diff --git a/admin/app/validators/common.ts b/admin/app/validators/common.ts
index f9f4e63..1aec9b6 100644
--- a/admin/app/validators/common.ts
+++ b/admin/app/validators/common.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import ipaddr from 'ipaddr.js'
  */
 export function assertNotPrivateUrl(urlString: string): void {
   const parsed = new URL(urlString)
-  const hostname = parsed.hostname.toLowerCase()
+  const hostname = parsed.hostname.toLowerCase().replace(/\.+$/, '')
 
   // `URL.hostname` strips the surrounding brackets from IPv6 literals
   // (e.g. `http://[::1]/` → hostname `::1`), so IPv6 patterns must match
diff --git a/admin/tests/unit/validators/common.spec.ts b/admin/tests/unit/validators/common.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6325119
--- /dev/null
+++ b/admin/tests/unit/validators/common.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import { test } from '@japa/runner'
+
+import { assertNotPrivateUrl } from '#validators/common'
+
+test.group('assertNotPrivateUrl', () => {
+  test('rejects loopback and link-local hosts', ({ assert }) => {
+    for (const url of [
+      'http://localhost/file.zim',
+      'http://127.0.0.1/file.zim',
+      'http://0.0.0.0/file.zim',
+      'http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data',
+      'http://[::1]/file.zim',
+      'http://[fe80::1]/file.zim',
+      'http://[::ffff:7f00:1]/file.zim',
+      'http://[::]/file.zim',
+    ]) {
+      assert.throws(
+        () => assertNotPrivateUrl(url),
+        /Download URL must not point to a loopback or link-local address/
+      )
+    }
+  })
+
+  test('rejects localhost with trailing root dots', ({ assert }) => {
+    for (const url of ['http://localhost./file.zim', 'http://LOCALHOST./file.zim']) {
+      assert.throws(
+        () => assertNotPrivateUrl(url),
+        /Download URL must not point to a loopback or link-local address/
+      )
+    }
+  })
+
+  test('allows public and LAN hosts', ({ assert }) => {
+    for (const url of [
+      'https://example.com/file.zim',
+      'http://my-nas:8080/file.zim',
+      'http://192.168.1.10/file.zim',
+      'http://10.0.0.5/file.zim',
+      'http://172.16.0.10/file.zim',
+    ]) {
+      assert.doesNotThrow(() => assertNotPrivateUrl(url))
+    }
+  })
+})