diff --git a/.changeset/yellow-walls-worry.md b/.changeset/yellow-walls-worry.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..db0de86d7f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/yellow-walls-worry.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@clerk/backend': patch
+---
+
+Preserve url protocol when joining paths.
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/util/__tests__/path.test.ts b/packages/backend/src/util/__tests__/path.test.ts
index ce632d73a82..3ebeb9160c7 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/util/__tests__/path.test.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/util/__tests__/path.test.ts
@@ -10,4 +10,18 @@ export default (QUnit: QUnit) => {
   test('joins the provides paths safely', assert => {
     assert.equal(joinPaths('foo', '/bar', '/qux//'), 'foo/bar/qux/');
   });
+
+  test('does not affect url scheme', assert => {
+    assert.equal(
+      joinPaths('https://api.clerk.com', 'v1', '/organizations/org_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'),
+      'https://api.clerk.com/v1/organizations/org_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('does not affect url scheme and removes duplicate separators', assert => {
+    assert.equal(
+      joinPaths('https://api.clerk.com//', '/v1/', '//organizations/org_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx//'),
+      'https://api.clerk.com/v1/organizations/org_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/',
+    );
+  });
 };
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/util/path.ts b/packages/backend/src/util/path.ts
index 708288bc14c..3e191aa6436 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/util/path.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/util/path.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const SEPARATOR = '/';
-const MULTIPLE_SEPARATOR_REGEX = new RegExp(SEPARATOR + '{1,}', 'g');
+const MULTIPLE_SEPARATOR_REGEX = new RegExp('(?<!:)' + SEPARATOR + '{1,}', 'g');
 
 type PathString = string | null | undefined;