diff --git a/.changeset/dull-experts-kiss.md b/.changeset/dull-experts-kiss.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eaea346e49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/dull-experts-kiss.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-react': patch
+---
+
+Fixed an issue causing `EntityPage` to show an error for entities containing special characters
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/EntityRefLink.test.tsx b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/EntityRefLink.test.tsx
index b0a6b46bf5..cecf27be24 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/EntityRefLink.test.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/EntityRefLink.test.tsx
@@ -174,4 +174,26 @@ describe('<EntityRefLink />', () => {
       '/catalog/test/component/software',
     );
   });
+
+  it('renders link by encoding name as URI component', async () => {
+    const entityName = {
+      kind: 'Compone&nt',
+      namespace: 'tes[t',
+      name: 'softw#are',
+    };
+    await renderInTestApp(
+      <EntityRefLink entityRef={entityName} defaultKind="component">
+        Custom Children
+      </EntityRefLink>,
+      {
+        mountedRoutes: {
+          '/catalog/:namespace/:kind/:name/*': entityRouteRef,
+        },
+      },
+    );
+    expect(screen.getByText('Custom Children')).toHaveAttribute(
+      'href',
+      '/catalog/tes%5Bt/compone%26nt/softw%23are',
+    );
+  });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/EntityRefLink.tsx b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/EntityRefLink.tsx
index 06a632232e..d682abdc2b 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/EntityRefLink.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/EntityRefLink.tsx
@@ -71,7 +71,11 @@ export const EntityRefLink = forwardRef<any, EntityRefLinkProps>(
     kind = kind.toLocaleLowerCase('en-US');
     namespace = namespace?.toLocaleLowerCase('en-US') ?? DEFAULT_NAMESPACE;
 
-    const routeParams = { kind, namespace, name };
+    const routeParams = {
+      kind: encodeURIComponent(kind),
+      namespace: encodeURIComponent(namespace),
+      name: encodeURIComponent(name),
+    };
     const formattedEntityRefTitle = humanizeEntityRef(
       { kind, namespace, name },
       { defaultKind },