diff --git a/components/camel-rest-openapi/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/rest/openapi/RestOpenApiProcessor.java b/components/camel-rest-openapi/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/rest/openapi/RestOpenApiProcessor.java
index a947a2505cb35..d1c5d356500b8 100644
--- a/components/camel-rest-openapi/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/rest/openapi/RestOpenApiProcessor.java
+++ b/components/camel-rest-openapi/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/rest/openapi/RestOpenApiProcessor.java
@@ -127,8 +127,15 @@ public boolean process(Exchange exchange, AsyncCallback callback) {
         if (m instanceof RestOpenApiConsumerPath rcp) {
             Operation o = rcp.getConsumer();
 
+            String consumerPath = rcp.getConsumerPath();
+
+            //if uri is not starting with slash then remove the slash in the consumerPath from the openApi spec
+            if (consumerPath.startsWith("/") && uri != null && !uri.startsWith("/")) {
+                consumerPath = consumerPath.substring(1);
+            }
+
             // map path-parameters from operation to camel headers
-            HttpHelper.evalPlaceholders(exchange.getMessage().getHeaders(), uri, rcp.getConsumerPath());
+            HttpHelper.evalPlaceholders(exchange.getMessage().getHeaders(), uri, consumerPath);
 
             // process the incoming request
             return restOpenapiProcessorStrategy.process(openAPI, o, verb, uri, rcp.getBinding(), exchange, callback);