diff --git a/pkg/giturl/giturl.go b/pkg/giturl/giturl.go
index bfc369a74..3270c72ab 100644
--- a/pkg/giturl/giturl.go
+++ b/pkg/giturl/giturl.go
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ func GenerateLink(repo, commit, file string, line int64) string {
 	// Some paths contain '%' which breaks |url.Parse| if not encoded.
 	// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Percent-encoding
 	file = strings.ReplaceAll(file, "%", "%25")
+	file = strings.ReplaceAll(file, "[", "%5B")
+	file = strings.ReplaceAll(file, "]", "%5D")
 
 	switch determineProvider(repo) {
 	case providerBitbucket:
@@ -175,6 +177,8 @@ var linePattern = regexp.MustCompile(`L\d+`)
 // Used post-link generation to refine reported issue locations within large scanned blocks.
 func UpdateLinkLineNumber(ctx context.Context, link string, newLine int64) string {
 	link = strings.Replace(link, "%", "%25", -1)
+	link = strings.Replace(link, "[", "%5B", -1)
+	link = strings.Replace(link, "]", "%5D", -1)
 	parsedURL, err := url.Parse(link)
 	if err != nil {
 		ctx.Logger().Error(err, "unable to parse link to update line number", "link", link)
diff --git a/pkg/giturl/giturl_test.go b/pkg/giturl/giturl_test.go
index 620fad27f..27838a360 100644
--- a/pkg/giturl/giturl_test.go
+++ b/pkg/giturl/giturl_test.go
@@ -305,6 +305,14 @@ func TestUpdateLinkLineNumber(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			wantErr: true,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "Encode brackets",
+			args: args{
+				link:    "https://github.com/coinbase/cbpay-js/blob/abcdefg/folder/[name]/file",
+				newLine: int64(0),
+			},
+			want: "https://github.com/coinbase/cbpay-js/blob/abcdefg/folder/%5Bname%5D/file",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {