diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/45475_galaxy.yml b/changelogs/fragments/45475_galaxy.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..72eab141a47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/45475_galaxy.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- galaxy - handle plus sign in user token appearing in role url (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/45475).
diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/galaxy/user_guide.rst b/docs/docsite/rst/galaxy/user_guide.rst
index 417138a12aa..039ec78a1b7 100644
--- a/docs/docsite/rst/galaxy/user_guide.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/galaxy/user_guide.rst
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ To install a specific version of a role from Galaxy, append a comma and the valu
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-   $ ansible-galaxy install geerlingguy.apache,v1.0.0
+   $ ansible-galaxy install geerlingguy.apache,1.0.0
 
 It is also possible to point directly to the git repository and specify a branch name or commit hash as the version. For example, the following will
 install a specific commit:
diff --git a/lib/ansible/playbook/role/requirement.py b/lib/ansible/playbook/role/requirement.py
index 18cea8ff0ef..59e9cf39579 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/playbook/role/requirement.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/playbook/role/requirement.py
@@ -105,9 +105,7 @@ class RoleRequirement(RoleDefinition):
                     role["src"] = "git+" + role["src"]
 
                 if '+' in role["src"]:
-                    (scm, src) = role["src"].split('+')
-                    role["scm"] = scm
-                    role["src"] = src
+                    role["scm"], dummy, role["src"] = role["src"].partition('+')
 
                 if 'name' not in role:
                     role["name"] = RoleRequirement.repo_url_to_role_name(role["src"])
diff --git a/test/units/galaxy/test_role_requirements.py b/test/units/galaxy/test_role_requirements.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a84bbb52eda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/units/galaxy/test_role_requirements.py
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright: (c) 2020, Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+# Make coding more python3-ish
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+
+import pytest
+from ansible.playbook.role.requirement import RoleRequirement
+
+
+def test_null_role_url():
+    role = RoleRequirement.role_yaml_parse('')
+    assert role['src'] == ''
+    assert role['name'] == ''
+    assert role['scm'] is None
+    assert role['version'] is None
+
+
+def test_git_file_role_url():
+    role = RoleRequirement.role_yaml_parse('git+file:///home/bennojoy/nginx')
+    assert role['src'] == 'file:///home/bennojoy/nginx'
+    assert role['name'] == 'nginx'
+    assert role['scm'] == 'git'
+    assert role['version'] is None
+
+
+def test_https_role_url():
+    role = RoleRequirement.role_yaml_parse('https://github.com/bennojoy/nginx')
+    assert role['src'] == 'https://github.com/bennojoy/nginx'
+    assert role['name'] == 'nginx'
+    assert role['scm'] is None
+    assert role['version'] is None
+
+
+def test_git_https_role_url():
+    role = RoleRequirement.role_yaml_parse('git+https://github.com/geerlingguy/ansible-role-composer.git')
+    assert role['src'] == 'https://github.com/geerlingguy/ansible-role-composer.git'
+    assert role['name'] == 'ansible-role-composer'
+    assert role['scm'] == 'git'
+    assert role['version'] is None
+
+
+def test_git_version_role_url():
+    role = RoleRequirement.role_yaml_parse('git+https://github.com/geerlingguy/ansible-role-composer.git,main')
+    assert role['src'] == 'https://github.com/geerlingguy/ansible-role-composer.git'
+    assert role['name'] == 'ansible-role-composer'
+    assert role['scm'] == 'git'
+    assert role['version'] == 'main'
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("url", [
+    ('https://some.webserver.example.com/files/main.tar.gz'),
+    ('https://some.webserver.example.com/files/main.tar.bz2'),
+    ('https://some.webserver.example.com/files/main.tar.xz'),
+])
+def test_tar_role_url(url):
+    role = RoleRequirement.role_yaml_parse(url)
+    assert role['src'] == url
+    assert role['name'].startswith('main')
+    assert role['scm'] is None
+    assert role['version'] is None
+
+
+def test_git_ssh_role_url():
+    role = RoleRequirement.role_yaml_parse('git@gitlab.company.com:mygroup/ansible-base.git')
+    assert role['src'] == 'git@gitlab.company.com:mygroup/ansible-base.git'
+    assert role['name'].startswith('ansible-base')
+    assert role['scm'] is None
+    assert role['version'] is None
+
+
+def test_token_role_url():
+    role = RoleRequirement.role_yaml_parse('git+https://gitlab+deploy-token-312644:_aJQ9c3HWzmRR4knBNyx@gitlab.com/akasurde/ansible-demo')
+    assert role['src'] == 'https://gitlab+deploy-token-312644:_aJQ9c3HWzmRR4knBNyx@gitlab.com/akasurde/ansible-demo'
+    assert role['name'].startswith('ansible-demo')
+    assert role['scm'] == 'git'
+    assert role['version'] is None
+
+
+def test_token_new_style_role_url():
+    role = RoleRequirement.role_yaml_parse({"src": "git+https://gitlab+deploy-token-312644:_aJQ9c3HWzmRR4knBNyx@gitlab.com/akasurde/ansible-demo"})
+    assert role['src'] == 'https://gitlab+deploy-token-312644:_aJQ9c3HWzmRR4knBNyx@gitlab.com/akasurde/ansible-demo'
+    assert role['name'].startswith('ansible-demo')
+    assert role['scm'] == 'git'
+    assert role['version'] == ''