diff --git a/slack-api-client/src/main/java/com/slack/api/util/http/SlackHttpClient.java b/slack-api-client/src/main/java/com/slack/api/util/http/SlackHttpClient.java
index a3d148595..0164131d0 100644
--- a/slack-api-client/src/main/java/com/slack/api/util/http/SlackHttpClient.java
+++ b/slack-api-client/src/main/java/com/slack/api/util/http/SlackHttpClient.java
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ public static OkHttpClient buildOkHttpClient(SlackConfig config) {
 
     public static OkHttpClient buildOkHttpClient(SlackConfig config, Map<String, String> userAgentCustomInfo) {
         final OkHttpClient.Builder okHttpClient = new OkHttpClient.Builder();
+
+        // For context, this change was applied to resolves https://github.com/slackapi/java-slack-sdk/issues/1122
+        // There is no use case to follow redirects as of Feb 2023.
+        // If this SDK needs to enable developers to customize these options,
+        // we may want to add overloaded buildOkHttpClient() method or add such an option to the SlackConfig object.
+        okHttpClient.followRedirects(false);
+        okHttpClient.followSslRedirects(false);
+
         okHttpClient.addInterceptor(new UserAgentInterceptor(userAgentCustomInfo));
         if (config.getHttpClientReadTimeoutMillis() != null) {
             okHttpClient.readTimeout(config.getHttpClientReadTimeoutMillis(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
diff --git a/slack-api-client/src/test/java/test_with_remote_apis/IncomingWebhooksTest.java b/slack-api-client/src/test/java/test_with_remote_apis/IncomingWebhooksTest.java
index f9de386ff..452fde2d5 100644
--- a/slack-api-client/src/test/java/test_with_remote_apis/IncomingWebhooksTest.java
+++ b/slack-api-client/src/test/java/test_with_remote_apis/IncomingWebhooksTest.java
@@ -315,4 +315,11 @@ public void headers() throws IOException {
         assertThat(response.getCode(), is(200));
         assertThat(response.getHeaders().size(),is(greaterThan(0)));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void issue_1122_invalid_url() throws Exception {
+        String invalidUrl = "https://hooks.slack.com/services/invalid-url";
+        WebhookResponse response = slack.send(invalidUrl, Payload.builder().text("Hello world!").build());
+        assertThat(response.getCode(), is(302));
+    }
 }