diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 5f5c3c6..b364d46 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v1.12.1
+
+### Jun 29, 2026
+
+- Snyk fix
+
 ## v1.12.0
 
 ### Jun 15, 2026
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1f203be..f81fe82 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <artifactId>cms</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>contentstack-management-java</name>
-    <version>1.12.0</version>
+    <version>1.12.1</version>
     <description>Contentstack Java Management SDK for Content Management API, Contentstack is a headless CMS with an
         API-first approach
     </description>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/contentstack/cms/Contentstack.java b/src/main/java/com/contentstack/cms/Contentstack.java
index 69295d0..933bb71 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/contentstack/cms/Contentstack.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/contentstack/cms/Contentstack.java
@@ -747,10 +747,35 @@ public Builder setRetry(@NotNull Boolean retry) {
          * @return Client host
          */
         public Builder setHost(@NotNull String hostname) {
-            this.hostname = hostname;
+            this.hostname = validateHostname(hostname);
             return this;
         }
 
+        /**
+         * Validates that the supplied hostname is a bare host (optionally with a
+         * port) and does not smuggle a scheme, credentials, path, query, or other
+         * characters that could redirect outbound requests to an unintended
+         * destination. This guards against Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
+         * when the host is sourced from untrusted input.
+         *
+         * @param hostname the candidate host
+         * @return the validated host, unchanged
+         * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the host is null, blank, or malformed
+         */
+        private static String validateHostname(String hostname) {
+            if (hostname == null || hostname.trim().isEmpty()) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Hostname must not be null or empty");
+            }
+            String host = hostname.trim();
+            // Reject embedded scheme, credentials, path/query/fragment, whitespace,
+            // and other characters that would change the request target.
+            if (!host.matches("^[A-Za-z0-9.-]+(:\\d{1,5})?$")) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                        "Invalid hostname: '" + hostname + "'. Expected a bare host name with an optional port.");
+            }
+            return host;
+        }
+
         /**
          * Configures the client to target a specific Contentstack region by resolving
          * the correct Content Management API host from the bundled regions registry.
@@ -974,7 +999,10 @@ public Contentstack build() {
         }
 
         private void validateClient(Contentstack contentstack) {
-            String baseUrl = Util.PROTOCOL + "://" + this.hostname + "/" + version + "/";
+            // Re-validate the host at build time so SSRF protection applies regardless
+            // of how the hostname was set (setHost, region resolution, or default).
+            String validatedHost = validateHostname(this.hostname);
+            String baseUrl = Util.PROTOCOL + "://" + validatedHost + "/" + version + "/";
             this.instance = new Retrofit.Builder().baseUrl(baseUrl)
                     .addConverterFactory(GsonConverterFactory.create())
                     .client(httpClient(contentstack, this.retry)).build();