diff --git a/github/github.go b/github/github.go
index 289abcc49fe..28329012864 100644
--- a/github/github.go
+++ b/github/github.go
@@ -884,14 +884,12 @@ func (c *Client) NewFormRequest(ctx context.Context, urlStr string, body io.Read
 }
 
 // checkURLPathTraversal returns ErrPathForbidden if urlStr contains ".." as a
-// path segment (e.g. "a/../b"), preventing path traversal attacks. It does not
-// match ".." embedded within a segment (e.g. "file..txt"). The check is
-// performed only on the path portion of the URL, ignoring any query string or
-// fragment.
+// path segment (e.g. "a/../b"), preventing path traversal attacks. Percent-
+// encoded equivalents such as "%2e%2e" are also rejected because url.Parse
+// decodes them to ".." before the check runs. It does not match ".." embedded
+// within a segment (e.g. "file..txt"). The check is performed only on the path
+// portion of the URL, ignoring any query string or fragment.
 func checkURLPathTraversal(urlStr string) error {
-	if !strings.Contains(urlStr, "..") {
-		return nil
-	}
 	u, err := url.Parse(urlStr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/github/github_test.go b/github/github_test.go
index b16ac1ffd87..1b7417ab0ca 100644
--- a/github/github_test.go
+++ b/github/github_test.go
@@ -1680,6 +1680,12 @@ func TestCheckURLPathTraversal(t *testing.T) {
 		// URL with userinfo.
 		{"https://user:pass@api.github.com/repos/../admin", ErrPathForbidden},
 		{"https://user:pass@api.github.com/repos/o/r", nil},
+		// Percent-encoded dots (%2e%2e) — url.Parse decodes them to ".." in Path.
+		{"repos/%2e%2e/admin", ErrPathForbidden},
+		{"repos/%2E%2E/admin", ErrPathForbidden},
+		{"repos/x/%2e%2e/%2e%2e/%2e%2e/admin", ErrPathForbidden},
+		{"x/%2e%2e/%2e%2e/%2e%2e/admin/users", ErrPathForbidden},
+		{"repos/o/r/contents/file%2e%2etxt", nil},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		err := checkURLPathTraversal(tt.input)