diff --git a/src/js/Route.js b/src/js/Route.js
index f17c82d3..7fd6a347 100644
--- a/src/js/Route.js
+++ b/src/js/Route.js
@@ -113,13 +113,9 @@ export default class Route {
                 if (!new RegExp(`^${optional ? `(${this.wheres[segment]})?` : this.wheres[segment]}$`).test(params[segment] ?? '')) {
                     throw new Error(`Ziggy error: '${segment}' parameter does not match required format '${this.wheres[segment]}' for route '${this.name}'.`)
                 }
-
-                if (segments[segments.length - 1].name === segment) {
-                    return encodeURIComponent(params[segment] ?? '').replace(/%2F/g, '/');
-                }
             }
 
-            return encodeURIComponent(params[segment] ?? '');
+            return encodeURI(params[segment] ?? '').replace(/%7C/g, '|').replace(/%25/g, '%').replace(/\$/g, '%24');
         }).replace(`${this.origin}//`, `${this.origin}/`).replace(/\/+$/, '');
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/js/route.test.js b/tests/js/route.test.js
index e93ca0be..d89db677 100644
--- a/tests/js/route.test.js
+++ b/tests/js/route.test.js
@@ -205,14 +205,6 @@ const defaultZiggy = {
                 slug: '.+',
             },
         },
-        slashesMiddleParam: {
-            uri: 'slashes/{encoded}/{slug}',
-            methods: ['GET', 'HEAD'],
-            wheres: {
-                encoded: '.+',
-                slug: '.+',
-            },
-        },
     },
 };
 
@@ -479,19 +471,19 @@ describe('route()', () => {
         same(route('events.venues.index', 1), 'https://test.thing/ab/cd/events/1/venues');
     });
 
-    test('can URL-encode named parameters', () => {
+    test('URL-encode query parameters', () => {
         global.Ziggy.url = 'https://test.thing/ab/cd';
 
         same(
             route('events.venues.index', { event: 'Fun&Games' }),
-            'https://test.thing/ab/cd/events/Fun%26Games/venues'
+            'https://test.thing/ab/cd/events/Fun&Games/venues'
         );
         same(
             route('events.venues.index', {
                 event: 'Fun&Games',
                 location: 'Blues&Clues',
             }),
-            'https://test.thing/ab/cd/events/Fun%26Games/venues?location=Blues%26Clues'
+            'https://test.thing/ab/cd/events/Fun&Games/venues?location=Blues%26Clues'
         );
     });
 
@@ -638,19 +630,34 @@ describe('route()', () => {
     });
 
     test('skip encoding slashes inside last parameter when explicitly allowed', () => {
-        same(route('slashes', ['one/two', 'three/four']), 'https://ziggy.dev/slashes/one%2Ftwo/three/four');
-        same(route('slashes', ['one/two', 'Fun&Games/venues']), 'https://ziggy.dev/slashes/one%2Ftwo/Fun%26Games/venues');
-        same(route('slashes', ['one/two/three', 'Fun&Games/venues/outdoors']), 'https://ziggy.dev/slashes/one%2Ftwo%2Fthree/Fun%26Games/venues/outdoors');
-
-        same(route('slashesOtherRegex', ['one/two', 'three/four']), 'https://ziggy.dev/slashes/one%2Ftwo/three/four');
-        same(route('slashesOtherRegex', ['one/two', 'Fun&Games/venues']), 'https://ziggy.dev/slashes/one%2Ftwo/Fun%26Games/venues');
-        same(route('slashesOtherRegex', ['one/two/three', 'Fun&Games/venues/outdoors']), 'https://ziggy.dev/slashes/one%2Ftwo%2Fthree/Fun%26Games/venues/outdoors');
-    });
-
-    test.skip('skip encoding slashes inside middle parameter when explicitly allowed', () => {
-        same(route('slashesMiddleParam', ['one/two', 'three/four']), 'https://ziggy.dev/slashes/one/two/three/four');
-        same(route('slashesMiddleParam', ['one/two', 'Fun&Games/venues']), 'https://ziggy.dev/slashes/one/two/Fun%26Games/venues');
-        same(route('slashesMiddleParam', ['one/two/three', 'Fun&Games/venues/outdoors']), 'https://ziggy.dev/slashes/one/two/three/Fun%26Games/venues/outdoors');
+        same(route('slashes', ['one/two', 'three/four']), 'https://ziggy.dev/slashes/one/two/three/four');
+        same(route('slashes', ['one/two', 'Fun&Games/venues']), 'https://ziggy.dev/slashes/one/two/Fun&Games/venues');
+        same(route('slashes', ['one/two/three', 'Fun&Games/venues/outdoors']), 'https://ziggy.dev/slashes/one/two/three/Fun&Games/venues/outdoors');
+
+        same(route('slashesOtherRegex', ['one/two', 'three/four']), 'https://ziggy.dev/slashes/one/two/three/four');
+        same(route('slashesOtherRegex', ['one/two', 'Fun&Games/venues']), 'https://ziggy.dev/slashes/one/two/Fun&Games/venues');
+        same(route('slashesOtherRegex', ['one/two/three', 'Fun&Games/venues/outdoors']), 'https://ziggy.dev/slashes/one/two/three/Fun&Games/venues/outdoors');
+    });
+
+    test('skip encoding some characters in route parameters', () => {
+        // Laravel doesn't encode these characters in route parameters: / @ : ; , = + ! * | ? & # %
+        same(route('pages', 'a/b'), 'https://ziggy.dev/a/b');
+        same(route('pages', 'a@b'), 'https://ziggy.dev/a@b');
+        same(route('pages', 'a:b'), 'https://ziggy.dev/a:b');
+        same(route('pages', 'a;b'), 'https://ziggy.dev/a;b');
+        same(route('pages', 'a,b'), 'https://ziggy.dev/a,b');
+        same(route('pages', 'a=b'), 'https://ziggy.dev/a=b');
+        same(route('pages', 'a+b'), 'https://ziggy.dev/a+b');
+        same(route('pages', 'a!b'), 'https://ziggy.dev/a!b');
+        same(route('pages', 'a*b'), 'https://ziggy.dev/a*b');
+        same(route('pages', 'a|b'), 'https://ziggy.dev/a|b');
+        same(route('pages', 'a?b'), 'https://ziggy.dev/a?b');
+        same(route('pages', 'a&b'), 'https://ziggy.dev/a&b');
+        same(route('pages', 'a#b'), 'https://ziggy.dev/a#b');
+        same(route('pages', 'a%b'), 'https://ziggy.dev/a%b');
+
+        // Laravel does encode '$', but encodeURI() doesn't
+        same(route('pages', 'a$b'), 'https://ziggy.dev/a%24b');
     });
 });