diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/projects/pipelines_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/projects/pipelines_controller.rb
index 185120501..6f7bbb618 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/projects/pipelines_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/projects/pipelines_controller.rb
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class Api::V1::Projects::PipelinesController < Api::V1::BaseController
   private
 
   def get_pipeline_file_sha(file_name, branch)
-    file_path_uri = URI.parse(file_name)
+    file_path_uri = URI.parse(URI.encode(file_name))
     interactor = Repositories::EntriesInteractor.call(@project.owner, @project.identifier, file_path_uri, ref: branch || @project.default_branch)
     if interactor.success?
       file = interactor.result