diff --git a/gin.go b/gin.go
index d71086d1..8eac7277 100644
--- a/gin.go
+++ b/gin.go
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path"
-	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"unicode"
 
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin/internal/bytesconv"
 	filesystem "github.com/gin-gonic/gin/internal/fs"
@@ -48,11 +48,6 @@ var defaultTrustedCIDRs = []*net.IPNet{
 	},
 }
 
-var (
-	regSafePrefix         = regexp.MustCompile("[^a-zA-Z0-9/-]+")
-	regRemoveRepeatedChar = regexp.MustCompile("/{2,}")
-)
-
 // HandlerFunc defines the handler used by gin middleware as return value.
 type HandlerFunc func(*Context)
 
@@ -776,8 +771,8 @@ func redirectTrailingSlash(c *Context) {
 	req := c.Request
 	p := req.URL.Path
 	if prefix := path.Clean(c.Request.Header.Get("X-Forwarded-Prefix")); prefix != "." {
-		prefix = regSafePrefix.ReplaceAllString(prefix, "")
-		prefix = regRemoveRepeatedChar.ReplaceAllString(prefix, "/")
+		prefix = sanitizePathChars(prefix)
+		prefix = removeRepeatedSlash(prefix)
 
 		p = prefix + "/" + req.URL.Path
 	}
@@ -788,6 +783,39 @@ func redirectTrailingSlash(c *Context) {
 	redirectRequest(c)
 }
 
+// sanitizePathChars removes unsafe characters from path strings,
+// keeping only letters, numbers, forward slashes, and hyphens.
+func sanitizePathChars(s string) string {
+	return strings.Map(func(r rune) rune {
+		if unicode.IsLetter(r) || unicode.IsDigit(r) || r == '/' || r == '-' {
+			return r
+		}
+		return -1
+	}, s)
+}
+
+// removeRepeatedSlash removes consecutive forward slashes from a string,
+// replacing sequences of multiple slashes with a single slash.
+func removeRepeatedSlash(s string) string {
+	if !strings.Contains(s, "//") {
+		return s
+	}
+
+	var sb strings.Builder
+	sb.Grow(len(s) - 1)
+	prevChar := rune(0)
+
+	for _, r := range s {
+		if r == '/' && prevChar == '/' {
+			continue
+		}
+		sb.WriteRune(r)
+		prevChar = r
+	}
+
+	return sb.String()
+}
+
 func redirectFixedPath(c *Context, root *node, trailingSlash bool) bool {
 	req := c.Request
 	rPath := req.URL.Path
diff --git a/gin_test.go b/gin_test.go
index cee1f3cc..8d006365 100644
--- a/gin_test.go
+++ b/gin_test.go
@@ -1012,3 +1012,34 @@ func TestUpdateRouteTreesCalledOnce(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, "ok", w.Body.String())
 	}
 }
+
+func TestRemoveRepeatedSlash(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name string
+		str  string
+		want string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "noSlash",
+			str:  "abc",
+			want: "abc",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "withSlash",
+			str:  "/a/b/c/",
+			want: "/a/b/c/",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "withRepeatedSlash",
+			str:  "/a//b///c////",
+			want: "/a/b/c/",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			res := removeRepeatedSlash(tc.str)
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.want, res)
+		})
+	}
+}