diff --git a/src/app/core/data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service.spec.ts
index ae44d590a4c..9e1e892be2f 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service.spec.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ describe('AuthorizationDataService', () => {
     const ePersonUuid = 'fake-eperson-uuid';
 
     function createExpected(providedObjectUrl: string, providedEPersonUuid?: string, providedFeatureId?: FeatureID): FindListOptions {
-      const searchParams = [new RequestParam('uri', providedObjectUrl)];
+      const searchParams = [new RequestParam('uri', providedObjectUrl, false)];
       if (hasValue(providedFeatureId)) {
         searchParams.push(new RequestParam('feature', providedFeatureId));
       }
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service.ts
index 95730422726..be1c1b09014 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service.ts
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ export class AuthorizationDataService extends BaseDataService<Authorization> imp
     if (isNotEmpty(options.searchParams)) {
       params = [...options.searchParams];
     }
-    params.push(new RequestParam('uri', objectUrl));
+    // TODO fix encode the uri parameter in the self link in the backend and set encodeValue to true afterwards
+    params.push(new RequestParam('uri', objectUrl, false));
     if (hasValue(featureId)) {
       params.push(new RequestParam('feature', featureId));
     }