diff --git a/changelog/pmikolajczyk-nit-4652.md b/changelog/pmikolajczyk-nit-4652.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c45aa52816f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/pmikolajczyk-nit-4652.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+### Changed
+- Enable http communication between block validator and validation server
diff --git a/staker/block_validator.go b/staker/block_validator.go
index fb0f3c752a2..56755895570 100644
--- a/staker/block_validator.go
+++ b/staker/block_validator.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
 	"regexp"
+	"slices"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"testing"
@@ -203,8 +204,8 @@ func (c *BlockValidatorConfig) Validate() error {
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("failed parsing validation server's url:%s err: %w", serverUrl, err)
 			}
-			if u.Scheme != "ws" && u.Scheme != "wss" {
-				return fmt.Errorf("validation server's url scheme is unsupported, it should either be ws or wss, url:%s", serverUrl)
+			if !slices.Contains([]string{"ws", "wss", "http", "https"}, u.Scheme) {
+				return fmt.Errorf("validation server's url scheme is unsupported, it should be ws, wss, http, or https, url:%s", serverUrl)
 			}
 		}
 	}