diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a40648b..37e6a28 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1614,7 +1614,7 @@ checksum = "ed94fce61571a4006852b7389a063ab983c02eb1bb37b47f8272ce92d06d9538"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wstunnel"
-version = "7.9.1"
+version = "7.9.2"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "anyhow",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2de4a56..9242686 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "wstunnel"
-version = "7.9.1"
+version = "7.9.2"
 edition = "2021"
 repository = "https://github.com/erebe/wstunnel.git"
 
diff --git a/src/tcp.rs b/src/tcp.rs
index f4ceed9..83fbf79 100644
--- a/src/tcp.rs
+++ b/src/tcp.rs
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ pub async fn connect_with_http_proxy(
     info!("Connected to http proxy {}:{}", proxy_host, proxy_port);
 
     let authorization = if let Some((user, password)) = proxy.password().map(|p| (proxy.username(), p)) {
+        let user = urlencoding::decode(user).with_context(|| format!("Cannot urldecode proxy user: {}", user))?;
         let password =
             urlencoding::decode(password).with_context(|| format!("Cannot urldecode proxy password: {}", password))?;
         let creds = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(format!("{}:{}", user, password));