diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 8d262f3..6b99714 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -1889,7 +1889,7 @@ class HttpClient {
         }
         const usingSsl = parsedUrl.protocol === 'https:';
         proxyAgent = new undici_1.ProxyAgent(Object.assign({ uri: proxyUrl.href, pipelining: !this._keepAlive ? 0 : 1 }, ((proxyUrl.username || proxyUrl.password) && {
-            token: `${proxyUrl.username}:${proxyUrl.password}`
+            token: `Basic ${Buffer.from(`${proxyUrl.username}:${proxyUrl.password}`).toString('base64')}`
         })));
         this._proxyAgentDispatcher = proxyAgent;
         if (usingSsl && this._ignoreSslError) {
@@ -2002,11 +2002,11 @@ function getProxyUrl(reqUrl) {
     })();
     if (proxyVar) {
         try {
-            return new URL(proxyVar);
+            return new DecodedURL(proxyVar);
         }
         catch (_a) {
             if (!proxyVar.startsWith('http://') && !proxyVar.startsWith('https://'))
-                return new URL(`http://${proxyVar}`);
+                return new DecodedURL(`http://${proxyVar}`);
         }
     }
     else {
@@ -2065,6 +2065,19 @@ function isLoopbackAddress(host) {
         hostLower.startsWith('[::1]') ||
         hostLower.startsWith('[0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1]'));
 }
+class DecodedURL extends URL {
+    constructor(url, base) {
+        super(url, base);
+        this._decodedUsername = decodeURIComponent(super.username);
+        this._decodedPassword = decodeURIComponent(super.password);
+    }
+    get username() {
+        return this._decodedUsername;
+    }
+    get password() {
+        return this._decodedPassword;
+    }
+}
 //# sourceMappingURL=proxy.js.map
 
 /***/ }),