diff --git a/jersey/connector/src/main/java/io/helidon/jersey/connector/HelidonConnector.java b/jersey/connector/src/main/java/io/helidon/jersey/connector/HelidonConnector.java
index 5ed9b6030ae..ae407b707ff 100644
--- a/jersey/connector/src/main/java/io/helidon/jersey/connector/HelidonConnector.java
+++ b/jersey/connector/src/main/java/io/helidon/jersey/connector/HelidonConnector.java
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ private HttpClientRequest mapRequest(ClientRequest request) {
         HttpClientRequest httpRequest = webClient
                 .method(Method.create(request.getMethod()))
                 .proxy(requestProxy)
-                .skipUriEncoding(true)      // already encoded by Jersey
                 .uri(uri);
 
         // map request headers
diff --git a/webclient/api/src/main/java/io/helidon/webclient/api/ClientUri.java b/webclient/api/src/main/java/io/helidon/webclient/api/ClientUri.java
index ba5191da302..51b86de818a 100644
--- a/webclient/api/src/main/java/io/helidon/webclient/api/ClientUri.java
+++ b/webclient/api/src/main/java/io/helidon/webclient/api/ClientUri.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 import java.net.URI;
 
+import io.helidon.common.uri.UriEncoding;
 import io.helidon.common.uri.UriFragment;
 import io.helidon.common.uri.UriInfo;
 import io.helidon.common.uri.UriPath;
@@ -194,8 +195,11 @@ public ClientUri resolve(URI uri) {
 
         uriBuilder.path(resolvePath(uriBuilder.path().path(), uri.getPath()));
 
-        if (uri.getQuery() != null) {
-            query.fromQueryString(uri.getQuery());
+        String queryString = uri.getQuery();
+        if (queryString != null) {
+            // class URI does not decode +'s so we do it
+            query.fromQueryString(queryString.indexOf('+') >= 0 ?
+                    UriEncoding.decodeUri(queryString) : queryString);
         }
 
         if (uri.getRawFragment() != null) {
diff --git a/webclient/api/src/test/java/io/helidon/webclient/api/ClientUriTest.java b/webclient/api/src/test/java/io/helidon/webclient/api/ClientUriTest.java
index 173abf830df..e7b404343ba 100644
--- a/webclient/api/src/test/java/io/helidon/webclient/api/ClientUriTest.java
+++ b/webclient/api/src/test/java/io/helidon/webclient/api/ClientUriTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2022, 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ * Copyright (c) 2022, 2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 import io.helidon.common.uri.UriPath;
 import io.helidon.common.uri.UriQueryWriteable;
-
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
@@ -105,4 +104,23 @@ void testResolveAll() {
         assertThat(helper.port(), is(80));
         assertThat(helper.scheme(), is("https"));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void testResolveQuery() {
+        URI uri = URI.create("http://localhost:8080/greet?filter=a+b+c");
+        ClientUri clientUri = ClientUri.create();
+        clientUri.resolve(uri);
+        assertThat(clientUri.query().get("filter"), is("a b c"));
+        assertThat(clientUri.query().getRaw("filter"), is("a%20b%20c"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testToUriWithSkipEncoding() {
+        URI uri = URI.create("http://localhost:8080/greet?filter=%20a%20");
+        ClientUri clientUri = ClientUri.create();
+        clientUri.skipUriEncoding(true);
+        clientUri.resolve(uri);
+        URI newUri = clientUri.toUri();
+        assertThat(uri, is(newUri));
+    }
 }
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