diff --git a/common/lib/dependabot/clients/bitbucket.rb b/common/lib/dependabot/clients/bitbucket.rb
index 3d4d4878549..0a4ecf74297 100644
--- a/common/lib/dependabot/clients/bitbucket.rb
+++ b/common/lib/dependabot/clients/bitbucket.rb
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ def compare(repo, previous_tag, new_tag)
       sig { params(url: String).returns(Excon::Response) }
       def get(url)
         response = Excon.get(
-          URI::DEFAULT_PARSER.escape(url),
+          URI::RFC2396_PARSER.escape(url),
           user: credentials&.fetch("username", nil),
           password: credentials&.fetch("password", nil),
           # Setting to false to prevent Excon retries, use BitbucketWithRetries for retries.