diff --git a/src/fetchcode/package_versions.py b/src/fetchcode/package_versions.py
index c0584eb..75aec34 100644
--- a/src/fetchcode/package_versions.py
+++ b/src/fetchcode/package_versions.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ def get_gem_versions_from_purl(purl):
 def get_npm_versions_from_purl(purl):
     """Fetch versions of npm packages from the npm registry API."""
     purl = PackageURL.from_string(purl)
-    url = f"https://registry.npmjs.org/{purl.name}"
+    url = get_npm_registry_url(purl)
     response = get_response(url=url, content_type="json")
     if not response:
         logger.error(f"Failed to fetch {url}")
@@ -545,3 +545,9 @@ def remove_debian_default_epoch(version):
     ''
     """
     return version and version.replace("0:", "")
+
+
+def get_npm_registry_url(purl):
+    """Return registry URL for npm Package-URL."""
+    pkg_name = f"{purl.namespace}/{purl.name}" if purl.namespace else purl.name
+    return f"https://registry.npmjs.org/{pkg_name}"
diff --git a/tests/test_package_versions.py b/tests/test_package_versions.py
index dc112c9..a73cc53 100644
--- a/tests/test_package_versions.py
+++ b/tests/test_package_versions.py
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@
 from unittest import mock
 
 import yaml
+from packageurl import PackageURL
 
+from fetchcode.package_versions import get_npm_registry_url
 from fetchcode.package_versions import versions
 
 FETCHCODE_REGEN_TEST_FIXTURES = os.getenv("FETCHCODE_REGEN_TEST_FIXTURES", False)
@@ -87,6 +89,20 @@ def test_get_gem_versions_from_purl(mock_get_response):
     check_results_against_json(result, expected_file)
 
 
+def test_get_npm_registry_url():
+    purl1 = PackageURL.from_string("pkg:npm/%40angular/animation")
+    purl2 = PackageURL.from_string("pkg:npm/core")
+
+    result_url1 = get_npm_registry_url(purl1)
+    result_url2 = get_npm_registry_url(purl2)
+
+    expected_url1 = "https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular/animation"
+    expected_url2 = "https://registry.npmjs.org/core"
+
+    assert result_url1 == expected_url1
+    assert result_url2 == expected_url2
+
+
 @mock.patch("fetchcode.package_versions.get_response")
 def test_get_npm_versions_from_purl(mock_get_response):
     side_effect = [get_json_data(data_location / "npm_mock_data.json")]