diff --git a/pkg/cmd/api/api.go b/pkg/cmd/api/api.go
index 51febdfc9..fc6aabc47 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/api/api.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/api/api.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
@@ -264,6 +265,8 @@ func NewCmdApi(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*ApiOptions) error) *cobra.Command
 				return err
 			}
 
+			opts.RequestPath = escapePackageNameInPath(opts.RequestPath)
+
 			if runF != nil {
 				return runF(&opts)
 			}
@@ -691,3 +694,37 @@ func previewNamesToMIMETypes(names []string) string {
 	}
 	return strings.Join(types, ", ")
 }
+
+// The package name part in the `packages` endpoints may contain slashes and
+// other characters that need to be URL encoded.
+//
+// The `escapePackageNameInPath` function extracts and normalizes package names
+// in the path. The regex `pathWithPackageNameRE` is being used to extract the
+// package name with a capture group named `package`.
+//
+// See https://docs.github.com/en/rest/packages/packages APIs for more details.
+//
+// Here's an example:
+//
+// The package name `orders/cache` needs to be URL encoded because it contains
+// a slash `/`. The `escapePackageNameInPath` function will extract the
+// `orders/cache` part, perform the URL encoding, and return the normalized API
+// endpoint with `%2F` replacing the slash `/` in the package name part only.
+//
+// - Package name: `orders/cache`
+// - API endpoint: `/users/USER/packages/container/orders/cache`
+// - Normalized:   `/users/USER/packages/container/orders%2Fcache`
+
+var pathWithPackageNameRE = regexp.MustCompile(`^\/(?:orgs|user|users)(?:\/.*)?\/packages\/(?:npm|maven|rubygems|docker|nuget|container)\/(?<package>.*?)(?:\/(?:restore|versions)|$)`)
+
+func escapePackageNameInPath(path string) string {
+	matches := pathWithPackageNameRE.FindStringSubmatch(path)
+	if len(matches) > 0 {
+		i := pathWithPackageNameRE.SubexpIndex("package")
+		packageName := matches[i]
+		if packageName != "" {
+			return strings.Replace(path, packageName, url.QueryEscape(packageName), 1)
+		}
+	}
+	return path
+}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/api/api_test.go b/pkg/cmd/api/api_test.go
index 321f7b7c0..ee58d55d0 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/api/api_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/api/api_test.go
@@ -367,6 +367,72 @@ func Test_NewCmdApi(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			wantsErr: false,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "request path with container package name containing slashes",
+			cli:  "/user/packages/container/github.com/username/package_name --verbose",
+			wants: ApiOptions{
+				Hostname:            "",
+				RequestMethod:       "GET",
+				RequestMethodPassed: false,
+				RequestPath:         "/user/packages/container/github.com%2Fusername%2Fpackage_name",
+				RequestInputFile:    "",
+				RawFields:           []string(nil),
+				MagicFields:         []string(nil),
+				RequestHeaders:      []string(nil),
+				ShowResponseHeaders: false,
+				Paginate:            false,
+				Silent:              false,
+				CacheTTL:            0,
+				Template:            "",
+				FilterOutput:        "",
+				Verbose:             true,
+			},
+			wantsErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "request path with container package name containing slashes and restore",
+			cli:  "/user/packages/container/github.com/username/package_name/restore --verbose",
+			wants: ApiOptions{
+				Hostname:            "",
+				RequestMethod:       "GET",
+				RequestMethodPassed: false,
+				RequestPath:         "/user/packages/container/github.com%2Fusername%2Fpackage_name/restore",
+				RequestInputFile:    "",
+				RawFields:           []string(nil),
+				MagicFields:         []string(nil),
+				RequestHeaders:      []string(nil),
+				ShowResponseHeaders: false,
+				Paginate:            false,
+				Silent:              false,
+				CacheTTL:            0,
+				Template:            "",
+				FilterOutput:        "",
+				Verbose:             true,
+			},
+			wantsErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "request path with container package name containing slashes and versions",
+			cli:  "/user/packages/container/github.com/username/package_name/versions --verbose",
+			wants: ApiOptions{
+				Hostname:            "",
+				RequestMethod:       "GET",
+				RequestMethodPassed: false,
+				RequestPath:         "/user/packages/container/github.com%2Fusername%2Fpackage_name/versions",
+				RequestInputFile:    "",
+				RawFields:           []string(nil),
+				MagicFields:         []string(nil),
+				RequestHeaders:      []string(nil),
+				ShowResponseHeaders: false,
+				Paginate:            false,
+				Silent:              false,
+				CacheTTL:            0,
+				Template:            "",
+				FilterOutput:        "",
+				Verbose:             true,
+			},
+			wantsErr: false,
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {