diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e840ed110..b1a4126d7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4387,7 +4387,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "webp",
  "woothee",
  "yaserde",
- "zip",
+ "zip 3.0.0",
  "zxcvbn",
 ]
 
@@ -8704,6 +8704,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
  "url",
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "zip 2.4.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -8907,7 +8908,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "uuid 1.16.0",
  "whoami",
  "winreg 0.55.0",
- "zip",
+ "zip 3.0.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -11029,6 +11030,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.101",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "zip"
+version = "2.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fabe6324e908f85a1c52063ce7aa26b68dcb7eb6dbc83a2d148403c9bc3eba50"
+dependencies = [
+ "arbitrary",
+ "crc32fast",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+ "displaydoc",
+ "indexmap 2.9.0",
+ "memchr",
+ "thiserror 2.0.12",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zip"
 version = "3.0.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 10fba76e4..a6d0f5f36 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ tauri-plugin-os = "2.2.1"
 tauri-plugin-single-instance = "2.2.3"
 tauri-plugin-updater = { version = "2.7.1", default-features = false, features = [
   "rustls-tls",
+  "zip",
 ] }
 tauri-plugin-window-state = "2.2.2"
 tempfile = "3.20.0"
diff --git a/apps/labrinth/Cargo.toml b/apps/labrinth/Cargo.toml
index d18bfeacc..5520f881a 100644
--- a/apps/labrinth/Cargo.toml
+++ b/apps/labrinth/Cargo.toml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ rust_decimal = { workspace = true, features = [
     "serde-with-float",
     "serde-with-str",
 ] }
-redis = { workspace = true, features = ["tokio-comp", "ahash", "r2d2"] } # Locked on 0.29 until deadpool-redis updates to 0.30
+redis = { workspace = true, features = ["tokio-comp", "ahash", "r2d2"] }
 deadpool-redis.workspace = true
 clickhouse = { workspace = true, features = ["uuid", "time"] }
 uuid = { workspace = true, features = ["v4", "fast-rng", "serde"] }
diff --git a/apps/labrinth/src/routes/v2/users.rs b/apps/labrinth/src/routes/v2/users.rs
index 4f650609a..952717eed 100644
--- a/apps/labrinth/src/routes/v2/users.rs
+++ b/apps/labrinth/src/routes/v2/users.rs
@@ -135,14 +135,14 @@ pub async fn projects_list(
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Validate)]
 pub struct EditUser {
-    #[validate(length(min = 1, max = 39), regex(path = *crate::util::validate::RE_URL_SAFE))]
+    #[validate(length(min = 1, max = 39), regex(path = *crate::util::validate::RE_USERNAME))]
     pub username: Option<String>,
     #[serde(
         default,
         skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none",
         with = "::serde_with::rust::double_option"
     )]
-    #[validate(length(min = 1, max = 64), regex(path = *crate::util::validate::RE_URL_SAFE))]
+    #[validate(length(min = 1, max = 64), regex(path = *crate::util::validate::RE_USERNAME))]
     pub name: Option<Option<String>>,
     #[serde(
         default,
diff --git a/apps/labrinth/src/routes/v3/users.rs b/apps/labrinth/src/routes/v3/users.rs
index 1974d6613..c1af42916 100644
--- a/apps/labrinth/src/routes/v3/users.rs
+++ b/apps/labrinth/src/routes/v3/users.rs
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ pub async fn orgs_list(
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Validate)]
 pub struct EditUser {
-    #[validate(length(min = 1, max = 39), regex(path = *crate::util::validate::RE_URL_SAFE))]
+    #[validate(length(min = 1, max = 39), regex(path = *crate::util::validate::RE_USERNAME))]
     pub username: Option<String>,
     #[serde(
         default,
diff --git a/apps/labrinth/src/util/validate.rs b/apps/labrinth/src/util/validate.rs
index 1aede409c..4dd87eef1 100644
--- a/apps/labrinth/src/util/validate.rs
+++ b/apps/labrinth/src/util/validate.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ use validator::{ValidationErrors, ValidationErrorsKind};
 use crate::models::pats::Scopes;
 
 pub static RE_URL_SAFE: LazyLock<Regex> =
-    LazyLock::new(|| Regex::new(r"^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]*$").unwrap());
+    LazyLock::new(|| Regex::new(r#"^[a-zA-Z0-9!@$()`.+,_"-]*$"#).unwrap());
+pub static RE_USERNAME: LazyLock<Regex> =
+    LazyLock::new(|| Regex::new(r#"^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]*$"#).unwrap());
 
 //TODO: In order to ensure readability, only the first error is printed, this may need to be expanded on in the future!
 pub fn validation_errors_to_string(