diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index ad0d5fa78..b6fbf0889 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <div id="app"></div>
     <script>
       // Do NOT change 'ENV' without changing 'custom_env_vars_anchor' in scripts/inject-dynamic-env.sh as well
-      const ENV = {PORTAL_ASSETS_URL:"http://localhost:3000/assets",PORTAL_BACKEND_URL:"https://portal-backend.example.org",CENTRALIDP_URL:"https://centralidp.example.org/auth",SSI_CREDENTIAL_URL:"https://ssi-credential-issuer.example.org",BPDM_API_URL:"https://business-partners.example.org/pool/v6",SEMANTICS_URL:"https://semantics.example.org",MANAGED_IDENTITY_WALLETS_NEW_URL:"https://managed-identity-wallets-new.example.org",REALM:"CX-Central",CLIENT_ID:"Cl2-CX-Portal",CLIENT_ID_SEMANTIC:"Cl3-CX-Semantic",CLIENT_ID_MIW:"Cl5-CX-Custodian",CLIENT_ID_SSI_CREDENTIAL:"Cl24-CX-SSI-CredentialIssuer"}
+      const ENV = {REQUIRE_HTTPS_URL_PATTERN:"true",PORTAL_ASSETS_URL:"http://localhost:3000/assets",PORTAL_BACKEND_URL:"https://portal-backend.example.org",CENTRALIDP_URL:"https://centralidp.example.org/auth",SSI_CREDENTIAL_URL:"https://ssi-credential-issuer.example.org",BPDM_API_URL:"https://business-partners.example.org/pool/v6",SEMANTICS_URL:"https://semantics.example.org",MANAGED_IDENTITY_WALLETS_NEW_URL:"https://managed-identity-wallets-new.example.org",REALM:"CX-Central",CLIENT_ID:"Cl2-CX-Portal",CLIENT_ID_SEMANTIC:"Cl3-CX-Semantic",CLIENT_ID_MIW:"Cl5-CX-Custodian",CLIENT_ID_SSI_CREDENTIAL:"Cl24-CX-SSI-CredentialIssuer"}
     </script>
     <script type="module" src="/src/index.tsx"></script>
   </body>
diff --git a/jest.config.ts b/jest.config.ts
index 72150bd1a..0a5c3e7ff 100644
--- a/jest.config.ts
+++ b/jest.config.ts
@@ -27,4 +27,7 @@ export default {
   moduleNameMapper: {
     '\\.(gif|ttf|eot|svg|png)$': '<rootDir>/test/__ mocks __/fileMock.js',
   },
+  globals: {
+    ENV: true,
+  },
 }
diff --git a/scripts/inject-dynamic-env.sh b/scripts/inject-dynamic-env.sh
index 0d85d2b66..99017910f 100644
--- a/scripts/inject-dynamic-env.sh
+++ b/scripts/inject-dynamic-env.sh
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
 ###############################################################
 
 # Define custom variable
-custom_env_vars='{PORTAL_ASSETS_URL:"'$PORTAL_ASSETS_URL'",PORTAL_BACKEND_URL:"'$PORTAL_BACKEND_URL'",CENTRALIDP_URL:"'$CENTRALIDP_URL'",SSI_CREDENTIAL_URL:"'$SSI_CREDENTIAL_URL'",BPDM_API_URL:"'$BPDM_API_URL'",SEMANTICS_URL:"'$SEMANTICS_URL'",MANAGED_IDENTITY_WALLETS_NEW_URL:"'$MANAGED_IDENTITY_WALLETS_NEW_URL'",REALM:"'$REALM'",CLIENT_ID:"'$CLIENT_ID'",CLIENT_ID_SEMANTIC:"'$CLIENT_ID_SEMANTIC'",CLIENT_ID_MIW:"'$CLIENT_ID_MIW'",CLIENT_ID_SSI_CREDENTIAL:"'$CLIENT_ID_SSI_CREDENTIAL'"}'
+custom_env_vars='{REQUIRE_HTTPS_URL_PATTERN:"'$REQUIRE_HTTPS_URL_PATTERN'",PORTAL_ASSETS_URL:"'$PORTAL_ASSETS_URL'",PORTAL_BACKEND_URL:"'$PORTAL_BACKEND_URL'",CENTRALIDP_URL:"'$CENTRALIDP_URL'",SSI_CREDENTIAL_URL:"'$SSI_CREDENTIAL_URL'",BPDM_API_URL:"'$BPDM_API_URL'",SEMANTICS_URL:"'$SEMANTICS_URL'",MANAGED_IDENTITY_WALLETS_NEW_URL:"'$MANAGED_IDENTITY_WALLETS_NEW_URL'",REALM:"'$REALM'",CLIENT_ID:"'$CLIENT_ID'",CLIENT_ID_SEMANTIC:"'$CLIENT_ID_SEMANTIC'",CLIENT_ID_MIW:"'$CLIENT_ID_MIW'",CLIENT_ID_SSI_CREDENTIAL:"'$CLIENT_ID_SSI_CREDENTIAL'"}'
 # Define anchor variable
-custom_env_vars_anchor='{PORTAL_ASSETS_URL:"http://localhost:3000/assets",PORTAL_BACKEND_URL:"https://portal-backend.example.org",CENTRALIDP_URL:"https://centralidp.example.org/auth",SSI_CREDENTIAL_URL:"https://ssi-credential-issuer.example.org",BPDM_API_URL:"https://business-partners.example.org/pool/v6",SEMANTICS_URL:"https://semantics.example.org",MANAGED_IDENTITY_WALLETS_NEW_URL:"https://managed-identity-wallets-new.example.org",REALM:"CX-Central",CLIENT_ID:"Cl2-CX-Portal",CLIENT_ID_SEMANTIC:"Cl3-CX-Semantic",CLIENT_ID_MIW:"Cl5-CX-Custodian",CLIENT_ID_SSI_CREDENTIAL:"Cl24-CX-SSI-CredentialIssuer"}'
+custom_env_vars_anchor='{REQUIRE_HTTPS_URL_PATTERN:"true",PORTAL_ASSETS_URL:"http://localhost:3000/assets",PORTAL_BACKEND_URL:"https://portal-backend.example.org",CENTRALIDP_URL:"https://centralidp.example.org/auth",SSI_CREDENTIAL_URL:"https://ssi-credential-issuer.example.org",BPDM_API_URL:"https://business-partners.example.org/pool/v6",SEMANTICS_URL:"https://semantics.example.org",MANAGED_IDENTITY_WALLETS_NEW_URL:"https://managed-identity-wallets-new.example.org",REALM:"CX-Central",CLIENT_ID:"Cl2-CX-Portal",CLIENT_ID_SEMANTIC:"Cl3-CX-Semantic",CLIENT_ID_MIW:"Cl5-CX-Custodian",CLIENT_ID_SSI_CREDENTIAL:"Cl24-CX-SSI-CredentialIssuer"}'
 # Read content of the reference index.html file into the index_html_reference variable
 index_html_reference=`cat /usr/share/nginx/html/index.html.reference`
 # Replace the anchor variable with the custom variable in the index.html file 
diff --git a/src/services/EnvironmentService.ts b/src/services/EnvironmentService.ts
index f940fc800..b504b06af 100644
--- a/src/services/EnvironmentService.ts
+++ b/src/services/EnvironmentService.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
 
