diff --git a/packages/@cdktf/commons/package.json b/packages/@cdktf/commons/package.json
index e7811f9a08..5fdec8b4b3 100644
--- a/packages/@cdktf/commons/package.json
+++ b/packages/@cdktf/commons/package.json
@@ -44,15 +44,16 @@
     "cross-spawn": "7.0.6",
     "follow-redirects": "1.15.9",
     "fs-extra": "11.2.0",
-    "is-valid-domain": "0.1.6",
     "log4js": "6.9.1",
     "strip-ansi": "6.0.1",
-    "uuid": "9.0.1"
+    "uuid": "9.0.1",
+    "validator": "13.12.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/follow-redirects": "1.14.4",
     "@types/fs-extra": "11.0.4",
     "@types/uuid": "9.0.8",
+    "@types/validator": "13.12.2",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "4.33.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "4.33.0",
     "eslint-config-prettier": "8.10.0",
diff --git a/packages/@cdktf/commons/src/terraform-module.test.ts b/packages/@cdktf/commons/src/terraform-module.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c8e7c20ee8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@cdktf/commons/src/terraform-module.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+ */
+
+import { isRegistryModule } from "./terraform-module";
+
+describe("terraform-module", () => {
+  describe.each`
+    source                                                        | expected
+    ${"hashicorp/consul/aws"}                                     | ${true}
+    ${"hashicorp/consul/aws//foo"}                                | ${false}
+    ${"./consul"}                                                 | ${false}
+    ${"git@github.com:hashicorp/example.git"}                     | ${false}
+    ${"github.com/hashicorp/example"}                             | ${false}
+    ${"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-cidr-subnets"}              | ${false}
+    ${"bitbucket.org/hashicorp/terraform-consul-aws"}             | ${false}
+    ${"foo/var/baz/qux"}                                          | ${false}
+    ${"foo.com/var/baz"}                                          | ${true}
+    ${".foo.com/var/baz"}                                         | ${false}
+    ${"f-o-o.com/var/baz"}                                        | ${true}
+    ${"foo.com/var/baz/canz"}                                     | ${true}
+    ${"example.com/awesomecorp/network/happycloud//examples/foo"} | ${false}
+    ${"www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/BUCKET_NAME/PATH_TO_MODULE"} | ${false}
+  `("isRegistryModule($source)", ({ source, expected }) => {
+    it(`expects ${expected}`, () => {
+      expect(isRegistryModule(source)).toBe(expected);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/@cdktf/commons/src/terraform-module.ts b/packages/@cdktf/commons/src/terraform-module.ts
index 0aad128d1e..e231efca9d 100644
--- a/packages/@cdktf/commons/src/terraform-module.ts
+++ b/packages/@cdktf/commons/src/terraform-module.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
-import isValidDomain from "is-valid-domain";
+import { isFQDN } from "validator";
 
 // Logic from https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/blob/e09b831f6ee35d37b11b8dcccd3a6d6f6db5e5ff/internal/addrs/module_source.go#L198
 export function isRegistryModule(source: string) {
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export function isRegistryModule(source: string) {
     return false;
   }
 
-  if (parts.length === 4 && !isValidDomain(parts[0])) {
+  if (parts.length === 4 && !isFQDN(parts[0])) {
     return false;
   }
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7cb395a669..321dd9b5fd 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2405,6 +2405,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/uuid/-/uuid-9.0.8.tgz#7545ba4fc3c003d6c756f651f3bf163d8f0f29ba"
   integrity sha512-jg+97EGIcY9AGHJJRaaPVgetKDsrTgbRjQ5Msgjh/DQKEFl0DtyRr/VCOyD1T2R1MNeWPK/u7JoGhlDZnKBAfA==
 
+"@types/validator@13.12.2":
+  version "13.12.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/validator/-/validator-13.12.2.tgz#760329e756e18a4aab82fc502b51ebdfebbe49f5"
+  integrity sha512-6SlHBzUW8Jhf3liqrGGXyTJSIFe4nqlJ5A5KaMZ2l/vbM3Wh3KSybots/wfWVzNLK4D1NZluDlSQIbIEPx6oyA==
+
 "@types/wrap-ansi@^3.0.0":
   version "3.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/wrap-ansi/-/wrap-ansi-3.0.0.tgz#18b97a972f94f60a679fd5c796d96421b9abb9fd"
@@ -6930,13 +6935,6 @@ is-upper-case@^2.0.2:
   dependencies:
     tslib "^2.0.3"
 
-is-valid-domain@0.1.6:
-  version "0.1.6"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-valid-domain/-/is-valid-domain-0.1.6.tgz#3c85469d2938f170c8f82ce6e52df8ad9fca8105"
-  integrity sha512-ZKtq737eFkZr71At8NxOFcP9O1K89gW3DkdrGMpp1upr/ueWjj+Weh4l9AI4rN0Gt8W2M1w7jrG2b/Yv83Ljpg==
-  dependencies:
-    punycode "^2.1.1"
-
 is-weakmap@^2.0.2:
   version "2.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-weakmap/-/is-weakmap-2.0.2.tgz#bf72615d649dfe5f699079c54b83e47d1ae19cfd"
@@ -12230,6 +12228,11 @@ validate-npm-package-name@^5.0.0:
   dependencies:
     builtins "^5.0.0"
 
+validator@13.12.0:
+  version "13.12.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/validator/-/validator-13.12.0.tgz#7d78e76ba85504da3fee4fd1922b385914d4b35f"
+  integrity sha512-c1Q0mCiPlgdTVVVIJIrBuxNicYE+t/7oKeI9MWLj3fh/uq2Pxh/3eeWbVZ4OcGW1TUf53At0njHw5SMdA3tmMg==
+
 w3c-hr-time@^1.0.2:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/w3c-hr-time/-/w3c-hr-time-1.0.2.tgz#0a89cdf5cc15822df9c360543676963e0cc308cd"