diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/Java/libraries/resttemplate/ApiClient.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/Java/libraries/resttemplate/ApiClient.mustache
index f868eaa6dbf3..aa27beb2d01b 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/Java/libraries/resttemplate/ApiClient.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/Java/libraries/resttemplate/ApiClient.mustache
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.core.ParameterizedTypeReference;
+{{! RootUriTemplateHandler }}
+import org.springframework.boot.web.client.RootUriTemplateHandler;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpRequest;
@@ -704,8 +706,16 @@ public class ApiClient{{#jsr310}} extends JavaTimeFormatter{{/jsr310}} {
             //Append to finalUri the templatized query string like "?param1={param1Value}&.......
             finalUri += "?" + queryUri;
         }
+
         String expandedPath = this.expandPath(finalUri, uriParams);
-        final UriComponentsBuilder builder = UriComponentsBuilder.fromHttpUrl(basePath).path(expandedPath);
+
+        final UriComponentsBuilder builder;
+        {{! RootUriTemplateHandler }}
+        if (restTemplate.getUriTemplateHandler() instanceof RootUriTemplateHandler) {
+            builder = UriComponentsBuilder.fromPath(expandedPath);
+        } else {
+            builder = UriComponentsBuilder.fromHttpUrl(basePath).path(expandedPath);
+        }
 
         URI uri;
         try {
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/Java/libraries/resttemplate/pom.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/Java/libraries/resttemplate/pom.mustache
index 6bd56372de2e..26eebeab5134 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/Java/libraries/resttemplate/pom.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/Java/libraries/resttemplate/pom.mustache
@@ -230,6 +230,14 @@
             <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
             <version>${spring-web-version}</version>
         </dependency>
+
+<!--      RootUriTemplateHandler-->
+      <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+            <version>2.6.2</version>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>