 declare const ENV: Record<string, string>
 
+// get the value of REQUIRE_HTTPS_URL_PATTERN environment variable, defaulting to 'true' if not set
+export const getRequireHttpsUrlPattern = () =>
+  ENV.REQUIRE_HTTPS_URL_PATTERN ?? 'true'
+
 export const getRealm = () => ENV.REALM ?? ''
 
 export const getClientId = () => ENV.CLIENT_ID ?? ''
@@ -46,6 +50,7 @@ export const getMiwBase = () => ENV.MANAGED_IDENTITY_WALLETS_NEW_URL ?? ''
 export const getSSICredentialBase = () => ENV.SSI_CREDENTIAL_URL ?? ''
 
 const EnvironmentService = {
+  getRequireHttpsUrlPattern,
   getRealm,
   getClientId,
   getClientIdSemantic,
diff --git a/src/types/Patterns.ts b/src/types/Patterns.ts
index 3bc13d37f..70a290aab 100644
--- a/src/types/Patterns.ts
+++ b/src/types/Patterns.ts
@@ -18,9 +18,21 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  ********************************************************************************/
 
+import { getRequireHttpsUrlPattern } from '../services/EnvironmentService'
+
+// check the REQUIRE_HTTPS_URL_PATTERN environment variable, defaulting to !== 'false' if not set
+const requireHttpsUrlPattern = getRequireHttpsUrlPattern() !== 'false'
+
 const DOMAIN =
   /([a-z0-9]|[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]{0,61}[a-z0-9])(\.([a-z0-9]|[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]{0,61}[a-z0-9])){1,10}/i
 const URLPATH = /(\/[a-z0-9-._~:/?#[\]@!$&'()*+,;=%]{0,500}){0,20}/
+// construct regex patterns for URL based on the REQUIRE_HTTPS_URL_PATTERN environment variable
+const urlProtocol = requireHttpsUrlPattern ? 'https' : 'https?'
+const urlPattern = new RegExp(
+  `^(${urlProtocol})://(${DOMAIN.source})(:\\d{1,5})?(${URLPATH.source})?$`,
+  'i'
+)
+const prefixUrlPattern = new RegExp(`^${urlProtocol}:`, 'i')
 
 export const Patterns = {
   ID: /^[a-z0-9_.@-]{1,80}$/i,
@@ -29,10 +41,7 @@ export const Patterns = {
   MAIL: /^(([^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@"]+(\.[^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@"]+)*))@(([a-z0-9-]+\.)+[a-z]{2,})$/,
   DOMAIN: new RegExp(`^${DOMAIN.source}$`, 'i'),
   PATH: new RegExp(`^${URLPATH.source}$`, 'i'),
-  URL: new RegExp(
-    `^(https)://(${DOMAIN.source})(:\\d{1,5})?(${URLPATH.source})?$`,
-    'i'
-  ),
+  URL: urlPattern,
   UUID: /^[a-f0-9]{8}(-[a-f0-9]{4}){4}[a-f0-9]{8}$/i,
   EXTID: /^[a-z0-9]{6,36}$/i,
   COMPANY_NAME:
@@ -43,7 +52,7 @@ export const Patterns = {
   regionName: /^[0-9A-Za-z- ]{2,20}$/,
   prefix: {
     BPN: /^BPNL/i,
-    URL: /^https:/i,
+    URL: prefixUrlPattern,
     MAIL: /^(([^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@"]+(\.[^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@"]+)*)|(".+"))@/,
   },
   SEARCH: /^[a-zA-ZÀ-ÿ0-9 !?@&_\-.]{3,80}$/,