diff --git a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-resteasy-reactive/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/server/test/StringTestHTTPResourceWithPathParamsTest.java b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-resteasy-reactive/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/server/test/StringTestHTTPResourceWithPathParamsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..126882c3d1872
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-resteasy-reactive/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/server/test/StringTestHTTPResourceWithPathParamsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package io.quarkus.resteasy.reactive.server.test;
+
+import static io.restassured.RestAssured.given;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+
+import jakarta.ws.rs.GET;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.Path;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.PathParam;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.Produces;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
+
+import io.quarkus.test.QuarkusUnitTest;
+import io.quarkus.test.common.http.TestHTTPEndpoint;
+import io.quarkus.test.common.http.TestHTTPResource;
+
+public class StringTestHTTPResourceWithPathParamsTest {
+
+    @RegisterExtension
+    static final QuarkusUnitTest test = new QuarkusUnitTest().withApplicationRoot((jar) -> jar.addClass(UserResource.class));
+
+    @TestHTTPEndpoint(UserResource.class)
+    @TestHTTPResource("{userId}/order/{orderId}")
+    String getUserOrderUrl;
+
+    @Test
+    void testGettingUserOrder() {
+        int userId = 123;
+        int orderId = 456;
+        given().when().get(getUserOrderUrl, userId, orderId)
+                .then().statusCode(200).body(equalTo(String.format("Order (%d) of user (%d)", userId, orderId)));
+    }
+
+    @Path("/user")
+    public static class UserResource {
+        @Path("{userId}/order/{orderId}")
+        @GET
+        @Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
+        public String getUserOrder(@PathParam("userId") int userId, @PathParam("orderId") int orderId) {
+            return String.format("Order (%d) of user (%d)", userId, orderId);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test-framework/common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/common/http/StringTestHTTPResourceProvider.java b/test-framework/common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/common/http/StringTestHTTPResourceProvider.java
index 70ad7c5b06774..3f6e05cd1b37b 100644
--- a/test-framework/common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/common/http/StringTestHTTPResourceProvider.java
+++ b/test-framework/common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/common/http/StringTestHTTPResourceProvider.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package io.quarkus.test.common.http;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
-import java.net.URI;
 
 public class StringTestHTTPResourceProvider implements TestHTTPResourceProvider<String> {
     @Override
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@ public Class<String> getProvidedType() {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public String provide(URI testUri, Field field) {
-        return testUri.toASCIIString();
+    public String provide(String testUri, Field field) {
+        return testUri;
     }
 }
diff --git a/test-framework/common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/common/http/TestHTTPResourceManager.java b/test-framework/common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/common/http/TestHTTPResourceManager.java
index 7b9d36d30c2bc..8e177e77ce235 100644
--- a/test-framework/common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/common/http/TestHTTPResourceManager.java
+++ b/test-framework/common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/common/http/TestHTTPResourceManager.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package io.quarkus.test.common.http;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
-import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ public static void inject(Object testCase, List<Function<Class<?>, String>> endp
                     }
                     f.setAccessible(true);
                     try {
-                        f.set(testCase, provider.provide(new URI(val), f));
+                        f.set(testCase, provider.provide(val, f));
                     } catch (Exception e) {
                         throw new RuntimeException(e);
                     }
diff --git a/test-framework/common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/common/http/TestHTTPResourceProvider.java b/test-framework/common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/common/http/TestHTTPResourceProvider.java
index 1f73b50332566..4f5457ef51604 100644
--- a/test-framework/common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/common/http/TestHTTPResourceProvider.java
+++ b/test-framework/common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/common/http/TestHTTPResourceProvider.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package io.quarkus.test.common.http;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
-import java.net.URI;
 
 public interface TestHTTPResourceProvider<T> {
 
@@ -13,6 +12,6 @@ public interface TestHTTPResourceProvider<T> {
      * Note that there is no need to directly call set() on the field, it is only provided
      * to allow you to examine the generic type and any additional annotations.
      */
-    T provide(URI testUri, Field field);
+    T provide(String testUri, Field field);
 
 }
diff --git a/test-framework/common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/common/http/URITestHTTPResourceProvider.java b/test-framework/common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/common/http/URITestHTTPResourceProvider.java
index 6125458e06800..6032d83b735d4 100644
--- a/test-framework/common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/common/http/URITestHTTPResourceProvider.java
+++ b/test-framework/common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/common/http/URITestHTTPResourceProvider.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 
 public class URITestHTTPResourceProvider implements TestHTTPResourceProvider<URI> {
     @Override
@@ -10,7 +11,11 @@ public Class<URI> getProvidedType() {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public URI provide(URI testUri, Field field) {
-        return testUri;
+    public URI provide(String testUri, Field field) {
+        try {
+            return new URI(testUri);
+        } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/test-framework/common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/common/http/URLTestHTTPResourceProvider.java b/test-framework/common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/common/http/URLTestHTTPResourceProvider.java
index 113ed4e231f1c..d57b8e1f2a9dc 100644
--- a/test-framework/common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/common/http/URLTestHTTPResourceProvider.java
+++ b/test-framework/common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/common/http/URLTestHTTPResourceProvider.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
 
 public class URLTestHTTPResourceProvider implements TestHTTPResourceProvider<URL> {
@@ -12,10 +13,10 @@ public Class<URL> getProvidedType() {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public URL provide(URI testUri, Field field) {
+    public URL provide(String testUri, Field field) {
         try {
-            return testUri.toURL();
-        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+            return new URI(testUri).toURL();
+        } catch (MalformedURLException | URISyntaxException e) {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }
     }