diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/ide/IdeaBasedIdeToolCommandlet.java b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/ide/IdeaBasedIdeToolCommandlet.java
index 350dd11a5..1581b9122 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/ide/IdeaBasedIdeToolCommandlet.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/ide/IdeaBasedIdeToolCommandlet.java
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URLEncoder;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ public void installPlugin(PluginDescriptor plugin) {
    */
   private String getDownloadUrl(PluginDescriptor plugin) {
     String downloadUrl = plugin.getUrl();
-    String pluginId = plugin.getId();
+    String pluginId = URLEncoder.encode(plugin.getId(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8).replaceAll("\\+", "%20");
 
     String buildVersion = readBuildVersion();