diff --git a/packages/stream_chat/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/stream_chat/CHANGELOG.md
index 518ed95b..6dadc76f 100644
--- a/packages/stream_chat/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/stream_chat/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
 
 - [[#846]](https://github.com/GetStream/stream-chat-flutter/issues/846) Fixed `message.ownReactions` getting truncated when receiving a reaction event.
 
+🐞 Fixed
+
+- Add check for invalid image URLs
+
 ## 3.3.1
 
 🐞 Fixed
@@ -769,4 +773,4 @@
 
 ## 0.0.2
 
-- first beta version
\ No newline at end of file
+- first beta version
diff --git a/packages/stream_chat/lib/src/client/channel.dart b/packages/stream_chat/lib/src/client/channel.dart
index 41197572..7a57e4ff 100644
--- a/packages/stream_chat/lib/src/client/channel.dart
+++ b/packages/stream_chat/lib/src/client/channel.dart
@@ -1532,16 +1532,21 @@ class ChannelClientState {
               if (url == null || !url.contains('')) {
                 return false;
               }
-              final uri = Uri.parse(url);
-              if (!uri.host.endsWith('stream-io-cdn.com') ||
-                  uri.queryParameters['Expires'] == null) {
+              try {
+                final uri = Uri.parse(url);
+                if (!uri.host.endsWith('stream-io-cdn.com') ||
+                    uri.queryParameters['Expires'] == null) {
+                  return false;
+                }
+                final secondsFromEpoch =
+                    int.parse(uri.queryParameters['Expires']!);
+                final expiration = DateTime.fromMillisecondsSinceEpoch(
+                  secondsFromEpoch * 1000,
+                );
+                return expiration.isBefore(DateTime.now());
+              } catch (_) {
                 return false;
               }
-              final secondsFromEpoch =
-                  int.parse(uri.queryParameters['Expires']!);
-              final expiration =
-                  DateTime.fromMillisecondsSinceEpoch(secondsFromEpoch * 1000);
-              return expiration.isBefore(DateTime.now());
             }))
         .map((e) => e.id)
         .toList();