diff --git a/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/rsocket/MetadataEncoder.java b/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/rsocket/MetadataEncoder.java
index 9ff1e052740..7075e312260 100644
--- a/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/rsocket/MetadataEncoder.java
+++ b/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/rsocket/MetadataEncoder.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2020 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
 final class MetadataEncoder {
 
 	/** For route variable replacement. */
-	private static final Pattern VARS_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("\\{([^/]+?)}");
+	private static final Pattern VARS_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("\\{(.+?)}");
 
 	private static final Object NO_VALUE = new Object();
 
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ final class MetadataEncoder {
 			matcher.appendReplacement(sb, value);
 			index++;
 		}
+		matcher.appendTail(sb);
 		return sb.toString();
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-messaging/src/test/java/org/springframework/messaging/rsocket/MetadataEncoderTests.java b/spring-messaging/src/test/java/org/springframework/messaging/rsocket/MetadataEncoderTests.java
index 6a8e84a32f1..3cb7928e5eb 100644
--- a/spring-messaging/src/test/java/org/springframework/messaging/rsocket/MetadataEncoderTests.java
+++ b/spring-messaging/src/test/java/org/springframework/messaging/rsocket/MetadataEncoderTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2020 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -131,11 +131,11 @@ public class MetadataEncoderTests {
 	public void routeWithVars() {
 		DataBuffer buffer =
 				new MetadataEncoder(MimeTypeUtils.TEXT_PLAIN, this.strategies)
-						.route("a.{b}.{c}", "BBB", "C.C.C")
+						.route("a.{b}.{c}.d", "BBB", "C.C.C")
 						.encode()
 						.block();
 
-		assertThat(dumpString(buffer)).isEqualTo("a.BBB.C%2EC%2EC");
+		assertThat(dumpString(buffer)).isEqualTo("a.BBB.C%2EC%2EC.d");
 	}
 
 	@Test