests.__anext__())
-            except StopAsyncIteration:  # noqa: PERF203
+                processing_request = await self._requests.__anext__()
+                try:
+                    request = self._transform_request(processing_request)
+                except ValidationError:
+                    logger.warning(f'Invalid request encountered in the request list: {processing_request}')
+                    continue
+                yield request
+            except StopAsyncIteration:
                 yield None
+            count -= 1
 
     async def _iterate_in_threadpool(self, iterable: Iterable[str | Request]) -> AsyncIterator[str | Request]:
         """Inspired by a function of the same name from encode/starlette."""
diff --git a/tests/unit/request_loaders/test_request_list.py b/tests/unit/request_loaders/test_request_list.py
index bf7c094e8c..2625010b42 100644
--- a/tests/unit/request_loaders/test_request_list.py
+++ b/tests/unit/request_loaders/test_request_list.py
@@ -240,3 +240,31 @@ async def test_persist_requests_key_only_persists_once() -> None:
     fetched_request = await request_list_2.fetch_next_request()
     assert fetched_request is not None
     assert fetched_request.url == 'https://once2.placeholder.com'  # From original data
+
+
+async def test_handle_invalid_url() -> None:
+    """Test that invalid URLs are handled gracefully."""
+    request_list = RequestList(['invalid-url.com', 'https://valid.placeholder.com'])
+
+    # First request is invalid, should be skipped without crashing
+    request = await request_list.fetch_next_request()
+    assert request is not None
+    assert request.url == 'https://valid.placeholder.com'
+    await request_list.mark_request_as_handled(request)
+
+
+async def test_handle_invalid_url_with_persistence() -> None:
+    """Test that invalid URLs are handled gracefully even when persistence is enabled."""
+    persist_key = 'test_invalid_url_persistence'
+    request_list = RequestList(['invalid-url.com', 'https://valid.placeholder.com'], persist_requests_key=persist_key)
+
+    # First request is invalid, should be skipped without crashing
+    request = await request_list.fetch_next_request()
+    assert request is not None
+    assert request.url == 'https://valid.placeholder.com'
+    await request_list.mark_request_as_handled(request)
+
+    # Check that the valid URL was persisted and the invalid one was not
+    kvs = await KeyValueStore.open()
+    persisted_data = await kvs.get_value(persist_key)
+    assert persisted_data is not None