diff --git a/lib/install.js b/lib/install.js
index 82705428..92c80d57 100644
--- a/lib/install.js
+++ b/lib/install.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const existsAsync = fs.exists || path.exists;
 const versioning = require('./util/versioning.js');
 const napi = require('./util/napi.js');
 const s3_setup = require('./util/s3_setup.js');
-const url = require('url');
+const url = require('./util/url.js');
 // for fetching binaries
 const fetch = require('node-fetch');
 const tar = require('tar');
diff --git a/lib/publish.js b/lib/publish.js
index 23ef53b8..3727f2b3 100644
--- a/lib/publish.js
+++ b/lib/publish.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const versioning = require('./util/versioning.js');
 const napi = require('./util/napi.js');
 const s3_setup = require('./util/s3_setup.js');
 const existsAsync = fs.exists || path.exists;
-const url = require('url');
+const url = require('./util/url.js');
 
 function publish(gyp, argv, callback) {
   const package_json = gyp.package_json;
diff --git a/lib/unpublish.js b/lib/unpublish.js
index cb198e39..99da3abb 100644
--- a/lib/unpublish.js
+++ b/lib/unpublish.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const log = require('./util/log.js');
 const versioning = require('./util/versioning.js');
 const napi = require('./util/napi.js');
 const s3_setup = require('./util/s3_setup.js');
-const url = require('url');
+const url = require('./util/url.js');
 
 function unpublish(gyp, argv, callback) {
   const package_json = gyp.package_json;
diff --git a/lib/util/s3_setup.js b/lib/util/s3_setup.js
index ccbfa74e..fc9e1bc3 100644
--- a/lib/util/s3_setup.js
+++ b/lib/util/s3_setup.js
@@ -2,13 +2,12 @@
 
 module.exports = exports;
 
-const url = require('url');
 
 module.exports.detect = function(opts) {
   const config = {};
 
   const to = opts.hosted_path;
-  const uri = url.parse(to);
+  const uri = new URL(to);
 
   if (opts.bucket && opts.region) {
     // use user defined settings for host, region, bucket
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ module.exports.detect = function(opts) {
     // https://bucket-name.s3.Region.amazonaws.com/key-name (dash Region)
     // or in some legacy region of this format:
     // https://bucket-name.s3-Region.amazonaws.com/key-name (dot Region)
-    const parts = uri.hostname.split('.s3');
+    const parts = uri.hostname.replace(/^\[|\]$/, '').split('.s3');
 
     // there is nothing before the .s3
     // not a valid s3 virtual host bucket url
diff --git a/lib/util/url.js b/lib/util/url.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d548a906
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/util/url.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+'use strict';
+
+// url.resolve is deprecated because it invokes the deprecated url.parse() internally
+// https://nodejs.org/api/url.html#urlresolvefrom-to
+module.exports.resolve = function(from, to) {
+  const resolvedUrl = new URL(to, new URL(from, 'resolve://'));
+  if (resolvedUrl.protocol === 'resolve:') {
+    // `from` is a relative URL.
+    const { pathname, search, hash } = resolvedUrl;
+
+    // To keep consistency with deprecated url.resolve(), we need to remove the leading '/' from pathname
+    if (pathname[0] === '/') {
+      return pathname.slice(1) + search + hash;
+    }
+
+    return pathname + search + hash;
+  }
+  return resolvedUrl.toString();
+};
diff --git a/lib/util/versioning.js b/lib/util/versioning.js
index b69b367e..7a5a52f2 100644
--- a/lib/util/versioning.js
+++ b/lib/util/versioning.js
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ module.exports = exports;
 
 const path = require('path');
 const semver = require('semver');
-const url = require('url');
 const detect_libc = require('detect-libc');
 const napi = require('./napi.js');
+const url = require('./url.js');
 
 let abi_crosswalk;
 
@@ -221,9 +221,13 @@ function validate_config(package_json, opts) {
   }
   if (o) {
     // enforce https over http
-    const protocol = url.parse(o.host).protocol;
-    if (protocol === 'http:') {
-      throw new Error("'host' protocol (" + protocol + ") is invalid - only 'https:' is accepted");
+    try {
+      const protocol = new URL(o.host).protocol;
+      if (protocol === 'http:') {
+        throw new Error("'host' protocol (" + protocol + ") is invalid - only 'https:' is accepted");
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      // do nothing
     }
   }
   napi.validate_package_json(package_json, opts);