diff --git a/lightning-liquidity/src/lsps5/msgs.rs b/lightning-liquidity/src/lsps5/msgs.rs
index 363a3255f92..6e9c5df1139 100644
--- a/lightning-liquidity/src/lsps5/msgs.rs
+++ b/lightning-liquidity/src/lsps5/msgs.rs
@@ -457,7 +457,11 @@ impl Writeable for LSPS5WebhookUrl {
 
 impl Readable for LSPS5WebhookUrl {
 	fn read<R: lightning::io::Read>(reader: &mut R) -> Result<Self, DecodeError> {
-		Ok(Self(Readable::read(reader)?))
+		let url: LSPSUrl = Readable::read(reader)?;
+		if url.url().len() > MAX_WEBHOOK_URL_LENGTH {
+			return Err(DecodeError::InvalidValue);
+		}
+		Ok(Self(url))
 	}
 }
 
@@ -902,6 +906,58 @@ mod tests {
 		}
 	}
 
+	#[test]
+	fn test_lsps_url_readable_rejects_http() {
+		use lightning::util::ser::Writeable;
+
+		let raw =
+			lightning_types::string::UntrustedString("http://example.com/webhook".to_string());
+		let encoded = raw.encode();
+		let result = LSPSUrl::read(&mut lightning::io::Cursor::new(&encoded));
+		assert!(result.is_err(), "LSPSUrl::Readable should reject http:// URLs");
+	}
+
+	#[test]
+	fn test_lsps_url_readable_accepts_https() {
+		use lightning::util::ser::Writeable;
+
+		let https_url = LSPSUrl::parse("https://example.com/webhook".to_string()).unwrap();
+		let encoded = https_url.encode();
+		let decoded = LSPSUrl::read(&mut lightning::io::Cursor::new(&encoded)).unwrap();
+		assert_eq!(decoded.url(), "https://example.com/webhook");
+	}
+
+	#[test]
+	fn test_webhook_url_readable_rejects_http() {
+		use lightning::util::ser::Writeable;
+
+		let raw =
+			lightning_types::string::UntrustedString("http://example.com/webhook".to_string());
+		let encoded = raw.encode();
+		let result = LSPS5WebhookUrl::read(&mut lightning::io::Cursor::new(&encoded));
+		assert!(result.is_err(), "Readable should reject http:// webhook URLs");
+	}
+
+	#[test]
+	fn test_webhook_url_readable_rejects_too_long() {
+		use lightning::util::ser::Writeable;
+
+		let long_url = LSPSUrl::parse(format!("https://example.com/{}", "a".repeat(2000))).unwrap();
+		let encoded = long_url.encode();
+		let result = LSPS5WebhookUrl::read(&mut lightning::io::Cursor::new(&encoded));
+		assert!(result.is_err(), "Readable should reject URLs exceeding MAX_WEBHOOK_URL_LENGTH");
+	}
+
+	#[test]
+	fn test_webhook_url_readable_accepts_valid_https() {
+		use lightning::util::ser::Writeable;
+
+		let valid_url = LSPS5WebhookUrl::new("https://example.com/webhook".to_string()).unwrap();
+		let encoded = valid_url.encode();
+		let decoded = LSPS5WebhookUrl::read(&mut lightning::io::Cursor::new(&encoded)).unwrap();
+		assert_eq!(decoded.as_str(), "https://example.com/webhook");
+	}
+
 	#[test]
 	fn test_webhook_notification_parameter_binding() {
 		let notification = WebhookNotification::expiry_soon(144);
diff --git a/lightning-liquidity/src/lsps5/url_utils.rs b/lightning-liquidity/src/lsps5/url_utils.rs
index 2d49c10ff08..2a660b4495f 100644
--- a/lightning-liquidity/src/lsps5/url_utils.rs
+++ b/lightning-liquidity/src/lsps5/url_utils.rs
@@ -69,9 +69,12 @@ impl LSPSUrl {
 		Ok(LSPSUrl(UntrustedString(url_str)))
 	}
 
-	/// Returns URL length.
+	/// Returns URL length in bytes.
+	///
+	/// Since [`LSPSUrl::parse`] only accepts ASCII characters, this is equivalent
+	/// to the character count.
 	pub fn url_length(&self) -> usize {
-		self.0 .0.chars().count()
+		self.0 .0.len()
 	}
 
 	/// Returns the full URL string.
@@ -99,6 +102,7 @@ impl Writeable for LSPSUrl {
 
 impl Readable for LSPSUrl {
 	fn read<R: lightning::io::Read>(reader: &mut R) -> Result<Self, DecodeError> {
-		Ok(Self(Readable::read(reader)?))
+		let s: UntrustedString = Readable::read(reader)?;
+		Self::parse(s.0).map_err(|_| DecodeError::InvalidValue)
 	}
 }