diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 84dfe251..e2fec647 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/):
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Account for URL covariance in `Url:join()` ([#3514])
+
 ## [v26.1.4]
 
 ### Added
@@ -1583,3 +1587,4 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/):
 [#3477]: https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/pull/3477
 [#3482]: https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/pull/3482
 [#3494]: https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/pull/3494
+[#3514]: https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/pull/3514
diff --git a/yazi-binding/src/url.rs b/yazi-binding/src/url.rs
index 44af8778..41da1ef6 100644
--- a/yazi-binding/src/url.rs
+++ b/yazi-binding/src/url.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::ops::Deref;
 
 use mlua::{AnyUserData, ExternalError, ExternalResult, FromLua, IntoLua, Lua, MetaMethod, UserData, UserDataFields, UserDataMethods, UserDataRef, Value};
 use yazi_fs::{FsHash64, FsHash128, FsUrl};
-use yazi_shared::{path::{PathLike, StripPrefixError}, scheme::SchemeCow, strand::{StrandLike, ToStrand}, url::{AsUrl, UrlCow, UrlLike}};
+use yazi_shared::{path::{PathLike, StripPrefixError}, scheme::{SchemeCow, SchemeLike}, strand::{StrandLike, ToStrand}, url::{AsUrl, UrlCow, UrlLike}};
 
 use crate::{Path, Scheme, cached_field, deprecate};
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ impl Url {
 			Value::String(s) => {
 				let b = s.as_bytes();
 				let (scheme, path) = SchemeCow::parse(&b)?;
-				if scheme == self.scheme() {
+				if scheme.covariant(self.scheme()) {
 					Self::new(self.try_join(path).into_lua_err()?).into_lua(lua)
 				} else {
 					Self::new(UrlCow::try_from((scheme, path))?).into_lua(lua)
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ impl Url {
 			}
 			Value::UserData(ref ud) => {
 				let url = ud.borrow::<Self>()?;
-				if url.scheme() == self.scheme() {
+				if url.scheme().covariant(self.scheme()) {
 					Self::new(self.try_join(url.loc()).into_lua_err()?).into_lua(lua)
 				} else {
 					Ok(other)