diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 7b8d7b8..4a2e61d 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ const yamlParser = (str = "") => {
                 level = level - 1;
             }
             const isArrayItem = line.trim().startsWith("-");
-            let [key, value] = line.trim().split(":").map(v => v.trim());
+            // TODO: improve the regex to capture the line structure
+            let [_, key, value] = (line.trim().match(/^([^:"]*):(.*)$/m) || ["", line]).map(v => v.trim());
             // Check if is a new item of the array
             if (isArrayItem) {
                 key = key.replace(/^(- *)/m, "");
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index a0f444e..d1c6d20 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -376,6 +376,20 @@ describe("utils", () => {
             assert.equal(json.items[2].items[1], "bar");
             assert.equal(json.foo, "bar");
         });
+
+        it("should support ':' characters in value", () => {
+            const json = yaml([
+                `link1: "https://www.example1.com"`,
+                `link2: "https://www.example2.com"`,
+                `items:`,
+                `  - "https://www.example3.com"`,
+                `  - key: "https://www.example4.com"`,
+            ]);
+            assert.equal(json.link1, "https://www.example1.com");
+            assert.equal(json.link2, "https://www.example2.com");
+            assert.equal(json.items[0], "https://www.example3.com");
+            assert.equal(json.items[1].key, "https://www.example4.com");
+        });
     });
 
     describe("frontmatter", () => {