diff --git a/python/lsst/daf/butler/datastores/fileDatastore.py b/python/lsst/daf/butler/datastores/fileDatastore.py
index cf2d879447..c0e1860957 100644
--- a/python/lsst/daf/butler/datastores/fileDatastore.py
+++ b/python/lsst/daf/butler/datastores/fileDatastore.py
@@ -1998,10 +1998,23 @@ def get(
     def prepare_get_for_external_client(self, ref: DatasetRef) -> FileDatastoreGetPayload:
         # Docstring inherited
 
+        # 1 hour.  Chosen somewhat arbitrarily -- this is long enough that the
+        # client should have time to download a large file with retries if
+        # needed, but short enough that it will become obvious quickly that
+        # these URLs expire.
+        # From a strictly technical standpoint there is no reason this
+        # shouldn't be a day or more, but there seems to be a political issue
+        # where people think there is a risk of end users posting presigned
+        # URLs for people without access rights to download.
+        url_expiration_time_seconds = 1 * 60 * 60
+
         def to_file_info_payload(info: DatasetLocationInformation) -> FileDatastoreGetPayloadFileInfo:
             location, file_info = info
             return FileDatastoreGetPayloadFileInfo(
-                url=location.uri.geturl(), datastoreRecords=file_info.to_simple()
+                url=location.uri.generate_presigned_get_url(
+                    expiration_time_seconds=url_expiration_time_seconds
+                ),
+                datastoreRecords=file_info.to_simple(),
             )
 
         return FileDatastoreGetPayload(
diff --git a/python/lsst/daf/butler/datastores/fileDatastoreClient.py b/python/lsst/daf/butler/datastores/fileDatastoreClient.py
index 9eb09b52be..556eacb7a4 100644
--- a/python/lsst/daf/butler/datastores/fileDatastoreClient.py
+++ b/python/lsst/daf/butler/datastores/fileDatastoreClient.py
@@ -12,18 +12,18 @@
     generate_datastore_get_information,
     get_dataset_as_python_object_from_get_info,
 )
+from pydantic import AnyHttpUrl
 
 
 class FileDatastoreGetPayloadFileInfo(_BaseModelCompat):
     """Information required to read a single file stored in `FileDatastore`"""
 
-    # TODO DM-41879: Allowing arbitrary URLs here is a severe security issue,
-    # since it allows the server to trick the client into fetching data from
-    # any file on its local filesystem or from remote storage using credentials
-    # laying around in the environment.  This should be restricted to only
-    # HTTP, but we don't yet have a means of mocking out HTTP gets in tests.
-    url: str
-    """An absolute URL that can be used to read the file"""
+    # This is intentionally restricted to HTTP for security reasons.  Allowing
+    # arbitrary URLs here would allow the server to trick the client into
+    # fetching data from any file on its local filesystem or from remote
+    # storage using credentials laying around in the environment.
+    url: AnyHttpUrl
+    """An HTTP URL that can be used to read the file"""
 
     datastoreRecords: SerializedStoredFileInfo
     """`FileDatastore` metadata records for this file"""
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def get_dataset_as_python_object(
         The retrieved artifact, converted to a Python object
     """
     fileLocations: list[DatasetLocationInformation] = [
-        (Location(None, file_info.url), StoredFileInfo.from_simple(file_info.datastoreRecords))
+        (Location(None, str(file_info.url)), StoredFileInfo.from_simple(file_info.datastoreRecords))
         for file_info in payload.file_info
     ]
 
diff --git a/python/lsst/daf/butler/tests/utils.py b/python/lsst/daf/butler/tests/utils.py
index b2042bf8cd..cf7f2d23d0 100644
--- a/python/lsst/daf/butler/tests/utils.py
+++ b/python/lsst/daf/butler/tests/utils.py
@@ -313,6 +313,12 @@ def addDataset(
         datasetType : ``DatasetType``, optional
             The dataset type of the added dataset. If `None`, will use the
             default dataset type.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        datasetRef : `DatasetRef`
+            A reference to the added dataset.
+
         """
         if run:
             self.butler.registry.registerCollection(run, type=CollectionType.RUN)
diff --git a/tests/test_server.py b/tests/test_server.py
index 2ff92670cb..00059959c4 100644
--- a/tests/test_server.py
+++ b/tests/test_server.py
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ def test_get(self):
 def _create_corrupted_dataset(repo: MetricTestRepo) -> DatasetRef:
     run = "corrupted-run"
     ref = repo.addDataset({"instrument": "DummyCamComp", "visit": 423}, run=run)
-    uris = repo.butler.getURIs(ref, run=run)
+    uris = repo.butler.getURIs(ref)
     oneOfTheComponents = list(uris.componentURIs.values())[0]
     oneOfTheComponents.write("corrupted data")
     return ref