diff --git a/qa-core/src/account-api/tests/accounts/accounts.cloud.internal.spec.ts b/qa-core/src/account-api/tests/accounts/accounts.cloud.internal.spec.ts
index fc5eb57de7..d3c162ea95 100644
--- a/qa-core/src/account-api/tests/accounts/accounts.cloud.internal.spec.ts
+++ b/qa-core/src/account-api/tests/accounts/accounts.cloud.internal.spec.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ describe("Account Internal Operations", () => {
   it("performs account deletion by ID", async () => {
     // Deleting by unknown id doesn't work
     const accountId = generator.string()
-    await config.api.accounts.delete(accountId, { status: 404 })
+    const encodedAccountId = encodeURIComponent(accountId)
+    await config.api.accounts.delete(encodedAccountId, { status: 404 })
 
     // Create new account
     const [_, account] = await config.api.accounts.create({