diff --git a/lib/platform/azure/index.ts b/lib/platform/azure/index.ts
index cb1157f86c6f0b05549dc8b5852b3422578132b1..677bb7f05e4690888be944b83dda7f3c7132f1a5 100644
--- a/lib/platform/azure/index.ts
+++ b/lib/platform/azure/index.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export async function initRepo({
     url: defaults.endpoint,
   });
   const url =
-    defaults.endpoint.replace('https://', `https://:${opts.token}@`) +
+    defaults.endpoint.replace('https://', `https://token:${opts.token}@`) +
     `${encodeURIComponent(projectName)}/_git/${encodeURIComponent(repoName)}`;
   await config.storage.initRepo({
     ...config,