diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/discussion/rest_api/urls.py b/lms/djangoapps/discussion/rest_api/urls.py
index b861bd7848d6..13d06288d639 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/discussion/rest_api/urls.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/discussion/rest_api/urls.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
         CourseView.as_view(),
         name="discussion_course"
     ),
-    path('v1/accounts/retire_forum', RetireUserView.as_view(), name="retire_discussion_user"),
+    re_path(r'^v1/accounts/retire_forum/?$', RetireUserView.as_view(), name="retire_discussion_user"),
     path('v1/accounts/replace_username', ReplaceUsernamesView.as_view(), name="replace_discussion_username"),
     re_path(
         fr"^v1/course_topics/{settings.COURSE_ID_PATTERN}",