diff --git a/skyvern/forge/sdk/api/files.py b/skyvern/forge/sdk/api/files.py
index afd742b6..36e4a90d 100644
--- a/skyvern/forge/sdk/api/files.py
+++ b/skyvern/forge/sdk/api/files.py
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ def get_number_of_files_in_directory(directory: Path, recursive: bool = False) -
 
 
 def sanitize_filename(filename: str) -> str:
-    return "".join(c for c in filename if c.isalnum() or c in ["-", "_", "."])
+    return "".join(c for c in filename if c.isalnum() or c in ["-", "_", ".", "%", " "])
 
 
 def rename_file(file_path: str, new_file_name: str) -> str: