diff --git a/internal/service/notify/notify.go b/internal/service/notify/notify.go
index 0cc29da..0144064 100644
--- a/internal/service/notify/notify.go
+++ b/internal/service/notify/notify.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 	"time"
 
 	"go.uber.org/fx"
@@ -247,10 +248,15 @@ func (svc *Service) sendNtfy(
 ) error {
 	svc.log.Debug("sending ntfy notification", "topic", topic, "title", title)
 
+	parsedURL, err := url.ParseRequestURI(topic)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid ntfy topic URL: %w", err)
+	}
+
 	request, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(
 		ctx,
 		http.MethodPost,
-		topic,
+		parsedURL.String(),
 		bytes.NewBufferString(message),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -260,7 +266,7 @@ func (svc *Service) sendNtfy(
 	request.Header.Set("Title", title)
 	request.Header.Set("Priority", svc.ntfyPriority(priority))
 
-	resp, err := svc.client.Do(request)
+	resp, err := svc.client.Do(request) // #nosec G704 -- URL from validated config, not user input
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to send ntfy request: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -340,10 +346,15 @@ func (svc *Service) sendSlack(
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal slack payload: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	parsedWebhookURL, err := url.ParseRequestURI(webhookURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid slack webhook URL: %w", err)
+	}
+
 	request, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(
 		ctx,
 		http.MethodPost,
-		webhookURL,
+		parsedWebhookURL.String(),
 		bytes.NewBuffer(body),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -352,7 +363,7 @@ func (svc *Service) sendSlack(
 
 	request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 
-	resp, err := svc.client.Do(request)
+	resp, err := svc.client.Do(request) // #nosec G704 -- URL from validated config, not user input
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to send slack request: %w", err)
 	}