diff --git a/src/citrine/__version__.py b/src/citrine/__version__.py
index 0c11babd0..dae42b1bd 100644
--- a/src/citrine/__version__.py
+++ b/src/citrine/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "3.5.1"
+__version__ = "3.5.2"
diff --git a/src/citrine/resources/file_link.py b/src/citrine/resources/file_link.py
index ca95ae2dd..537386ad8 100644
--- a/src/citrine/resources/file_link.py
+++ b/src/citrine/resources/file_link.py
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
 from typing import Optional, Tuple, Union, Dict, Iterable, Sequence
-from urllib.parse import urlparse, unquote_plus
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
+from urllib.request import url2pathname
 from uuid import UUID
 
 from citrine._rest.collection import Collection
@@ -647,7 +648,11 @@ def read(self, *, file_link: Union[str, UUID, FileLink]) -> bytes:
         file_link = self._resolve_file_link(file_link)
 
         if self._is_local_url(file_link.url):  # Read the local file
-            path = Path(unquote_plus(urlparse(file_link.url).path))
+            parsed_url = urlparse(file_link.url)
+            if parsed_url.netloc not in {'', '.', 'localhost'}:
+                raise ValueError("Non-local UNCs (e.g., Windows network paths) are not supported.")
+            # Space should have been encoded as %20, but just in case it was a +
+            path = Path(url2pathname(parsed_url.path.replace('+', '%20')))
             return path.read_bytes()
 
         if self._is_external_url(file_link.url):  # Pull it from where ever it lives
diff --git a/tests/resources/test_file_link.py b/tests/resources/test_file_link.py
index 49218cf79..1b10585e1 100644
--- a/tests/resources/test_file_link.py
+++ b/tests/resources/test_file_link.py
@@ -837,3 +837,6 @@ def test_exceptions(collection: FileCollection, session):
     )
     with pytest.raises(NotFound):
         collection.get(uid="name")
+
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Windows"):
+        collection.read(file_link=FileLink('File', 'file://remote/network/file.txt'))