diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0fedd119..83ac1cdf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+- Fixed issue where parenthesis in query params were not being encoded, resulting in a poor experience when embedding links in Markdown. [#674](https://github.com/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot/pull/674)
+
 ## [4.10.3] - 2025-12-12
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/packages/web/src/lib/utils.ts b/packages/web/src/lib/utils.ts
index d0030524..6fabd7e4 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/lib/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/lib/utils.ts
@@ -62,10 +62,18 @@ export const createPathWithQueryParams = (path: string, ...queryParams: [string,
         return path;
     }
 
-    const queryString = queryParams.map(([key, value]) => `${encodeURIComponent(key)}=${encodeURIComponent(value ?? '')}`).join('&');
+    const queryString = queryParams.map(([key, value]) => `${encodeURIComponent(key)}=${encodeRFC3986URIComponent(value ?? '')}`).join('&');
     return `${path}?${queryString}`;
 }
 
+// @see: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/encodeURIComponent#encoding_for_rfc3986
+const encodeRFC3986URIComponent = (str: string) => {
+    return encodeURIComponent(str).replace(
+      /[!'()*]/g,
+      (c) => `%${c.charCodeAt(0).toString(16).toUpperCase()}`,
+    );
+  }
+
 type AuthProviderInfo = {
     id: string;
     name: string;