diff --git a/first-class-pipeline/src/com/freeleaps/devops/SemanticReleasingExecutor.groovy b/first-class-pipeline/src/com/freeleaps/devops/SemanticReleasingExecutor.groovy
index fbacba5d..2c306ce2 100644
--- a/first-class-pipeline/src/com/freeleaps/devops/SemanticReleasingExecutor.groovy
+++ b/first-class-pipeline/src/com/freeleaps/devops/SemanticReleasingExecutor.groovy
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.freeleaps.devops
 
+import java.net.URLEncoder
+
 class SemanticReleasingExecutor {
   def steps
   def workspace
@@ -25,7 +27,9 @@ class SemanticReleasingExecutor {
 
     steps.dir(steps.env.workroot) {
       steps.withCredentials([steps.usernamePassword(credentialsId: credentialsId, passwordVariable: 'GIT_PASSWORD', usernameVariable: 'GIT_USERNAME')]) {
-        steps.env.GIT_CREDENTIALS = "${steps.env.GIT_USERNAME}:${steps.env.GIT_PASSWORD}"
+        def credentials = "${steps.env.GIT_USERNAME}:${steps.env.GIT_PASSWORD}"
+        def encodedCredentials = URLEncoder.encode(credentials, 'UTF-8')
+        steps.env.GIT_CREDENTIALS = encodedCredentials
         steps.writeFile file: '.releaserc.json', text: steps.libraryResource(config)
         steps.log.info("SemanticReleasingExecutor", "Installing semantic-release requirements...")
         steps.sh "apt-get -y update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl wget gnupg"