diff --git a/dxa-framework/dxa-tridion-provider/pom.xml b/dxa-framework/dxa-tridion-provider/pom.xml
index d435ff051..a399024b7 100644
--- a/dxa-framework/dxa-tridion-provider/pom.xml
+++ b/dxa-framework/dxa-tridion-provider/pom.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dxa-tridion-provider</artifactId>
+	<version>1.7.1</version>
 
     <name>DXA - Tridion provider</name>
     <description>DXA Providers version-independent functionality</description>
diff --git a/dxa-framework/dxa-tridion-provider/src/main/java/com/sdl/webapp/tridion/mapping/AbstractDefaultContentProvider.java b/dxa-framework/dxa-tridion-provider/src/main/java/com/sdl/webapp/tridion/mapping/AbstractDefaultContentProvider.java
index 9ec484d8e..e9a220ec9 100644
--- a/dxa-framework/dxa-tridion-provider/src/main/java/com/sdl/webapp/tridion/mapping/AbstractDefaultContentProvider.java
+++ b/dxa-framework/dxa-tridion-provider/src/main/java/com/sdl/webapp/tridion/mapping/AbstractDefaultContentProvider.java
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ protected String prependFullUrlIfNeeded(String path) {
         if (path.contains(baseUrl)) {
             return path;
         }
-        return UriUtils.encodePath(baseUrl + path, "UTF-8");
+        return UriUtils.encodePath(baseUrl + path, "UTF-8").replace("&", "%26");
     }
 
     private StaticContentFile getStaticContentFile(String path, String localizationId)