diff --git a/resend/version.py b/resend/version.py
index 9ada10a..4ccbcac 100644
--- a/resend/version.py
+++ b/resend/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "2.49.0"
+__version__ = "2.49.1"
 
 
 def get_version() -> str:
diff --git a/resend/webhooks/_webhooks.py b/resend/webhooks/_webhooks.py
index 3a64cb3..8dc601b 100644
--- a/resend/webhooks/_webhooks.py
+++ b/resend/webhooks/_webhooks.py
@@ -603,7 +603,11 @@ def verify(cls, options: VerifyWebhookOptions) -> WebhookEventPayload:
                 continue
 
             received_signature = parts[1]
-            if hmac.compare_digest(expected_signature, received_signature):
+            # Compare bytes: str comparison raises TypeError on non-ASCII input
+            if hmac.compare_digest(
+                expected_signature.encode("utf-8"),
+                received_signature.encode("utf-8", "replace"),
+            ):
                 try:
                     return cast(WebhookEventPayload, json.loads(options["payload"]))
                 except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
diff --git a/tests/webhooks_test.py b/tests/webhooks_test.py
index 30fc0b9..c53dde3 100644
--- a/tests/webhooks_test.py
+++ b/tests/webhooks_test.py
@@ -309,6 +309,41 @@ def test_verify_invalid_signature(self) -> None:
         with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="no matching signature found"):
             resend.Webhooks.verify(options)
 
+    def test_verify_non_ascii_signature(self) -> None:
+        """Test webhook verification rejects a non-ASCII signature with ValueError"""
+        secret = "whsec_" + base64.b64encode(b"test_secret_key").decode("utf-8")
+
+        options: resend.VerifyWebhookOptions = {
+            "payload": '{"type":"email.sent","data":{"email_id":"123"}}',
+            "headers": {
+                "id": "msg_123",
+                "timestamp": str(int(time.time())),
+                "signature": "v1,\u00e9\u00e8",
+            },
+            "webhook_secret": secret,
+        }
+
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="no matching signature found"):
+            resend.Webhooks.verify(options)
+
+    def test_verify_unpaired_surrogate_signature(self) -> None:
+        """Test webhook verification rejects a signature with an unpaired surrogate with ValueError"""
+        secret = "whsec_" + base64.b64encode(b"test_secret_key").decode("utf-8")
+
+        options: resend.VerifyWebhookOptions = {
+            "payload": '{"type":"email.sent","data":{"email_id":"123"}}',
+            "headers": {
+                "id": "msg_123",
+                "timestamp": str(int(time.time())),
+                # A raw 0xE9 header byte decoded with errors="surrogateescape"
+                "signature": "v1,\udce9",
+            },
+            "webhook_secret": secret,
+        }
+
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="no matching signature found"):
+            resend.Webhooks.verify(options)
+
     def test_verify_expired_timestamp(self) -> None:
         """Test webhook verification with expired timestamp"""
         secret = "whsec_" + base64.b64encode(b"test_secret_key").decode("utf-8")