diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllib2net.py b/Lib/test/test_urllib2net.py
index 5415145..eaa7154 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllib2net.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllib2net.py
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
         u = _urlopen_with_retry("http://www.python.org", timeout=120)
         self.assertEqual(u.fp._sock.fp._sock.gettimeout(), 120)
 
-    FTP_HOST = "ftp://ftp.mirror.nl/pub/mirror/gnu/"
+    FTP_HOST = "ftp://ftp.mirror.nl/pub/gnu/"
 
     def test_ftp_basic(self):
         self.assertTrue(socket.getdefaulttimeout() is None)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 3aff2a8..e11d9cd 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #8348: Fix test ftp url in test_urllib2net.
+
 - Issue #8204: Fix test_ttk notebook test by forcing focus.
 
 - Issue #8344: Fix test_ttk bug on FreeBSD.