diff --git a/nuget/lib/dependabot/nuget/update_checker/repository_finder.rb b/nuget/lib/dependabot/nuget/update_checker/repository_finder.rb
index 6ca93073d8a..af7181430af 100644
--- a/nuget/lib/dependabot/nuget/update_checker/repository_finder.rb
+++ b/nuget/lib/dependabot/nuget/update_checker/repository_finder.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 module Dependabot
   module Nuget
+    # rubocop:disable Metrics/ClassLength
     class RepositoryFinder
       extend T::Sig
 
@@ -48,7 +49,15 @@ def known_repositories
         @known_repositories << { url: DEFAULT_REPOSITORY_URL, token: nil } if @known_repositories.empty?
 
         @known_repositories = @known_repositories.map do |repo|
-          { url: URI::DEFAULT_PARSER.escape(repo[:url]), token: repo[:token] }
+          url = repo[:url]
+          begin
+            url = URI::DEFAULT_PARSER.parse(url).to_s
+          rescue URI::InvalidURIError
+            # e.g., the url has spaces or unacceptable symbols
+            url = URI::DEFAULT_PARSER.escape(url)
+          end
+
+          { url: url, token: repo[:token] }
         end
         @known_repositories.uniq
       end
@@ -452,5 +461,6 @@ def auth_header_for_token(token)
         end
       end
     end
+    # rubocop:enable Metrics/ClassLength
   end
 end
diff --git a/nuget/spec/dependabot/nuget/update_checker/repository_finder_spec.rb b/nuget/spec/dependabot/nuget/update_checker/repository_finder_spec.rb
index da1c9d7fb07..88f1e7d4cac 100644
--- a/nuget/spec/dependabot/nuget/update_checker/repository_finder_spec.rb
+++ b/nuget/spec/dependabot/nuget/update_checker/repository_finder_spec.rb
@@ -105,4 +105,43 @@
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe "#known_repositories" do
+    subject(:url) do
+      dependency = Dependabot::Dependency.new(
+        name: "Some.Package",
+        version: "1.0.0",
+        requirements: [],
+        package_manager: "nuget"
+      )
+      instance = described_class.new(dependency: dependency, credentials: credentials)
+      instance.known_repositories.first.fetch(:url)
+    end
+
+    let(:credentials) { [{ "type" => "nuget_feed", "url" => feed_url }] }
+
+    context "when no escaping is required" do
+      let(:feed_url) { "https://nuget.example.com/v3/index.json" }
+
+      it { is_expected.to eq("https://nuget.example.com/v3/index.json") }
+    end
+
+    context "when escaping is required" do
+      let(:feed_url) { "https://nuget.example.com/feed with spaces/v3/index.json" }
+
+      it { is_expected.to eq("https://nuget.example.com/feed%20with%20spaces/v3/index.json") }
+    end
+
+    context "when escaping has already been done" do
+      let(:feed_url) { "https://nuget.example.com/feed%20with%20spaces/v3/index.json" }
+
+      it { is_expected.to eq("https://nuget.example.com/feed%20with%20spaces/v3/index.json") }
+    end
+
+    context "when the feed is a relative local path" do
+      let(:feed_url) { "../packages" }
+
+      it { is_expected.to eq("../packages") }
+    end
+  end
 end