diff --git a/forgejo-release.sh b/forgejo-release.sh
index 6857b72..5cbaf20 100755
--- a/forgejo-release.sh
+++ b/forgejo-release.sh
@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@ upload_release() {
     if [ "$SKIP_ASSETS" == 'false' ]; then
         release_id=$(jq --raw-output .id <"$TMP_DIR"/release.json)
         for file in "$RELEASE_DIR"/*; do
-            asset_name="$(basename "$file")"
+            # https://stackoverflow.com/a/4657796/10109857
+            # url encode some chars
+            asset_name="$(basename "$file" | sed -e 's/%/%25/g' -e 's/ /%20/g' -e 's/!/%21/g' -e 's/"/%22/g' -e 's/#/%23/g' -e 's/\$/%24/g' -e 's/\&/%26/g' -e 's/'\''/%27/g' -e 's/(/%28/g' -e 's/)/%29/g' -e 's/\*/%2a/g' -e 's/+/%2b/g' -e 's/,/%2c/g' -e 's/-/%2d/g' -e 's/\./%2e/g' -e 's/\//%2f/g' -e 's/:/%3a/g' -e 's/;/%3b/g' -e 's//%3e/g' -e 's/?/%3f/g' -e 's/@/%40/g' -e 's/\[/%5b/g' -e 's/\\/%5c/g' -e 's/\]/%5d/g' -e 's/\^/%5e/g' -e 's/_/%5f/g' -e 's/`/%60/g' -e 's/{/%7b/g' -e 's/|/%7c/g' -e 's/}/%7d/g' -e 's/~/%7e/g')"
             api_bin "repos/$REPO/releases/$release_id/assets/$asset_name" -d @"$file"
         done
     fi