diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index d632838ca..e23e54bc9 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ Detailed list of changes
 
 - Fix a regression in the previous release that caused :ac:`copy_or_noop` to stop working correctly (:pull:`10041`)
 
+- macOS: Fix a regression in the previous release that caused URLs to be quoted when dropping into shells (:iss:`10054`)
+
 0.47.0 [2026-05-19]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/glfw/cocoa_window.m b/glfw/cocoa_window.m
index 794589282..c72a89dbb 100644
--- a/glfw/cocoa_window.m
+++ b/glfw/cocoa_window.m
@@ -1670,12 +1670,9 @@ - (BOOL) prepareForDragOperation:(id<NSDraggingInfo>) sender {
 static void
 create_uri_list(_GLFWDropData *d, NSArray *urls) {
     NSMutableArray<NSString *> *items = [NSMutableArray array];
-    NSCharacterSet *allowedChars = [NSCharacterSet URLQueryAllowedCharacterSet];
     for (NSURL *url in urls) {
         if ([url isFileURL]) url = [url filePathURL];
-        NSString *absoluteString = url.absoluteString;
-        NSString *q = [absoluteString stringByAddingPercentEncodingWithAllowedCharacters:allowedChars];
-        [items addObject:q];
+        [items addObject:url.absoluteString];
     }
     NSString *result = [items componentsJoinedByString:@"\r\n"];
     NSData *data = [result dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];