diff --git a/crates/kingfisher-scanner/src/validation/http_validation.rs b/crates/kingfisher-scanner/src/validation/http_validation.rs
index 5638907..34e0089 100644
--- a/crates/kingfisher-scanner/src/validation/http_validation.rs
+++ b/crates/kingfisher-scanner/src/validation/http_validation.rs
@@ -528,6 +528,13 @@ pub async fn check_url_resolvable(
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// Backwards-compatible wrapper: checks URL resolvability with SSRF protection
+/// enabled (i.e., `allow_internal_ips = false`).
+#[deprecated(since = "0.1.0", note = "use check_url_resolvable(url, allow_internal_ips) instead")]
+pub async fn check_url_resolvable_safe(url: &Url) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    check_url_resolvable(url, false).await
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
diff --git a/crates/kingfisher-scanner/src/validation/mod.rs b/crates/kingfisher-scanner/src/validation/mod.rs
index fd5dcc2..e1914a7 100644
--- a/crates/kingfisher-scanner/src/validation/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/kingfisher-scanner/src/validation/mod.rs
@@ -59,9 +59,11 @@ pub use utils::{find_closest_variable, process_captures};
 pub use validation_body::{as_str, clone_as_string, from_string, ValidationResponseBody};
 
 #[cfg(feature = "validation-http")]
+#[allow(deprecated)]
 pub use http_validation::{
-    build_request_builder, check_url_resolvable, generate_http_cache_key_parts, is_ssrf_safe_ip,
-    parse_http_method, process_headers, retry_multipart_request, retry_request, validate_response,
+    build_request_builder, check_url_resolvable, check_url_resolvable_safe,
+    generate_http_cache_key_parts, is_ssrf_safe_ip, parse_http_method, process_headers,
+    retry_multipart_request, retry_request, validate_response,
 };
 
 #[cfg(feature = "validation-aws")]
diff --git a/src/validation.rs b/src/validation.rs
index 5ad795f..b74e359 100644
--- a/src/validation.rs
+++ b/src/validation.rs
@@ -153,20 +153,27 @@ pub(crate) fn ssrf_safe_redirect_policy() -> reqwest::redirect::Policy {
             } else {
                 // Hostname: resolve synchronously and check all resolved IPs.
                 let port = url.port().unwrap_or(if url.scheme() == "https" { 443 } else { 80 });
-                if let Ok(addrs) = std::net::ToSocketAddrs::to_socket_addrs(&(host, port as u16)) {
-                    for addr in addrs {
-                        if !kingfisher_scanner::validation::is_ssrf_safe_ip(&addr.ip()) {
-                            return attempt.error(format!(
-                                "SSRF protection: redirect to '{}' resolves to non-public IP {} — blocked",
-                                host,
-                                addr.ip()
-                            ));
+                match std::net::ToSocketAddrs::to_socket_addrs(&(host, port as u16)) {
+                    Ok(addrs) => {
+                        for addr in addrs {
+                            if !kingfisher_scanner::validation::is_ssrf_safe_ip(&addr.ip()) {
+                                return attempt.error(format!(
+                                    "SSRF protection: redirect to '{}' resolves to non-public IP {} — blocked",
+                                    host,
+                                    addr.ip()
+                                ));
+                            }
                         }
                     }
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        // Fail closed: if we cannot resolve the hostname, we
+                        // cannot guarantee the redirect target is SSRF-safe.
+                        return attempt.error(format!(
+                            "SSRF protection: cannot resolve redirect host '{}' ({}) — blocked",
+                            host, e
+                        ));
+                    }
                 }
-                // If DNS resolution fails, allow the redirect — reqwest will
-                // fail on connect anyway, and we don't want to silently block
-                // valid hostnames that are transiently unresolvable.
             }
         }
         attempt.follow()