diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2131f7cc4e..06c8f2ed4d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
 
+## 1.2.2 (2017-3-14)
+
+* Big Fixes
+  * [Controller] Harden local redirect against arbitrary URL redirection
+
 ## 1.2.1 (2016-8-11)
 
 * Enhancements
diff --git a/installer/lib/phoenix_new.ex b/installer/lib/phoenix_new.ex
index da7190969c..0661bcfe62 100644
--- a/installer/lib/phoenix_new.ex
+++ b/installer/lib/phoenix_new.ex
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ defmodule Mix.Tasks.Phoenix.New do
     :crypto.strong_rand_bytes(length) |> Base.encode64 |> binary_part(0, length)
   end
 
-  defp phoenix_dep("deps/phoenix"), do: ~s[{:phoenix, "~> 1.2.1"}]
+  defp phoenix_dep("deps/phoenix"), do: ~s[{:phoenix, "~> 1.2.2"}]
   # defp phoenix_dep("deps/phoenix"), do: ~s[{:phoenix, github: "phoenixframework/phoenix", override: true}]
   defp phoenix_dep(path), do: ~s[{:phoenix, path: #{inspect path}, override: true}]
 
diff --git a/installer/mix.exs b/installer/mix.exs
index 6dc5b908d1..4f7a17c0ac 100644
--- a/installer/mix.exs
+++ b/installer/mix.exs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ defmodule Phoenix.New.Mixfile do
 
   def project do
     [app: :phoenix_new,
-     version: "1.2.1",
+     version: "1.2.2",
      elixir: "~> 1.2"]
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/phoenix/controller.ex b/lib/phoenix/controller.ex
index c0a09defb2..8b04be7bff 100644
--- a/lib/phoenix/controller.ex
+++ b/lib/phoenix/controller.ex
@@ -306,18 +306,22 @@ defmodule Phoenix.Controller do
 
   defp url(opts) do
     cond do
-      to = opts[:to] ->
-        case to do
-          "//" <> _ -> raise_invalid_url(to)
-          "/" <> _  -> to
-          _         -> raise_invalid_url(to)
-        end
-      external = opts[:external] ->
-        external
-      true ->
-        raise ArgumentError, "expected :to or :external option in redirect/2"
+      to = opts[:to] -> validate_local_url(to)
+      external = opts[:external] -> external
+      true -> raise ArgumentError, "expected :to or :external option in redirect/2"
     end
   end
+  @invalid_local_url_chars ["\\"]
+  defp validate_local_url("//" <> _ = to), do: raise_invalid_url(to)
+  defp validate_local_url("/" <> _ = to) do
+    if String.contains?(to, @invalid_local_url_chars) do
+      raise ArgumentError, "unsafe characters detected for local redirect in URL #{inspect to}"
+    else
+      to
+    end
+  end
+  defp validate_local_url(to), do: raise_invalid_url(to)
+
   @spec raise_invalid_url(term()) :: no_return()
   defp raise_invalid_url(url) do
     raise ArgumentError, "the :to option in redirect expects a path but was #{inspect url}"
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 4af3ff4702..bce21bb762 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 defmodule Phoenix.Mixfile do
   use Mix.Project
 
-  @version "1.2.1"
+  @version "1.2.2"
 
   def project do
     [app: :phoenix,
diff --git a/mix.lock b/mix.lock
index d33724672e..cec317a285 100644
--- a/mix.lock
+++ b/mix.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%{"cowboy": {:hex, :cowboy, "1.0.4", "a324a8df9f2316c833a470d918aaf73ae894278b8aa6226ce7a9bf699388f878", [:rebar, :make], [{:cowlib, "~> 1.0.0", [hex: :cowlib, optional: false]}, {:ranch, "~> 1.0", [hex: :ranch, optional: false]}]},
+%{"cowboy": {:hex, :cowboy, "1.0.4", "a324a8df9f2316c833a470d918aaf73ae894278b8aa6226ce7a9bf699388f878", [:make, :rebar], [{:cowlib, "~> 1.0.0", [hex: :cowlib, optional: false]}, {:ranch, "~> 1.0", [hex: :ranch, optional: false]}]},
   "cowlib": {:hex, :cowlib, "1.0.2", "9d769a1d062c9c3ac753096f868ca121e2730b9a377de23dec0f7e08b1df84ee", [:make], []},
   "earmark": {:hex, :earmark, "0.2.1", "ba6d26ceb16106d069b289df66751734802777a3cbb6787026dd800ffeb850f3", [:mix], []},
   "ex_doc": {:hex, :ex_doc, "0.12.0", "b774aabfede4af31c0301aece12371cbd25995a21bb3d71d66f5c2fe074c603f", [:mix], [{:earmark, "~> 0.2", [hex: :earmark, optional: false]}]},
diff --git a/test/phoenix/controller/controller_test.exs b/test/phoenix/controller/controller_test.exs
index 16f458cf0b..488dbe3ae9 100644
--- a/test/phoenix/controller/controller_test.exs
+++ b/test/phoenix/controller/controller_test.exs
@@ -239,6 +239,10 @@ defmodule Phoenix.Controller.ControllerTest do
     assert_raise ArgumentError, ~r/the :to option in redirect expects a path/, fn ->
       redirect(conn(:get, "/"), to: "//example.com")
     end
+
+    assert_raise ArgumentError, ~r/unsafe/, fn ->
+      redirect(conn(:get, "/"), to: "/\\example.com")
+    end
   end
 
   test "redirect/2 with :external" do