diff --git a/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/channel/channel_url.rs b/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/channel/channel_url.rs
index 52e3697b0..39bf65e50 100644
--- a/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/channel/channel_url.rs
+++ b/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/channel/channel_url.rs
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ use crate::{utils::url_with_trailing_slash::UrlWithTrailingSlash, Platform};
 /// * The URL always contains a trailing `/`.
 ///
 /// This is useful to be able to compare different channels.
-#[derive(Clone, Hash, Eq, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Clone, Hash, Eq, PartialEq, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(transparent)]
 pub struct ChannelUrl(UrlWithTrailingSlash);
 
 impl ChannelUrl {
     /// Returns the base Url of the channel.
-    pub fn url(&self) -> &Url {
+    pub fn url(&self) -> &UrlWithTrailingSlash {
         &self.0
     }
 
@@ -34,6 +34,19 @@ impl ChannelUrl {
     }
 }
 
+// Override the behavior of the `Serialize` trait to remove the trailing slash.
+// In code, we want to ensure that a trailing slash is always present but when
+// we serialize the type it can be removed to safe space and make it look better
+// for humans.
+impl Serialize for ChannelUrl {
+    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+    where
+        S: serde::Serializer,
+    {
+        self.as_str().trim_end_matches('/').serialize(serializer)
+    }
+}
+
 impl Debug for ChannelUrl {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
         write!(f, "{}", self.0.as_str())
diff --git a/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/channel/mod.rs b/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/channel/mod.rs
index 7b198f56a..fb533b926 100644
--- a/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/channel/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/channel/mod.rs
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ mod tests {
         let channel = Channel::from_str("conda-forge", &config).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(
             channel.base_url.url().clone(),
-            Url::from_str("https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/").unwrap()
+            "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/".parse().unwrap()
         );
         assert_eq!(channel.name.as_deref(), Some("conda-forge"));
         assert_eq!(channel.name(), "conda-forge");
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ mod tests {
             Channel::from_str("https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/", &config).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(
             channel.base_url.url().clone(),
-            Url::from_str("https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/").unwrap()
+            "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/".parse().unwrap()
         );
         assert_eq!(channel.name.as_deref(), Some("conda-forge"));
         assert_eq!(channel.name(), "conda-forge");
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(channel.name(), "file:///var/channels/conda-forge/");
         assert_eq!(
             channel.base_url.url().clone(),
-            Url::from_str("file:///var/channels/conda-forge/").unwrap()
+            "file:///var/channels/conda-forge/".parse().unwrap()
         );
         assert_eq!(channel.platforms, None);
         assert_eq!(
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ mod tests {
         let channel = Channel::from_str("http://localhost:1234", &config).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(
             channel.base_url.url().clone(),
-            Url::from_str("http://localhost:1234/").unwrap()
+            "http://localhost:1234/".parse().unwrap()
         );
         assert_eq!(channel.name, None);
         assert_eq!(channel.platforms, None);
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ mod tests {
         .unwrap();
         assert_eq!(
             channel.base_url.url().clone(),
-            Url::from_str("https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/").unwrap()
+            "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/".parse().unwrap()
         );
         assert_eq!(channel.name.as_deref(), Some("conda-forge"));
         assert_eq!(channel.platforms, Some(vec![platform]));
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ mod tests {
         .unwrap();
         assert_eq!(
             channel.base_url.url().clone(),
-            Url::from_str("https://conda.anaconda.org/pkgs/main/").unwrap()
+            "https://conda.anaconda.org/pkgs/main/".parse().unwrap()
         );
         assert_eq!(channel.name.as_deref(), Some("pkgs/main"));
         assert_eq!(channel.platforms, Some(vec![platform]));
@@ -691,7 +691,9 @@ mod tests {
         let channel = Channel::from_str("conda-forge/label/rust_dev", &config).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(
             channel.base_url.url().clone(),
-            Url::from_str("https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/label/rust_dev/").unwrap()
+            "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/label/rust_dev/"
+                .parse()
+                .unwrap()
         );
         assert_eq!(channel.name.as_deref(), Some("conda-forge/label/rust_dev"));
     }
@@ -726,7 +728,7 @@ mod tests {
         };
         assert_eq!(
