diff --git a/skyvern/forge/sdk/api/files.py b/skyvern/forge/sdk/api/files.py
index ea5c61de..91b5abbc 100644
--- a/skyvern/forge/sdk/api/files.py
+++ b/skyvern/forge/sdk/api/files.py
@@ -12,11 +12,13 @@ from urllib.parse import unquote, urlparse
 import aiohttp
 import structlog
 from multidict import CIMultiDictProxy
+from yarl import URL
 
 from skyvern.config import settings
 from skyvern.constants import BROWSER_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT, BROWSER_DOWNLOADING_SUFFIX, REPO_ROOT_DIR
 from skyvern.exceptions import DownloadFileMaxSizeExceeded, DownloadFileMaxWaitingTime
 from skyvern.forge.sdk.api.aws import AsyncAWSClient
+from skyvern.utils.url_validators import encode_url
 
 LOG = structlog.get_logger()
 
@@ -83,7 +85,8 @@ async def download_file(url: str, max_size_mb: int | None = None) -> str:
 
         async with aiohttp.ClientSession(raise_for_status=True) as session:
             LOG.info("Starting to download file", url=url)
-            async with session.get(url) as response:
+            encoded_url = encode_url(url)
+            async with session.get(URL(encoded_url, encoded=True)) as response:
                 # Check the content length if available
                 if max_size_mb and response.content_length and response.content_length > max_size_mb * 1024 * 1024:
                     # todo: move to root exception.py
diff --git a/skyvern/utils/url_validators.py b/skyvern/utils/url_validators.py
index 2882ddb9..8100ac05 100644
--- a/skyvern/utils/url_validators.py
+++ b/skyvern/utils/url_validators.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import ipaddress
-from urllib.parse import urlparse
+from urllib.parse import quote, urlparse, urlsplit, urlunsplit
 
 from fastapi import status
 from pydantic import HttpUrl, ValidationError
@@ -59,3 +59,10 @@ def validate_url(url: str) -> str | None:
     if blocked:
         raise BlockedHost(host=host)
     return str(v)
+
+
+def encode_url(url: str) -> str:
+    parts = list(urlsplit(url))
+    # Encode the path while preserving "/" and "%"
+    parts[2] = quote(parts[2], safe="/%")
+    return urlunsplit(parts)