diff --git a/.changes/updater-endpoint-version-encoded.md b/.changes/updater-endpoint-version-encoded.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8445c5e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/updater-endpoint-version-encoded.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'updater': 'patch'
+---
+
+Encode `+` when making updater requests which can be cause incorrectly interpolating the endpoint when using `{{current_version}}` in the endpoint where the current version contains a build number, for example `1.8.0+1`.
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5b1125d4..403aff98 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -7120,6 +7120,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http",
  "infer",
  "minisign-verify",
+ "percent-encoding",
  "reqwest",
  "semver",
  "serde",
diff --git a/plugins/updater/Cargo.toml b/plugins/updater/Cargo.toml
index 000a7b34..a9830446 100644
--- a/plugins/updater/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/updater/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ semver = { version = "1", features = ["serde"] }
 futures-util = "0.3"
 tempfile = "3"
 infer = "0.16"
+percent-encoding = "2.3"
 
 [target."cfg(target_os = \"windows\")".dependencies]
 zip = { version = "2", default-features = false, optional = true }
diff --git a/plugins/updater/src/updater.rs b/plugins/updater/src/updater.rs
index 51a18729..5883bdaa 100644
--- a/plugins/updater/src/updater.rs
+++ b/plugins/updater/src/updater.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use base64::Engine;
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
 use http::HeaderName;
 use minisign_verify::{PublicKey, Signature};
+use percent_encoding::{AsciiSet, CONTROLS};
 use reqwest::{
     header::{HeaderMap, HeaderValue},
     ClientBuilder, StatusCode,
@@ -322,17 +323,20 @@ impl Updater {
             // https://releases.myapp.com/update/darwin/aarch64/1.0.0
             // The main objective is if the update URL is defined via the Cargo.toml
             // the URL will be generated dynamically
+            let version = self.current_version.to_string();
+            let version = version.as_bytes();
+            const CONTROLS_ADD: &AsciiSet = &CONTROLS.add(b'+');
+            let encoded_version = percent_encoding::percent_encode(version, CONTROLS_ADD);
+            let encoded_version = encoded_version.to_string();
+
             let url: Url = url
                 .to_string()
                 // url::Url automatically url-encodes the path components
-                .replace(
-                    "%7B%7Bcurrent_version%7D%7D",
-                    &self.current_version.to_string(),
-                )
+                .replace("%7B%7Bcurrent_version%7D%7D", &encoded_version)
                 .replace("%7B%7Btarget%7D%7D", &self.target)
                 .replace("%7B%7Barch%7D%7D", self.arch)
                 // but not query parameters
-                .replace("{{current_version}}", &self.current_version.to_string())
+                .replace("{{current_version}}", &encoded_version)
                 .replace("{{target}}", &self.target)
                 .replace("{{arch}}", self.arch)
                 .parse()?;