diff --git a/picard/ui/options/plugins.py b/picard/ui/options/plugins.py
index 122559a00..131666645 100644
--- a/picard/ui/options/plugins.py
+++ b/picard/ui/options/plugins.py
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ class PluginsOptionsPage(OptionsPage):
             parse_response_type=None,
             priority=True,
             important=True,
-            queryargs={"id": plugin.module_name, "version": plugin.version.to_string(short=True)},
+            unencoded_queryargs={"id": plugin.module_name, "version": plugin.version.to_string(short=True)},
         )
 
     def download_handler(self, update, response, reply, error, plugin):