diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7a5d0c57162..e7baa7e099d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## Next release
 (Add entries below in the order of server, console, cli, docs, others)
 
+- server: updates kriti to v0.2.1 which adds an `escapeUri` function
 - server: add cascade option to `mssql_run_sql` metadata API
 - server: fix bug which recreated event triggers every time the graphql-engine started up
 - server: fix bug in OpenAPI when multiple REST endpoints have the same URL path but different method
diff --git a/cabal.project b/cabal.project
index 219b87f38f9..f2fa83237ca 100644
--- a/cabal.project
+++ b/cabal.project
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ package graphql-engine
 source-repository-package
   type: git
   location: https://github.com/hasura/kriti-lang.git
-  tag: v0.2.0
+  tag: v0.2.1
 
 source-repository-package
   type: git
diff --git a/cabal.project.freeze b/cabal.project.freeze
index 58ed69b5263..e3ff30d697c 100644
--- a/cabal.project.freeze
+++ b/cabal.project.freeze
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ constraints: any.Cabal ==3.2.0.0,
              jose -demos,
              any.kan-extensions ==5.2.1,
              any.keys ==3.12.3,
-             any.kriti-lang ==0.2.0.0,
+             any.kriti-lang ==0.2.1,
              any.lens ==4.19.2,
              lens -benchmark-uniplate -dump-splices +inlining -j -old-inline-pragmas -safe +test-doctests +test-hunit +test-properties +test-templates +trustworthy,
              any.lens-aeson ==1.1,
diff --git a/server/src-lib/Hasura/RQL/DDL/Metadata.hs b/server/src-lib/Hasura/RQL/DDL/Metadata.hs
index 96745ac3c1a..bef6f215276 100644
--- a/server/src-lib/Hasura/RQL/DDL/Metadata.hs
+++ b/server/src-lib/Hasura/RQL/DDL/Metadata.hs
@@ -476,7 +476,6 @@ runTestWebhookTransform (TestWebhookTransform url payload mt sv) = do
   initReq <- liftIO $ HTTP.mkRequestThrow url
   let req = initReq & HTTP.body .~ pure (J.encode payload)
       dataTransform = mkRequestTransform mt
-      -- TODO(Solomon) Add SessionVariables
       transformedE = applyRequestTransform url dataTransform req sv
 
   case transformedE of
diff --git a/server/src-lib/Hasura/RQL/DDL/RequestTransform.hs b/server/src-lib/Hasura/RQL/DDL/RequestTransform.hs
index 8e0ffa87ad9..6344183089b 100644
--- a/server/src-lib/Hasura/RQL/DDL/RequestTransform.hs
+++ b/server/src-lib/Hasura/RQL/DDL/RequestTransform.hs
@@ -402,20 +402,19 @@ mkUrlTransform engine template transformCtx =
   case mkTemplateTransform engine (coerce $ wrapTemplate template) transformCtx of
     Left err -> Left err
     Right (J.String url) ->
-      let escapedUrl = T.pack $ URI.escapeURIString (/= '|') (T.unpack url)
-       in case URI.parseURI (T.unpack escapedUrl) of
-            Just _ -> Right escapedUrl
-            Nothing ->
-              Left $
-                TransformErrorBundle $
-                  pure $
-                    J.object
-                      [ "error_code" J..= J.String "TransformationError",
-                        -- TODO: This error message is not very
-                        -- helpful. We should find a way to identity what
-                        -- is wrong with the URL.
-                        "message" J..= J.String ("Invalid URL: " <> url)
-                      ]
+      case URI.parseURI (T.unpack url) of
+        Just _ -> Right url
+        Nothing ->
+          Left $
+            TransformErrorBundle $
+              pure $
+                J.object
+                  [ "error_code" J..= J.String "TransformationError",
+                    -- TODO: This error message is not very
+                    -- helpful. We should find a way to identity what
+                    -- is wrong with the URL.
+                    "message" J..= J.String ("Invalid URL: " <> url)
+                  ]
     Right val ->
       Left $
         TransformErrorBundle $