diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/SortHandlerMethodArgumentResolver.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/SortHandlerMethodArgumentResolver.java
index fd590e7c7..f97037872 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/SortHandlerMethodArgumentResolver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/SortHandlerMethodArgumentResolver.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.web;
 
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
 import org.springframework.core.MethodParameter;
@@ -23,8 +24,8 @@ import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.support.WebDataBinderFactory;
 import org.springframework.web.context.request.NativeWebRequest;
-import org.springframework.web.method.support.HandlerMethodArgumentResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.method.support.ModelAndViewContainer;
+import org.springframework.web.util.UriUtils;
 
 /**
  * {@link HandlerMethodArgumentResolver} to automatically create {@link Sort} instances from request parameters or
@@ -61,6 +62,10 @@ public class SortHandlerMethodArgumentResolver extends SortHandlerMethodArgument
 			return getDefaultFromAnnotationOrFallback(parameter);
 		}
 
-		return parseParameterIntoSort(Arrays.asList(directionParameter), getPropertyDelimiter());
+		var decoded = Arrays.stream(directionParameter)
+				.map(it -> UriUtils.decode(it, StandardCharsets.UTF_8))
+				.toList();
+
+		return parseParameterIntoSort(decoded, getPropertyDelimiter());
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/web/SortHandlerMethodArgumentResolverUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/web/SortHandlerMethodArgumentResolverUnitTests.java
index 3b7ef0766..e94b3b47a 100755
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/web/SortHandlerMethodArgumentResolverUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/web/SortHandlerMethodArgumentResolverUnitTests.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import static org.springframework.data.domain.Sort.Direction.*;
 
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletRequest;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.context.request.NativeWebRequest;
 import org.springframework.web.context.request.ServletWebRequest;
+import org.springframework.web.util.UriUtils;
 
 /**
  * Unit tests for {@link SortHandlerMethodArgumentResolver}.
@@ -259,6 +261,18 @@ class SortHandlerMethodArgumentResolverUnitTests extends SortDefaultUnitTests {
 		assertSupportedAndResolvedTo(getRequestWithSort(reference, "merged"), parameter, reference);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void readsEncodedSort() {
+
+		var request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
+		request.addParameter("sort", UriUtils.encode("foo,desc", StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+
+		var parameter = getParameterOfMethod("supportedMethod");
+		var encoded = UriUtils.encode("foo,desc", StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+
+		assertSupportedAndResolvedTo(new ServletWebRequest(request), parameter, Sort.by("foo").descending());
+	}
+
 	private static Sort resolveSort(HttpServletRequest request, MethodParameter parameter) throws Exception {
 
 		var resolver = new SortHandlerMethodArgumentResolver();