diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 137c914..1380f2e 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -48170,6 +48170,7 @@ async function run() {
       BASE: `${server_url}/api/v1`,
       WITH_CREDENTIALS: true,
       TOKEN: token,
+      ENCODE_PATH: encodeURIComponent,
     });
 
     const response = await createOrGetRelease(gitea_client, owner, repo, {
@@ -48210,7 +48211,7 @@ async function createOrGetRelease(client, owner, repo, body) {
     let release = await client.repository.repoGetReleaseByTag({
       owner: owner,
       repo: repo,
-      tag: encodeURIComponent(body.tag_name),
+      tag: body.tag_name,
     })
     const release_id = release.id;
     let target_commitish = release.target_commitish;
diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 503faf0..656886a 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ async function run() {
       BASE: `${server_url}/api/v1`,
       WITH_CREDENTIALS: true,
       TOKEN: token,
+      ENCODE_PATH: encodeURIComponent,
     });
 
     const response = await createOrGetRelease(gitea_client, owner, repo, {
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ async function createOrGetRelease(client, owner, repo, body) {
     let release = await client.repository.repoGetReleaseByTag({
       owner: owner,
       repo: repo,
-      tag: encodeURIComponent(body.tag_name),
+      tag: body.tag_name,
     })
     const release_id = release.id;
     let target_commitish = release.target_commitish;