diff --git a/packages/cloudfront-signer/src/sign.spec.ts b/packages/cloudfront-signer/src/sign.spec.ts
index 69edcf909310..6b846a438190 100644
--- a/packages/cloudfront-signer/src/sign.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/cloudfront-signer/src/sign.spec.ts
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ describe("getSignedUrl- when signing a URL with a date range", () => {
 });
 
 describe("url component encoding", () => {
-  it("should use extended encoding for query params in the base URL", () => {
+  it("should use standard encoding for query params in the base URL", () => {
     const url =
       "https://d111111abcdef8.cloudfront.net/private-content/private.jpeg?q=!@#$%^&*()&image-description=aws's image&'''&!()=5";
     const signedUrl = getSignedUrl({
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ describe("url component encoding", () => {
     });
 
     const target =
-      "https://d111111abcdef8.cloudfront.net/private-content/private.jpeg?q=%21%40%23%24%25%5E&%2A%28%29=&image-description=aws%27s%20image&%27%27%27=&%21%28%29=5";
+      "https://d111111abcdef8.cloudfront.net/private-content/private.jpeg?q=!%40%23%24%25%5E&*()=&image-description=aws's%20image&'''=&!()=5";
 
     expect(signedUrl.slice(0, target.length)).toBe(target);
   });
diff --git a/packages/cloudfront-signer/src/sign.ts b/packages/cloudfront-signer/src/sign.ts
index c323ea346c22..85cfc3961353 100644
--- a/packages/cloudfront-signer/src/sign.ts
+++ b/packages/cloudfront-signer/src/sign.ts
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ export function getSignedUrl({
     if (url.includes("?")) {
       const [hostAndPath, query] = url.split("?");
       const params = [...new URLSearchParams(query).entries()]
-        .map(([key, value]) => `${extendedEncodeURIComponent(key)}=${extendedEncodeURIComponent(value)}`)
+        .map(([key, value]) => `${encodeURIComponent(key)}=${encodeURIComponent(value)}`)
         .join("&");
       return `${hostAndPath}?${params}`;
     }