diff --git a/readme-vars.yml b/readme-vars.yml
index 4b49dbe..8df48aa 100644
--- a/readme-vars.yml
+++ b/readme-vars.yml
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ init_diagram: |
   "cops:latest" <- Base Images
 # changelog
 changelogs:
+  - {date: "08.02.26:", desc: "Existing users should update: site-confs/default.conf - Deny access to all dotfiles."}
   - {date: "08.02.26:", desc: "Adding missing php-tokenizer package."}
   - {date: "10.10.25:", desc: "Adding missing icu-data-full package."}
   - {date: "10.07.25:", desc: "Rebase to Alpine 3.22."}
diff --git a/root/defaults/nginx/site-confs/default.conf.sample b/root/defaults/nginx/site-confs/default.conf.sample
index 4265cfc..5275585 100644
--- a/root/defaults/nginx/site-confs/default.conf.sample
+++ b/root/defaults/nginx/site-confs/default.conf.sample
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## Version 2025/07/10 - Changelog: https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-cops/commits/master/root/defaults/nginx/site-confs/default.conf.sample
+## Version 2026/02/08 - Changelog: https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-cops/commits/master/root/defaults/nginx/site-confs/default.conf.sample
 
 server {
     listen 80 default_server;
@@ -48,8 +48,16 @@ server {
         include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
     }
 
-    # deny access to .htaccess/.htpasswd files
-    location ~ /\.ht {
+    # deny access to all dotfiles
+    location ~ /\. {
         deny all;
+        log_not_found off;
+        access_log off;
+        return 404;
+    }
+
+    # Allow access to the ".well-known" directory
+    location ^~ /.well-known {
+        allow all;
     }
 }