diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index de004945195..45eec79f88c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ Note that this project **does not** adhere to [Semantic Versioning](https://semv
 - Fixed an issue on Windows where the browser extension reported failure to send an entry to JabRef even though it was sent properly. [JabRef-Browser-Extension#493](https://github.com/JabRef/JabRef-Browser-Extension/issues/493)
 - Fixed an issue on Windows where TeXworks path was not resolved if it was installed with MiKTeX. [#10977](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/10977)
 - We fixed an issue with where JabRef would throw an error when using MathSciNet search, as it was unable to parse the fetched JSON coreectly. [10996](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/10996)
+- We fixed an issue where the "Import by ID" function would throw an error when a DOI that contains URL-encoded characters was entered. [#10648](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/10648)
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/model/entry/identifier/DOI.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/model/entry/identifier/DOI.java
index 1212b658606..0cead0708a7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/model/entry/identifier/DOI.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/model/entry/identifier/DOI.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class DOI implements Identifier {
             + "10"                              // directory indicator
             + "(?:\\.[0-9]+)+"                  // registrant codes
             + "[/:]"                            // divider
-            + "(?:[^\\s,;]+[^,;(\\.\\s)])"      // suffix alphanumeric without " "/","/";" and not ending on "."/","/";"
+            + "(?:[^\\s,]+[^,;(\\.\\s)])"       // suffix alphanumeric without " "/"," and not ending on "."/","/";"
             + ")";                              // end group \1
 
     // Regex (Short DOI)
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/jabref/model/entry/identifier/DOITest.java b/src/test/java/org/jabref/model/entry/identifier/DOITest.java
index 685dfb7d712..f7439f9cdb4 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/jabref/model/entry/identifier/DOITest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/jabref/model/entry/identifier/DOITest.java
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ private static Stream<Arguments> testData() {
                 Arguments.of("10.1007/s10549-018-4743-9",
                         DOI.findInText("Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2018 July ; 170(1): 77–87. doi:10.1007/s10549-018-4743-9, ").get().getDOI()),
                 Arguments.of("10.1007/s10549-018-4743-9",
-                        DOI.findInText("Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2018 July ; 170(1): 77–87. doi:10.1007/s10549-018-4743-9;something else").get().getDOI()),
+                        DOI.findInText("Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2018 July ; 170(1): 77–87. doi:10.1007/s10549-018-4743-9; something else").get().getDOI()),
                 Arguments.of("10.1007/s10549-018-4743-9.1234",
                         DOI.findInText("bla doi:10.1007/s10549-018-4743-9.1234 with . in doi").get().getDOI()),
 
@@ -316,4 +316,10 @@ public void rejectMissingDividerInShortDoi() {
     public void rejectNullDoiParameter() {
         assertThrows(NullPointerException.class, () -> new DOI(null));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void findDoiWithSpecialCharactersInText() {
+        assertEquals(Optional.of(new DOI("10.1175/1520-0493(2002)130%3C1913:EDAWPO%3E2.0.CO;2")),
+                DOI.findInText("https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(2002)130%3C1913:EDAWPO%3E2.0.CO;2"));
+    }
 }