diff --git a/apps/server/src/sourceControl/giteaRepository.test.ts b/apps/server/src/sourceControl/giteaRepository.test.ts
index 48412b6c1cc8..5015416281e6 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/sourceControl/giteaRepository.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/sourceControl/giteaRepository.test.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ it("accepts PR numbers and URLs only from the selected repository", () => {
     giteaPullRequestNumber(`${base}/TEAM/REPO/pulls/42/files`, "team/repo", base),
     42,
   );
+  assert.strictEqual(
+    giteaPullRequestNumber(`${base}/%C3%A9quipe/r%C3%A9po/pulls/43/files`, "équipe/répo", base),
+    43,
+  );
   for (const ref of [
     "0",
     "-1",
diff --git a/apps/server/src/sourceControl/giteaRepository.ts b/apps/server/src/sourceControl/giteaRepository.ts
index 12596e76689b..0d449e76f4a3 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/sourceControl/giteaRepository.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/sourceControl/giteaRepository.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ export function giteaPullRequestNumber(
   try {
     const url = new URL(reference);
     const base = new URL(baseUrl);
-    const expected = `${base.pathname.replace(/\/+$/u, "")}/${repository}/pulls/`;
+    const encodedRepository = repository.split("/").map(encodeURIComponent).join("/");
+    const expected = `${base.pathname.replace(/\/+$/u, "")}/${encodedRepository}/pulls/`;
     if (
       url.origin !== base.origin ||
       !url.pathname.toLowerCase().startsWith(expected.toLowerCase())