diff --git a/lib/crewai-tools/src/crewai_tools/rag/loaders/text_loader.py b/lib/crewai-tools/src/crewai_tools/rag/loaders/text_loader.py
index 6de49441c..10dabfaa7 100644
--- a/lib/crewai-tools/src/crewai_tools/rag/loaders/text_loader.py
+++ b/lib/crewai-tools/src/crewai_tools/rag/loaders/text_loader.py
@@ -1,19 +1,28 @@
 from typing import Any
 
 from crewai_tools.rag.base_loader import BaseLoader, LoaderResult
+from crewai_tools.rag.loaders.utils import load_from_url
 from crewai_tools.rag.source_content import SourceContent
 
 
 class TextFileLoader(BaseLoader):
     def load(self, source_content: SourceContent, **kwargs: Any) -> LoaderResult:  # type: ignore[override]
         source_ref = source_content.source_ref
-        if not source_content.path_exists():
-            raise FileNotFoundError(
-                f"The following file does not exist: {source_content.source}"
+        if source_content.is_url():
+            content = load_from_url(
+                source_ref,
+                kwargs,
+                accept_header="text/plain",
+                loader_name="TextFileLoader",
             )
+        else:
+            if not source_content.path_exists():
+                raise FileNotFoundError(
+                    f"The following file does not exist: {source_content.source}"
+                )
 
-        with open(source_content.source, encoding="utf-8") as file:
-            content = file.read()
+            with open(source_content.source, encoding="utf-8") as file:
+                content = file.read()
 
         return LoaderResult(
             content=content,
diff --git a/lib/crewai-tools/tests/rag/test_text_loaders.py b/lib/crewai-tools/tests/rag/test_text_loaders.py
index 5b7eaee97..709b684c1 100644
--- a/lib/crewai-tools/tests/rag/test_text_loaders.py
+++ b/lib/crewai-tools/tests/rag/test_text_loaders.py
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 import hashlib
 import os
 import tempfile
+from unittest.mock import Mock, patch
 
 from crewai_tools.rag.base_loader import LoaderResult
+from crewai_tools.rag.data_types import DataType
 from crewai_tools.rag.loaders.text_loader import TextFileLoader, TextLoader
 from crewai_tools.rag.source_content import SourceContent
 import pytest
+import requests
 
 
 def write_temp_file(content, suffix=".txt", encoding="utf-8"):
@@ -102,6 +105,59 @@ class TestTextFileLoader:
                 cleanup_temp_file(path)
 
 
+class TestTextFileLoaderURLs:
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "url", ["https://example.com/notes.txt", "http://example.com/notes.txt?v=2"]
+    )
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("content", ["", "First line\nCafé 世界\n"])
+    def test_auto_detected_text_url(self, url: str, content: str) -> None:
+        source = SourceContent(url)
+        assert source.data_type == DataType.TEXT_FILE
+        response = requests.Response()
+        response.status_code = 200
+        response._content = content.encode("utf-8")
+        response.encoding = "utf-8"
+
+        with patch(
+            "crewai_tools.security.safe_requests._raw_get", return_value=response
+        ) as fetch:
+            result = source.data_type.get_loader().load(source)
+
+        assert result.content == content
+        assert result.source == url
+        assert result.doc_id == hashlib.sha256((url + content).encode()).hexdigest()
+        assert fetch.call_args.kwargs["headers"]["Accept"] == "text/plain"
+
+    def test_custom_headers(self) -> None:
+        response = Mock(status_code=200, text="Notes")
+        headers = {"Accept": "text/plain", "X-Document-Version": "2"}
+        with patch(
+            "crewai_tools.security.safe_requests._raw_get", return_value=response
+        ) as fetch:
+            TextFileLoader().load(
+                SourceContent("https://example.com/notes.txt"), headers=headers
+            )
+        assert fetch.call_args.kwargs["headers"] == headers
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "error", [requests.HTTPError("404 Not Found"), requests.Timeout("timed out")]
+    )
+    def test_fetch_error(self, error: requests.RequestException) -> None:
+        with (
+            patch("crewai_tools.security.safe_requests._raw_get", side_effect=error),
+            pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Error fetching content from URL"),
+        ):
+            TextFileLoader().load(SourceContent("https://example.com/notes.txt"))
+
+    def test_private_address_is_rejected_before_fetch(self) -> None:
+        with (
+            patch("crewai_tools.security.safe_requests._raw_get") as fetch,
+            pytest.raises(ValueError, match="private/reserved IP"),
+        ):
+            TextFileLoader().load(SourceContent("http://127.0.0.1/notes.txt"))
+        fetch.assert_not_called()
+
+
 class TestTextLoader:
     def test_basic_text(self):
         content = "Raw text"