diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index e4d9a274..fe888472 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ jobs:
         git clone https://github.com/OpenGov-OpenData/ckanext-scheming
         pip install -e ckanext-scheming
         git clone https://github.com/ckan/ckanext-fluent
+        # Checkout a specific commit that works with ckan 2.9
+        cd ckanext-fluent
+        git checkout 4e9340a934050e937bed49e6009d0971d880410a
+        cd ..
         pip install -e ckanext-fluent
     - name: Setup extension
       run: |
diff --git a/ckanext/dcat/converters.py b/ckanext/dcat/converters.py
index dad13aed..b5b4b750 100644
--- a/ckanext/dcat/converters.py
+++ b/ckanext/dcat/converters.py
@@ -101,6 +101,21 @@ def dcat_to_ckan(dcat_dict):
             )
             continue
 
+        # Normalize distribution URL values
+        if 'downloadURL' in distribution:
+            normalized_downloadURL = _normalize_url_value(distribution['downloadURL'], 'downloadURL')
+            distribution['downloadURL'] = normalized_downloadURL
+
+        if 'accessURL' in distribution:
+            normalized_accessURL = _normalize_url_value(distribution['accessURL'], 'accessURL')
+            distribution['accessURL'] = normalized_accessURL
+
+        if not distribution.get('downloadURL') and not distribution.get('accessURL'):
+            log.debug('Skip resource %s, no valid URL in downloadURL or accessURL' % (
+                distribution.get('title', dcat_dict.get('title'))
+            ))
+            continue
+
         # skip data dictionaries
         if asbool(distribution.get('isDataDictionary', False)):
             log.debug('Skip data dictionary for %s: %s' % (
@@ -271,3 +286,26 @@ def get_bbox_geojson(spatial):
             coordinates = '[{},{},{},{},{}]'.format(point_a, point_b, point_c, point_d, point_a)
             bbox_str = '{\"type\": \"Polygon\", \"coordinates\": [' + coordinates + ']}'
             return bbox_str
+
+
+def _normalize_url_value(value, field_name='URL'):
+    """Extract first valid URL from string or list."""
+    if not value:
+        return ''
+
+    SUPPORTED_PROTOCOLS = ('http://', 'https://', 'ftp://', 'ftps://', 's3://')
+
+    if isinstance(value, str):
+        return value
+
+    if isinstance(value, list):
+        log.debug('%s provided as list with %d items', field_name, len(value))
+        for item in value:
+            if isinstance(item, str) and item.startswith(SUPPORTED_PROTOCOLS):
+                log.debug('%s: using first valid URL from list: %s', field_name, item)
+                return item
+        log.debug('%s provided as list but no valid URLs found', field_name)
+        return ''
+
+    log.warning('%s has unexpected type: %s', field_name, type(value).__name__)
+    return ''
diff --git a/ckanext/dcat/harvesters/_json.py b/ckanext/dcat/harvesters/_json.py
index 120f078f..e91e22a4 100644
--- a/ckanext/dcat/harvesters/_json.py
+++ b/ckanext/dcat/harvesters/_json.py
@@ -482,7 +482,10 @@ def push_data_dictionary(context, resource, distribution):
     # Check for resource's data dictionary in the distribution
     fields = []
     for dist in distribution:
-        if ((dist.get('downloadURL') == resource.get('url') or dist.get('accessURL') == resource.get('url'))
+        # Normalize URLs for comparison
+        download_url = converters._normalize_url_value(dist.get('downloadURL'), 'downloadURL')
+        access_url = converters._normalize_url_value(dist.get('accessURL'), 'accessURL')
+        if ((download_url == resource.get('url') or access_url == resource.get('url'))
                 and dist.get('title') == resource.get('name')
                 and 'action/datastore_search' in dist.get('describedBy', '')):
             try:
diff --git a/ckanext/dcat/tests/test_converters.py b/ckanext/dcat/tests/test_converters.py
index 368db7b5..65e48615 100644
--- a/ckanext/dcat/tests/test_converters.py
+++ b/ckanext/dcat/tests/test_converters.py
@@ -82,3 +82,15 @@ def test_get_bbox_geojson():
         '[-115.5028, 41.3149], [-115.5028, 32.5718], '
         '[-124.161, 32.5718]]]}'
     )
+
+def test_normalize_url_value_with_list():
+    value = [
+        "withheld",
+        "withheld",
+        "https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS",
+        "https://services2.arcgis.com/Uq9r85Potqm3MfRV/arcgis/rest/services/biosds69_fmu/FeatureServer",
+        "http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.5066/F7X06527"
+    ]
+
+    result = converters._normalize_url_value(value, 'accessURL')
+    assert result == "https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS"