diff --git a/internal/playback/handler/handler.go b/internal/playback/handler/handler.go
index 382d2016..ba54ef04 100644
--- a/internal/playback/handler/handler.go
+++ b/internal/playback/handler/handler.go
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"mal/internal/domain"
+	"mal/internal/playback/proxytarget"
 	"mal/internal/server"
-	netutil "mal/pkg/net"
 
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 )
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ func NewPlaybackHandler(svc domain.PlaybackService, animeSvc domain.AnimePlaybac
 	return &PlaybackHandler{
 		svc:             svc,
 		animeSvc:        animeSvc,
-		proxyClient:     netutil.NewClient(),
-		streamingClient: netutil.NewStreamingClient(),
+		proxyClient:     proxytarget.NewClient(60 * time.Second),
+		streamingClient: proxytarget.NewStreamingClient(),
 		subtitleCache:   newSubtitleCache(10*time.Minute, 256),
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/playback/handler/proxy_request.go b/internal/playback/handler/proxy_request.go
index ce004b80..73413cac 100644
--- a/internal/playback/handler/proxy_request.go
+++ b/internal/playback/handler/proxy_request.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"mal/internal/observability"
+	"mal/internal/playback/proxytarget"
 	netutil "mal/pkg/net"
 	"net/http"
 
@@ -11,6 +12,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 func newProxyRequest(ctx context.Context, targetURL string, referer string) (*http.Request, error) {
+	if err := proxytarget.Validate(targetURL); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("validate proxy target %q: %w", targetURL, err)
+	}
+
 	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, targetURL, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("build proxy request for %q: %w", targetURL, err)
diff --git a/internal/playback/service.go b/internal/playback/service.go
index 65c624d9..1703261b 100644
--- a/internal/playback/service.go
+++ b/internal/playback/service.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"mal/integrations/jikan"
 	"mal/internal/domain"
 	"mal/internal/observability"
+	"mal/internal/playback/proxytarget"
 	errlog "mal/pkg"
 	netutil "mal/pkg/net"
 	"net/http"
@@ -43,6 +44,9 @@ func (s *playbackService) SignProxyToken(targetURL, referer, scope string) (stri
 	if s.proxyTokenKey == "" {
 		return "", nil
 	}
+	if err := proxytarget.Validate(targetURL); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
 	return s.proxyTokens.create(targetURL, referer, scope, 2*time.Hour, time.Now())
 }