diff --git a/src/get-authorization-url.spec.ts b/src/get-authorization-url.spec.ts
index eb0697c..e47eef9 100644
--- a/src/get-authorization-url.spec.ts
+++ b/src/get-authorization-url.spec.ts
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ describe('getAuthorizationUrl', () => {
         'https://api.workos.com/x/one-shot-environments/claim-nonces',
         expect.objectContaining({
           method: 'POST',
+          redirect: 'manual',
           headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
           body: JSON.stringify({ client_id: 'client_1234567890', claim_token: 'test-claim-token' }),
         }),
diff --git a/src/get-authorization-url.ts b/src/get-authorization-url.ts
index ebbc6c5..e41ae6e 100644
--- a/src/get-authorization-url.ts
+++ b/src/get-authorization-url.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ async function fetchClaimNonce(baseURL: string): Promise<string | null> {
   try {
     const response = await fetch(`${baseURL}/x/one-shot-environments/claim-nonces`, {
       method: 'POST',
+      // Don't re-post claim_token to a redirect target; a 3xx falls into the !ok branch.
+      redirect: 'manual',
       headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
       body: JSON.stringify({
         client_id: WORKOS_CLIENT_ID,
diff --git a/src/workos.spec.ts b/src/workos.spec.ts
index c33d5a6..717084e 100644
--- a/src/workos.spec.ts
+++ b/src/workos.spec.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ describe('workos', () => {
     vi.clearAllMocks();
   });
 
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
+  });
+
   it('initializes WorkOS with the correct configuration', () => {
     // Extracting the config to avoid a circular dependency error
     const workosConfig = {
@@ -31,6 +35,19 @@ describe('workos', () => {
     expect(workos).toBeInstanceOf(WorkOS);
   });
 
+  it('does not follow redirects, so client_secret is never re-posted to a redirect target', async () => {
+    const fetchSpy = vi
+      .spyOn(globalThis, 'fetch')
+      .mockResolvedValue(new Response(null, { status: 307, headers: { Location: 'https://evil.example/' } }));
+
+    await expect(
+      workos.userManagement.authenticateWithRefreshToken({ clientId: 'client_123', refreshToken: 'rt_123' }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow('WorkOS API responded with a redirect (307 to https://evil.example/)');
+
+    expect(fetchSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(fetchSpy.mock.calls[0][1]).toMatchObject({ method: 'POST', redirect: 'manual' });
+  });
+
   describe('with custom environment variables', () => {
     const originalEnv = process.env;
 
diff --git a/src/workos.ts b/src/workos.ts
index 5c745b9..887aea1 100644
--- a/src/workos.ts
+++ b/src/workos.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,21 @@ const options = {
     name: 'authkit/nextjs',
     version: VERSION,
   },
+  // The WorkOS API never redirects; following one would re-POST client_secret to the redirect target.
+  // 'manual' rather than 'error': Cloudflare workerd rejects 'error', and the SDK retries the TypeError it throws.
+  // A 3xx is thrown as a plain Error (not a TypeError) so the SDK surfaces it without retrying.
+  // The SDK's worker build (Edge, workerd) ignores fetchFn, so those runtimes need the fix in @workos-inc/node.
+  fetchFn: (async (input, init) => {
+    const res = await globalThis.fetch(input, { ...init, redirect: 'manual' });
+    if (res.type === 'opaqueredirect' || (res.status >= 300 && res.status < 400)) {
+      const location = res.headers.get('location');
+      throw new Error(
+        `WorkOS API responded with a redirect (${res.status}${location ? ` to ${location}` : ''}). ` +
+          'Redirects are not followed; check WORKOS_API_HOSTNAME, WORKOS_API_PORT and WORKOS_API_HTTPS.',
+      );
+    }
+    return res;
+  }) satisfies typeof fetch,
 };
 
 /**