             channel_config
-                .canonical_name(&Url::from_str("https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/").unwrap())
+                .canonical_name(&"https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/".parse().unwrap())
                 .as_str(),
             "conda-forge"
         );
diff --git a/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/match_spec/parse.rs b/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/match_spec/parse.rs
index 14027b982..007d86308 100644
--- a/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/match_spec/parse.rs
+++ b/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/match_spec/parse.rs
@@ -825,11 +825,11 @@ mod tests {
           build: cpu*
         - version: "==foobar"
           channel:
-            base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/"
+            base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge"
             name: conda-forge
         - version: "==foobar"
           channel:
-            base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/"
+            base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge"
             name: conda-forge
         - version: "*"
           build: foo
diff --git a/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/match_spec/snapshots/rattler_conda_types__match_spec__parse__tests__test_from_string_Lenient.snap b/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/match_spec/snapshots/rattler_conda_types__match_spec__parse__tests__test_from_string_Lenient.snap
index 9ae8f69c5..e1dab9eda 100644
--- a/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/match_spec/snapshots/rattler_conda_types__match_spec__parse__tests__test_from_string_Lenient.snap
+++ b/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/match_spec/snapshots/rattler_conda_types__match_spec__parse__tests__test_from_string_Lenient.snap
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ pytorch=*=cuda*:
   name: foo
   version: 1.0.*
   channel:
-    base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/"
+    base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge"
     name: conda-forge
 "conda-forge::foo[version=1.0.*, build_number=\">6\"]":
   name: foo
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ pytorch=*=cuda*:
     op: Gt
     rhs: 6
   channel:
-    base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/"
+    base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge"
     name: conda-forge
 python ==2.7.*.*|>=3.6:
   name: python
@@ -65,27 +65,27 @@ python=*:
   name: python
   version: "==3.9"
   channel:
-    base_url: "https://software.repos.intel.com/python/conda/"
+    base_url: "https://software.repos.intel.com/python/conda"
     name: python/conda
 "https://c.com/p/conda/linux-64::python[version=3.9]":
   name: python
   version: "==3.9"
   channel:
-    base_url: "https://c.com/p/conda/"
+    base_url: "https://c.com/p/conda"
     name: p/conda
   subdir: linux-64
 "https://c.com/p/conda::python[version=3.9, subdir=linux-64]":
   name: python
   version: "==3.9"
   channel:
-    base_url: "https://c.com/p/conda/"
+    base_url: "https://c.com/p/conda"
     name: p/conda
   subdir: linux-64
 "conda-forge/linux-32::python[version=3.9, subdir=linux-64]":
   name: python
   version: "==3.9"
   channel:
-    base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/"
+    base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge"
     name: conda-forge
   subdir: linux-64
 "conda-forge/linux-32::python ==3.9[subdir=linux-64, build_number=\"0\"]":
@@ -95,20 +95,20 @@ python=*:
     op: Eq
     rhs: 0
   channel:
-    base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/"
+    base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge"
     name: conda-forge
   subdir: linux-64
 "python ==3.9[channel=conda-forge]":
   name: python
   version: "==3.9"
   channel:
-    base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/"
+    base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge"
     name: conda-forge
 "python ==3.9[channel=conda-forge/linux-64]":
   name: python
   version: "==3.9"
   channel:
-    base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/"
+    base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge"
     name: conda-forge
   subdir: linux-64
 rust ~=1.2.3:
@@ -117,24 +117,24 @@ rust ~=1.2.3:
 "~/channel/dir::package":
   name: package
   channel:
-    base_url: "file://<HOME>/channel/dir/"
+    base_url: "file://<HOME>/channel/dir"
     name: ~/channel/dir
 "~\\windows_channel::package":
   error: invalid channel
 "./relative/channel::package":
   name: package
   channel:
-    base_url: "file://<CRATE>/relative/channel/"
+    base_url: "file://<CRATE>/relative/channel"
     name: "./relative/channel"
 "python[channel=https://conda.anaconda.org/python/conda,version=3.9]":
   name: python
   version: "==3.9"
   channel:
-    base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/python/conda/"
+    base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/python/conda"
     name: python/conda
 "channel/win-64::foobar[channel=conda-forge, subdir=linux-64]":
   name: foobar
   channel:
-    base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/"
+    base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge"
     name: conda-forge
   subdir: linux-64
