diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/1853.yml b/changelogs/fragments/1853.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..47a8ce77d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1853.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "vmware_deploy_ovf: fix error in finding networks part of code https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.vmware/issues/1853"
diff --git a/plugins/modules/vmware_deploy_ovf.py b/plugins/modules/vmware_deploy_ovf.py
index a78cff1ca..cdd934630 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/vmware_deploy_ovf.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/vmware_deploy_ovf.py
@@ -275,10 +275,12 @@ def __init__(self, url):
         self.offset = 0
 
     def _parse_url(self, url):
-        exp1 = r"(?P<url>(?:(?P<scheme>[a-zA-Z]+:\/\/)?(?P<hostname>(?:[-a-zA-Z0-9@%_\+~#=]{1,256}\.){1,256}(?:[-a-zA-Z0-9@%_\+~#=]{1,256})))"
-        exp2 = r"(?::(?P<port>[[:digit:]]+))?(?P<path>(?:\/[-a-zA-Z0-9!$&'()*+,\\\/:;=@\[\]._~%]*)*)"
-        exp3 = r"(?P<query>(?:(?:\#|\?)[-a-zA-Z0-9!$&'()*+,\\\/:;=@\[\]._~]*)*))"
-        return re.match(exp1 + exp2 + exp3, url)
+        HTTP_SCHEMA_PATTERN = (
+            r"(?P<url>(?:(?P<scheme>[a-zA-Z]+:\/\/)?(?P<hostname>(?:[-a-zA-Z0-9@%_\+~#=]{1,256}\.){1,256}(?:[-a-zA-Z0-9@%_\+~#=]{1,256})))"
+            r"(?::(?P<port>[[:digit:]]+))?(?P<path>(?:\/[-a-zA-Z0-9!$&'()*+,\\\/:;=@\[\]._~%]*)*)"
+            r"(?P<query>(?:(?:\#|\?)[-a-zA-Z0-9!$&'()*+,\\\/:;=@\[\]._~]*)*))"
+        )
+        return re.match(HTTP_SCHEMA_PATTERN, url)
 
     def _get_thumbprint(self, hostname):
         pem = ssl.get_server_certificate((hostname, 443))
@@ -501,7 +503,7 @@ def get_objects(self):
             # If we have the same network name defined in multiple clusters, check all networks to get the right one
             networks = find_all_networks_by_name(self.content, value, datacenter_name=self.datacenter)
             if not networks:
-                self.module.fail_json(msg=f"'{self.params[networks]}' could not be located")
+                self.module.fail_json(msg=f"Network '{value}' could not be located")
             # Search for the network key of the same network name, that resides in a cluster parameter
             for network in networks:
                 if self.params['cluster']: