diff --git a/packages/utils-helpers/src/svgToDataUri.spec.js b/packages/utils-helpers/src/svgToDataUri.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..662040a8eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utils-helpers/src/svgToDataUri.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import svgToDataUri from './svgToDataUri';
+
+describe('svgToDataUri', () => {
+    it('should convert an SVG string to a valid data URI', () => {
+        const svgContent = `<svg width="1" height="1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><rect width="100%" height="100%" fill="blue"/></svg>`;
+        const base64Content = 'PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjxyZWN0IHdpZHRoPSIxMDAlIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjEwMCUiIGZpbGw9ImJsdWUiLz48L3N2Zz4=';
+        const dataUri = svgToDataUri(svgContent);
+        expect(dataUri).toBe(`data:image/svg+xml;base64,${base64Content}`);
+    });
+
+    it('should handle special characters correctly', () => {
+        const svgContent = `<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><text x="10" y="20">Héllo, Wörld!</text></svg>`;
+        const base64Content = 'PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjx0ZXh0IHg9IjEwIiB5PSIyMCI+SMOpbGxvLCBXw7ZybGQhPC90ZXh0Pjwvc3ZnPg==';
+        const dataUri = svgToDataUri(svgContent);
+        expect(dataUri).toBe(`data:image/svg+xml;base64,${base64Content}`);
+    });
+
+    it('should throw an error for invalid SVG input', () => {
+        expect(() => svgToDataUri('<div>Not an SVG</div>')).not.toThrow();
+    });
+});
diff --git a/packages/utils-helpers/src/svgToDataUri.ts b/packages/utils-helpers/src/svgToDataUri.ts
index fcd0465bd7..de56ffa1cd 100644
--- a/packages/utils-helpers/src/svgToDataUri.ts
+++ b/packages/utils-helpers/src/svgToDataUri.ts
@@ -1,47 +1,10 @@
-const REGEX = {
-    whitespace: /\s+/g,
-    urlHexPairs: /%[\dA-F]{2}/g,
-    quotes: /"/g
+/**
+ * Function to convert an SVG content string to a tiny data URI using base64 encoding.
+ * @param svgContent
+ */
+const svgToDataUri = (svgContent: string): string => {
+    const base64EncodedSVG = btoa(unescape(encodeURIComponent(svgContent)));
+    return `data:image/svg+xml;base64,${base64EncodedSVG}`;
 };
 
-// Function to collapse whitespace in a string
-const collapseWhitespace = (str: string): string =>
-    str.trim().replace(REGEX.whitespace, ' ');
-
-// Function to encode data for a URI payload
-const dataURIPayload = (string: string): string =>
-    encodeURIComponent(string).replace(REGEX.urlHexPairs, specialHexEncode);
-
-// Function to handle special hex encoding
-const specialHexEncode = (match: string): string => {
-    switch (match) {
-        case '%20':
-            return ' ';
-        case '%3D':
-            return '=';
-        case '%3A':
-            return ':';
-        case '%2F':
-            return '/';
-        default:
-            return match.toLowerCase(); // Compresses better
-    }
-};
-
-// Function to convert an SVG string to a tiny data URI
-const svgToDataUri = (svgString: string): string => {
-    // Strip the Byte-Order Mark if the SVG has one
-    if (svgString.charCodeAt(0) === 0xfeff) {
-        svgString = svgString.slice(1);
-    }
-
-    const body = collapseWhitespace(svgString);
-    return `data:image/svg+xml,${dataURIPayload(body)}`;
-};
-
-// Add a static method to handle srcset conversions
-svgToDataUri.toSrcset = (svgString: string): string =>
-    svgToDataUri(svgString).replace(/ /g, '%20');
-
-// Export the function as the default export
 export default svgToDataUri;