diff --git a/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/match_spec/snapshots/rattler_conda_types__match_spec__parse__tests__test_from_string_Strict.snap b/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/match_spec/snapshots/rattler_conda_types__match_spec__parse__tests__test_from_string_Strict.snap
index 4b00e3e5a..05ea333c6 100644
--- a/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/match_spec/snapshots/rattler_conda_types__match_spec__parse__tests__test_from_string_Strict.snap
+++ b/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/match_spec/snapshots/rattler_conda_types__match_spec__parse__tests__test_from_string_Strict.snap
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ pytorch=*=cuda*:
   name: foo
   version: 1.0.*
   channel:
-    base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/"
+    base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge"
     name: conda-forge
 "conda-forge::foo[version=1.0.*, build_number=\">6\"]":
   name: foo
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ pytorch=*=cuda*:
     op: Gt
     rhs: 6
   channel:
-    base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/"
+    base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge"
     name: conda-forge
 python ==2.7.*.*|>=3.6:
   error: "invalid version constraint: regex constraints are not supported"
@@ -57,27 +57,27 @@ python=*:
   name: python
   version: "==3.9"
   channel:
-    base_url: "https://software.repos.intel.com/python/conda/"
+    base_url: "https://software.repos.intel.com/python/conda"
     name: python/conda
 "https://c.com/p/conda/linux-64::python[version=3.9]":
   name: python
   version: "==3.9"
   channel:
-    base_url: "https://c.com/p/conda/"
+    base_url: "https://c.com/p/conda"
     name: p/conda
   subdir: linux-64
 "https://c.com/p/conda::python[version=3.9, subdir=linux-64]":
   name: python
   version: "==3.9"
   channel:
-    base_url: "https://c.com/p/conda/"
+    base_url: "https://c.com/p/conda"
     name: p/conda
   subdir: linux-64
 "conda-forge/linux-32::python[version=3.9, subdir=linux-64]":
   name: python
   version: "==3.9"
   channel:
-    base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/"
+    base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge"
     name: conda-forge
   subdir: linux-64
 "conda-forge/linux-32::python ==3.9[subdir=linux-64, build_number=\"0\"]":
@@ -87,20 +87,20 @@ python=*:
     op: Eq
     rhs: 0
   channel:
-    base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/"
+    base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge"
     name: conda-forge
   subdir: linux-64
 "python ==3.9[channel=conda-forge]":
   name: python
   version: "==3.9"
   channel:
-    base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/"
+    base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge"
     name: conda-forge
 "python ==3.9[channel=conda-forge/linux-64]":
   name: python
   version: "==3.9"
   channel:
-    base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/"
+    base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge"
     name: conda-forge
   subdir: linux-64
 rust ~=1.2.3:
@@ -109,24 +109,24 @@ rust ~=1.2.3:
 "~/channel/dir::package":
   name: package
   channel:
-    base_url: "file://<HOME>/channel/dir/"
+    base_url: "file://<HOME>/channel/dir"
     name: ~/channel/dir
 "~\\windows_channel::package":
   error: invalid channel
 "./relative/channel::package":
   name: package
   channel:
-    base_url: "file://<CRATE>/relative/channel/"
+    base_url: "file://<CRATE>/relative/channel"
     name: "./relative/channel"
 "python[channel=https://conda.anaconda.org/python/conda,version=3.9]":
   name: python
   version: "==3.9"
   channel:
-    base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/python/conda/"
+    base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/python/conda"
     name: python/conda
 "channel/win-64::foobar[channel=conda-forge, subdir=linux-64]":
   name: foobar
   channel:
-    base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/"
+    base_url: "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge"
     name: conda-forge
   subdir: linux-64
diff --git a/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/utils/url_with_trailing_slash.rs b/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/utils/url_with_trailing_slash.rs
index 470babdf1..f061c36e2 100644
--- a/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/utils/url_with_trailing_slash.rs
+++ b/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/utils/url_with_trailing_slash.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
+use std::{
+    fmt::{Display, Formatter},
+    ops::Deref,
+    str::FromStr,
+};
+
+use rattler_redaction::Redact;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize};
-use std::fmt::{Display, Formatter};
-use std::ops::Deref;
 use url::Url;
 
 /// A URL that always has a trailing slash. A trailing slash in a URL has
@@ -47,6 +52,14 @@ impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for UrlWithTrailingSlash {
     }
 }
 
+impl FromStr for UrlWithTrailingSlash {
+    type Err = url::ParseError;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        Ok(Url::parse(s)?.into())
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<UrlWithTrailingSlash> for Url {
     fn from(value: UrlWithTrailingSlash) -> Self {
         value.0
@@ -58,3 +71,9 @@ impl Display for UrlWithTrailingSlash {
         write!(f, "{}", &self.0)
     }
 }
+
+impl Redact for UrlWithTrailingSlash {
+    fn redact(self) -> Self {
+        UrlWithTrailingSlash(self.0.redact())
+    }
+}