diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index 9a416003ccf..0a15cd98e3c 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -140,8 +140,6 @@ DiscourseCops/NoChdir:
 
 DiscourseCops/NoURIEscapeEncode:
   Enabled: true
-  Exclude:
-    - 'plugins/**/*'
 
 Style/GlobalVars:
   Enabled: true
diff --git a/lib/twitter_api.rb b/lib/twitter_api.rb
index b662c433c48..8b9f0887673 100644
--- a/lib/twitter_api.rb
+++ b/lib/twitter_api.rb
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class TwitterApi
 
     def bearer_token_credentials
       Base64.strict_encode64(
-        "#{URI::encode(consumer_key)}:#{URI::encode(consumer_secret)}"
+        "#{UrlHelper.encode_component(consumer_key)}:#{UrlHelper.encode_component(consumer_secret)}"
       )
     end