diff --git a/bdbag/__init__.py b/bdbag/__init__.py
index e096df6..f20a6a5 100644
--- a/bdbag/__init__.py
+++ b/bdbag/__init__.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-__version__ = "1.7.2"
+__version__ = "1.7.3"
 __bagit_version__ = "1.8.1"
 __bagit_profile_version__ = "1.3.1"
 
@@ -146,11 +146,11 @@ def parse_content_disposition(value):  # pragma: no cover
 
 # Per the bagit spec, we just want to replace (%,\r,\n,\t, ) for storage in fetch.txt, but this is also applicable
 # to URI/IRI storage in ro-metadata as well
-def escape_uri(uri, encode_whitespace=True):
+def escape_uri(uri, encode_whitespace=True, encode_other=False):
     if not uri:
         return uri
-
-    uri = uri.replace("%", "%25").replace("\n", "%0A").replace("\r", "%0D")
+    if encode_other:
+        uri = uri.replace("%", "%25").replace("\n", "%0A").replace("\r", "%0D")
     if encode_whitespace:
         uri = uri.replace(" ", "%20").replace("\t", "%09")
 
diff --git a/bdbag/bdbag_ro.py b/bdbag/bdbag_ro.py
index 4665f5b..b3af2b7 100644
--- a/bdbag/bdbag_ro.py
+++ b/bdbag/bdbag_ro.py
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def add_file_metadata(manifest,
     retrieved_from = None
 
     if local_path:
-        uri = escape_uri(ensure_payload_path_prefix(local_path), encode_whitespace=False)
+        uri = escape_uri(ensure_payload_path_prefix(local_path), encode_whitespace=False, encode_other=True)
         if source_url:
             retrieved_from = dict(retrievedFrom=source_url)
 
diff --git a/bdbag/bdbagit.py b/bdbag/bdbagit.py
index 476ad01..48cfb36 100644
--- a/bdbag/bdbagit.py
+++ b/bdbag/bdbagit.py
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ def _make_fetch_file(path, remote_entries):
             fetch_file.write("%s\t%s\t%s\n" %
                              (escape_uri(remote_entries[filename]['url']),
                               remote_entries[filename]['length'],
-                              escape_uri(_denormalize_filename(filename), encode_whitespace=False)))
+                              escape_uri(_denormalize_filename(filename), encode_whitespace=False, encode_other=True)))
 
 
 def _find_tag_files(bag_dir):
diff --git a/test/test-data/test-config/test-fetch-manifest-encoding.json b/test/test-data/test-config/test-fetch-manifest-encoding.json
index a327600..b37d523 100644
--- a/test/test-data/test-config/test-fetch-manifest-encoding.json
+++ b/test/test-data/test-config/test-fetch-manifest-encoding.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [
   {
-    "url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fair-research/bdbag/master/test/test-data/test-http-encoded/test fetch%http®.txt",
+    "url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fair-research/bdbag/master/test/test-data/test-http-encoded/test fetch%25http®.txt",
     "length":201,
     "filename":"test fetch http®.txt",
     "md5":"f3ad851f4213d41ce9690542010bffa0",
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "sha512":"1bdbb4fc33dbea55ee0e5473062cbd003221c571c6110e2b3d2ebe5288a95a74ccd60fbbbcbd42fcfa4cd320b980ca27d537e6d29e60f73822e301a7ba6c1bfa"
   },
   {
-    "url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fair-research/bdbag/master/test/test-data/test-http-encoded/test fetch%http®.txt",
+    "url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fair-research/bdbag/master/test/test-data/test-http-encoded/test\tfetch%25http®.txt",
     "length":201,
     "filename":"test\nfetch\nhttp®.txt",
     "md5":"f3ad851f4213d41ce9690542010bffa0",
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "sha512":"1bdbb4fc33dbea55ee0e5473062cbd003221c571c6110e2b3d2ebe5288a95a74ccd60fbbbcbd42fcfa4cd320b980ca27d537e6d29e60f73822e301a7ba6c1bfa"
   },
   {
-    "url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fair-research/bdbag/master/test/test-data/test-http-encoded/test fetch%http®.txt",
+    "url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fair-research/bdbag/master/test/test-data/test-http-encoded/test%20fetch%25http®.txt",
     "length":201,
     "filename":"test%fetch http®\r\n.txt",
     "md5":"f3ad851f4213d41ce9690542010bffa0",
diff --git a/test/test_remote.py b/test/test_remote.py
index 8c43017..06660aa 100644
--- a/test/test_remote.py
+++ b/test/test_remote.py
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ def test_bag_with_unencoded_utf8_remote_file_manifest(self):
                 fetch_txt = ff.read()
             self.assertIn(
                 u'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fair-research/bdbag/master/test/test-data/test-http-encoded/'
-                u'test%20fetch%25http®.txt\t201\tdata/test%0Afetch%0Ahttp®.txt', fetch_txt)
+                u'test%09fetch%25http®.txt\t201\tdata/test%0Afetch%0Ahttp®.txt', fetch_txt)
             self.assertIn(
                 u'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fair-research/bdbag/master/test/test-data/test-http-encoded/'
                 u'test%20fetch%25http®.txt\t201\tdata/test fetch http®.txt', fetch_txt)