diff --git a/utoipa-axum/CHANGELOG.md b/utoipa-axum/CHANGELOG.md
index f9f07097..7cbb080c 100644
--- a/utoipa-axum/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/utoipa-axum/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog - utoipa-axum
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Fixed
+
+* Fix diverging axum route and openapi spec (https://github.com/juhaku/utoipa/pull/1199)
+
 ## 0.1.2 - Oct 29 2024
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/utoipa-axum/src/lib.rs b/utoipa-axum/src/lib.rs
index 2d9cf711..7be427de 100644
--- a/utoipa-axum/src/lib.rs
+++ b/utoipa-axum/src/lib.rs
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ mod tests {
         let paths = router.to_openapi().paths;
         let expected_paths = utoipa::openapi::path::PathsBuilder::new()
             .path(
-                "/api/customer/",
+                "/api/customer",
                 utoipa::openapi::PathItem::new(
                     utoipa::openapi::path::HttpMethod::Get,
                     utoipa::openapi::path::OperationBuilder::new()
diff --git a/utoipa-axum/src/router.rs b/utoipa-axum/src/router.rs
index 31533e0a..48aa76b6 100644
--- a/utoipa-axum/src/router.rs
+++ b/utoipa-axum/src/router.rs
@@ -320,8 +320,26 @@ where
     ///     .nest("/api", search_router);
     /// ```
     pub fn nest(self, path: &str, router: OpenApiRouter<S>) -> Self {
-        let api = self.1.nest(path_template(path), router.1);
-        let path = if path.is_empty() { "/" } else { path };
+        // from axum::routing::path_router::path_for_nested_route
+        // method is private, so we need to replicate it here
+        fn path_for_nested_route<'a>(prefix: &'a str, path: &'a str) -> String {
+            debug_assert!(prefix.starts_with('/'));
+            debug_assert!(path.starts_with('/'));
+
+            if prefix.ends_with('/') {
+                format!("{prefix}{}", path.trim_start_matches('/')).into()
+            } else if path == "/" {
+                prefix.into()
+            } else {
+                format!("{prefix}{path}").into()
+            }
+        }
+
+        let api = self.1.nest_with_path_composer(
+            path_for_nested_route(path, "/"),
+            router.1,
+            |a: &str, b: &str| path_for_nested_route(a, b),
+        );
         let router = self.0.nest(&colonized_params(path), router.0);
 
         Self(router, api)
diff --git a/utoipa/CHANGELOG.md b/utoipa/CHANGELOG.md
index 04098a79..20bec0e5 100644
--- a/utoipa/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/utoipa/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 **`utoipa`** is in direct correlation with **`utoipa-gen`** ([CHANGELOG.md](../utoipa-gen/CHANGELOG.md)). You might want
 to look into changes introduced to **`utoipa-gen`**.
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Fixed
+
+* Fix diverging axum route and openapi spec (https://github.com/juhaku/utoipa/pull/1199)
+
 ## 5.2.0 - Nov 2024
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/utoipa/src/openapi.rs b/utoipa/src/openapi.rs
index ce8520bb..e2fdc19d 100644
--- a/utoipa/src/openapi.rs
+++ b/utoipa/src/openapi.rs
@@ -279,7 +279,26 @@ impl OpenApi {
     ///     .build();
     ///  let nested = api.nest("/api/v1/user", user_api);
     /// ```
-    pub fn nest<P: Into<String>, O: Into<OpenApi>>(mut self, path: P, other: O) -> Self {
+    pub fn nest<P: Into<String>, O: Into<OpenApi>>(self, path: P, other: O) -> Self {
+        self.nest_with_path_composer(path, other, |base, path| format!("{base}{path}"))
+    }
+
+    /// Nest `other` [`OpenApi`] with custom path composer.
+    ///
+    /// In most cases you should use [`OpenApi::nest`] instead.
+    /// Only use this method if you need custom path composition for a specific use case.
+    ///
+    /// `composer` is a function that takes two strings, the base path and the path to nest, and returns the composed path for the API Specification.
+    pub fn nest_with_path_composer<
+        P: Into<String>,
+        O: Into<OpenApi>,
+        F: Fn(&str, &str) -> String,
+    >(
+        mut self,
+        path: P,
+        other: O,
+        composer: F,
+    ) -> Self {
         let path: String = path.into();
         let mut other_api: OpenApi = other.into();
 
@@ -288,7 +307,7 @@ impl OpenApi {
             .paths
             .into_iter()
             .map(|(item_path, item)| {
-                let path = format!("{path}{item_path}");
+                let path = composer(&path, &item_path);
                 (path, item)
             })
             .collect::<PathsMap<_, _>>();