diff --git a/rust/lancedb/src/remote/table.rs b/rust/lancedb/src/remote/table.rs
index 5fefabeb2..29b6b698d 100644
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/remote/table.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/remote/table.rs
@@ -2791,9 +2791,10 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> BaseTable for RemoteTable<S> {
     }
 
     async fn index_stats(&self, index_name: &str) -> Result<Option<IndexStatistics>> {
+        let encoded_name = urlencoding::encode(index_name);
         let mut request = self.post_read(&format!(
-            "/v1/table/{}/index/{}/stats/",
-            self.identifier, index_name
+            "/v1/table/{}/index/{encoded_name}/stats/",
+            self.identifier
         ));
         let version = self.current_version().await;
         let mut body = serde_json::json!({ "version": version });
@@ -2820,9 +2821,10 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> BaseTable for RemoteTable<S> {
     }
 
     async fn drop_index(&self, index_name: &str) -> Result<()> {
+        let encoded_name = urlencoding::encode(index_name);
         let request = self.apply_branch_query(self.client.post(&format!(
-            "/v1/table/{}/index/{}/drop/",
-            self.identifier, index_name
+            "/v1/table/{}/index/{encoded_name}/drop/",
+            self.identifier
         )));
         let (request_id, response) = self.send(request, true).await?;
         if response.status() == StatusCode::NOT_FOUND {
@@ -2835,9 +2837,10 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> BaseTable for RemoteTable<S> {
     }
 
     async fn prewarm_index(&self, index_name: &str) -> Result<()> {
+        let encoded_name = urlencoding::encode(index_name);
         let request = self.client.post(&format!(
-            "/v1/table/{}/index/{}/prewarm/",
-            self.identifier, index_name
+            "/v1/table/{}/index/{encoded_name}/prewarm/",
+            self.identifier
         ));
         let (request_id, response) = self.send(request, true).await?;
         if response.status() == StatusCode::NOT_FOUND {
@@ -6489,6 +6492,41 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(matches!(e, Error::IndexNotFound { .. }));
     }
 
+    /// Index names are unvalidated, so reserved characters must be
+    /// percent-encoded or they restructure the request path.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_per_index_paths_encode_reserved_characters() {
+        const NAME: &str = "my/index?a#b c";
+        const PREFIX: &str = "/v1/table/my_table/index/my%2Findex%3Fa%23b%20c";
+
+        let table = Table::new_with_handler("my_table", |request| {
+            assert_eq!(request.url().path(), format!("{PREFIX}/stats/"));
+            let body = serde_json::json!({
+              "num_indexed_rows": 1,
+              "num_unindexed_rows": 0,
+              "index_type": "IVF_PQ",
+              "distance_type": "l2"
+            });
+            http::Response::builder()
+                .status(200)
+                .body(serde_json::to_string(&body).unwrap())
+                .unwrap()
+        });
+        assert!(table.index_stats(NAME).await.unwrap().is_some());
+
+        let table = Table::new_with_handler("my_table", |request| {
+            assert_eq!(request.url().path(), format!("{PREFIX}/drop/"));
+            http::Response::builder().status(200).body("{}").unwrap()
+        });
+        table.drop_index(NAME).await.unwrap();
+
+        let table = Table::new_with_handler("my_table", |request| {
+            assert_eq!(request.url().path(), format!("{PREFIX}/prewarm/"));
+            http::Response::builder().status(200).body("{}").unwrap()
+        });
+        table.prewarm_index(NAME).await.unwrap();
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_set_lsm_write_spec_unsharded() {
         let table = Table::new_with_handler("my_table", |request| {