diff --git a/src/resolver/apidom/reference/dereference/strategies/openapi-3-1-swagger-client/visitors/dereference.js b/src/resolver/apidom/reference/dereference/strategies/openapi-3-1-swagger-client/visitors/dereference.js
index 74018cab3..c2e1bf1ef 100644
--- a/src/resolver/apidom/reference/dereference/strategies/openapi-3-1-swagger-client/visitors/dereference.js
+++ b/src/resolver/apidom/reference/dereference/strategies/openapi-3-1-swagger-client/visitors/dereference.js
@@ -564,7 +564,13 @@ class OpenAPI3_1SwaggerClientDereferenceVisitor extends OpenAPI3_1DereferenceVis
          * No SchemaElement($id=URL) was not found, so we're going to try to resolve
          * the URL and assume the returned response is a JSON Schema.
          */
-        if (isURL && error instanceof EvaluationJsonSchemaUriError) {
+        const isSameDocumentReference =
+          $refBaseURIStrippedHash === url.stripHash(this.reference.uri);
+
+        if (
+          (isURL || (isUnknownURI && isSameDocumentReference)) &&
+          error instanceof EvaluationJsonSchemaUriError
+        ) {
           if (isAnchor(uriToAnchor($refBaseURI))) {
             // we're dealing with JSON Schema $anchor here
             isInternalReference = url.stripHash(this.reference.uri) === retrievalURI;
diff --git a/test/resolver/strategies/openapi-3-1-apidom/index.js b/test/resolver/strategies/openapi-3-1-apidom/index.js
index 8085546c7..65d7fa6d6 100644
--- a/test/resolver/strategies/openapi-3-1-apidom/index.js
+++ b/test/resolver/strategies/openapi-3-1-apidom/index.js
@@ -142,6 +142,22 @@ describe('resolve', () => {
             expect(resolvedSpec).toMatchSnapshot();
           });
         });
+
+        describe('and baseDoc option has a non-http(s) scheme', () => {
+          test('should dereference internal $refs', async () => {
+            const spec = globalThis.loadJsonFile(path.join(fixturePath, 'petstore.json'));
+            const resolvedSpec = await SwaggerClient.resolve({
+              spec,
+              baseDoc: 'file:///app/index.html',
+            });
+
+            expect(resolvedSpec.errors).toEqual([]);
+            expect(
+              resolvedSpec.spec.paths['/pets'].get.responses['200'].content['application/json']
+                .schema
+            ).toMatchObject({ type: 'array' });
+          });
+        });
       });
 
       describe('and url option is provided', () => {