diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 157a672..d2dbff0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) and this p
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Fixes [#1669](https://github.com/Axosoft/vscode-gitlens/issues/1669) - Workitem Link (Hover ) for Repository (DevOps) with Blank is broken
+- Fixes [#1695](https://github.com/Axosoft/vscode-gitlens/issues/1695) - gitlens.remotes: ${repo} has '%2520' instead of '%20' for a space
 - Fixes [#1531](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/1531) - Typo in `gitlens.defaultGravatarsStyle` options — thanks to [PR #1532](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/pull/1532) by Alwin Wang ([@alwinw](https://github.com/alwinw))
 - Fixes [#1511](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/1511) - Avatars are blurry on retina displays — thanks to [PR #1595](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/pull/1595) by Adaex Yang ([@adaex](https://github.com/adaex))
 - Fixes [#1609](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/1609) - X.globalState.setKeysForSync is not a function — thanks to [PR #1610](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/pull/1610) by Stanislav Lvovsky ([@slavik-lvovsky](https://github.com/slavik-lvovsky))
diff --git a/src/git/remotes/provider.ts b/src/git/remotes/provider.ts
index 22516b2..63cb488 100644
--- a/src/git/remotes/provider.ts
+++ b/src/git/remotes/provider.ts
@@ -234,7 +234,11 @@ export abstract class RemoteProvider implements RemoteProviderReference {
 	protected encodeUrl(url: string): string;
 	protected encodeUrl(url: string | undefined): string | undefined;
 	protected encodeUrl(url: string | undefined): string | undefined {
-		return url != null ? encodeURI(url).replace(/#/g, '%23') : undefined;
+		if (url == null) return undefined;
+
+		// Not a fan of this, but it's hard to gauge previous encoding and this is the most common case
+		url = url.replace(/%20/g, ' ');
+		return encodeURI(url).replace(/#/g, '%23');
 	}
 }