diff --git a/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.test.ts b/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.test.ts
index f8bb6660c7..5cfb563d9f 100644
--- a/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.test.ts
+++ b/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.test.ts
@@ -142,12 +142,47 @@ describe('CatalogClient', () => {
       expect(response.items).toEqual([]);
     });
 
+    it('builds search filters property even those with URL unsafe values', async () => {
+      const mockedEndpoint = jest
+        .fn()
+        .mockImplementation((_req, res, ctx) =>
+          res(ctx.json({ items: [], totalItems: 0 })),
+        );
+
+      server.use(rest.get(`${mockBaseUrl}/entities/by-query`, mockedEndpoint));
+
+      const response = await client.queryEntities(
+        {
+          filter: [
+            {
+              '!@#$%': 't?i=1&a:2',
+              '^&*(){}[]': ['t%^url*encoded2', 'url'],
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+        { token },
+      );
+
+      expect(response).toEqual({ items: [], totalItems: 0 });
+      expect(mockedEndpoint).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      // Validate that the URL is _actually_ encoded.
+      expect(mockedEndpoint.mock.calls[0][0].url.search).toBe(
+        '?filter=%21%40%23%24%25%3Dt%3Fi%3D1%26a%3A2%2C%5E%26%2A%28%29%7B%7D%5B%5D%3Dt%25%5Eurl%2Aencoded2%2C%5E%26%2A%28%29%7B%7D%5B%5D%3Durl',
+      );
+
+      // Validate that the URL matches the expected decoded value.
+      expect(
+        decodeURIComponent(mockedEndpoint.mock.calls[0][0].url.search),
+      ).toBe('?filter=!@#$%=t?i=1&a:2,^&*(){}[]=t%^url*encoded2,^&*(){}[]=url');
+    });
+
     it('builds entity field selectors properly', async () => {
-      expect.assertions(2);
+      expect.assertions(3);
 
       server.use(
         rest.get(`${mockBaseUrl}/entities`, (req, res, ctx) => {
-          expect(decodeURIComponent(req.url.search)).toBe('?fields=a.b,%C3%B6');
+          expect(req.url.search).toBe('?fields=a.b,%C3%B6');
+          expect(decodeURIComponent(req.url.search)).toBe('?fields=a.b,ö');
           return res(ctx.json([]));
         }),
       );
@@ -387,10 +422,14 @@ describe('CatalogClient', () => {
           { field: 'metadata.uid', order: 'desc' },
         ],
       });
+      // Verify we actually encode the URI.
+      expect(mockedEndpoint.mock.calls[0][0].url.search).toBe(
+        '?fields=a,b&limit=100&orderField=metadata.name%2Casc&orderField=metadata.uid%2Cdesc&fullTextFilterTerm=query',
+      );
       expect(
         decodeURIComponent(mockedEndpoint.mock.calls[0][0].url.search),
       ).toBe(
-        '?fields=a,b&limit=100&orderField=metadata.name%2Casc&orderField=metadata.uid%2Cdesc&fullTextFilterTerm=query',
+        '?fields=a,b&limit=100&orderField=metadata.name,asc&orderField=metadata.uid,desc&fullTextFilterTerm=query',
       );
     });
 
diff --git a/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.ts b/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.ts
index 50219a0aa6..8409e655c0 100644
--- a/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.ts
+++ b/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.ts
@@ -107,11 +107,7 @@ export class CatalogClient implements CatalogApi {
     if (order) {
       for (const directive of [order].flat()) {
         if (directive) {
-          encodedOrder.push(
-            `${encodeURIComponent(directive.order)}:${encodeURIComponent(
-              directive.field,
-            )}`,
-          );
+          encodedOrder.push(`${directive.order}:${directive.field}`);
         }
       }
     }
@@ -120,7 +116,7 @@ export class CatalogClient implements CatalogApi {
       await this.apiClient.getEntities(
         {
           query: {
-            fields: fields.map(encodeURIComponent),
+            fields: fields,
             limit,
             filter: this.getFilterValue(filter),
             offset,
@@ -209,10 +205,10 @@ export class CatalogClient implements CatalogApi {
       if (orderFields !== undefined) {
         params.orderField = (
           Array.isArray(orderFields) ? orderFields : [orderFields]
-        ).map(({ field, order }) => encodeURIComponent(`${field},${order}`));
+        ).map(({ field, order }) => `${field},${order}`);
       }
       if (fields.length) {
-        params.fields = fields.map(encodeURIComponent);
+        params.fields = fields;
       }
 
       const normalizedFullTextFilterTerm = fullTextFilter?.term?.trim();
@@ -230,7 +226,7 @@ export class CatalogClient implements CatalogApi {
         params.limit = limit;
       }
       if (fields.length) {
-        params.fields = fields.map(encodeURIComponent);
+        params.fields = fields;
       }
     }