diff --git a/lib/platform/azure/index.js b/lib/platform/azure/index.js
index 08ec3e41b979764753b6347f08cd2680c0874a79..b53c9f5cfd4abab6badd9fcec71837d979879c61 100644
--- a/lib/platform/azure/index.js
+++ b/lib/platform/azure/index.js
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ async function initRepo({ repository, endpoint, localDir, azureWorkItemId }) {
   const [projectName, repoName] = repository.split('/');
   const url =
     endpoint.replace('https://', `https://token:${opts.token}@`) +
-    `${encodeURIComponent(projectName)}/_git/${repoName}`;
+    `${encodeURIComponent(projectName)}/_git/${encodeURIComponent(repoName)}`;
   await config.storage.initRepo({
     ...config,
     localDir,