diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/media-placeholder/index.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/media-placeholder/index.js
index 0cbc6c8c26203f..1abad46cafb675 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/media-placeholder/index.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/media-placeholder/index.js
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ const InsertFromURLPopover = ( {
 			<InputControl
 				__next40pxDefaultSize
 				label={ __( 'URL' ) }
+				type="url"
 				hideLabelFromVision
 				placeholder={ __( 'Paste or type URL' ) }
 				onChange={ onChange }
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/form-input/style.scss b/packages/block-library/src/form-input/style.scss
index 7b1ac53cc89c01..63e4f95513f9a9 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/form-input/style.scss
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/form-input/style.scss
@@ -61,3 +61,9 @@
 textarea.wp-block-form-input__input {
 	min-height: 10em;
 }
+
+input[type="email"],
+input[type="url"] {
+	/*rtl:ignore*/
+	direction: ltr;
+}
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/rss/edit.js b/packages/block-library/src/rss/edit.js
index b67cb4f9193df1..39564da79b16e5 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/rss/edit.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/rss/edit.js
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ export default function RSSEdit( { attributes, setAttributes } ) {
 						<InputControl
 							__next40pxDefaultSize
 							label={ label }
+							type="url"
 							hideLabelFromVision
 							placeholder={ __( 'Enter URL here…' ) }
 							value={ feedURL }