diff --git a/.changeset/kind-countries-press.md b/.changeset/kind-countries-press.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bd578c72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/kind-countries-press.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@hey-api/openapi-ts": patch
+---
+
+fix: do not throw when failing to decode URI
diff --git a/packages/openapi-ts/src/compiler/utils.ts b/packages/openapi-ts/src/compiler/utils.ts
index 53ba0b4e4..646a5778e 100644
--- a/packages/openapi-ts/src/compiler/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/openapi-ts/src/compiler/utils.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ const blankSourceFile = createSourceFile('');
  */
 export function tsNodeToString(node: ts.Node): string {
     const result = printer.printNode(ts.EmitHint.Unspecified, node, blankSourceFile);
-    return decodeURIComponent(result);
+    try {
+        return decodeURIComponent(result);
+    } catch {
+        return result;
+    }
 }
 
 // ots for openapi-ts is helpers to reduce repetition of basic ts factory functions.