diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriComponentsBuilder.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriComponentsBuilder.java
index ebe9d5133e5..f5009604064 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriComponentsBuilder.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriComponentsBuilder.java
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public class UriComponentsBuilder implements UriBuilder, Cloneable {
 
 	private static final String HOST_PATTERN = "(" + HOST_IPV6_PATTERN + "|" + HOST_IPV4_PATTERN + ")";
 
-	private static final String PORT_PATTERN = "(\\d*(?:\\{[^/]+?})?)";
+	private static final String PORT_PATTERN = "(.[^/]*(?:\\{[^/]+?})?)";
 
 	private static final String PATH_PATTERN = "([^?#]*)";
 
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriComponentsBuilderTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriComponentsBuilderTests.java
index 1db9b40628c..7577f54429a 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriComponentsBuilderTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriComponentsBuilderTests.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.testfixture.servlet.MockHttpServletRequest;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatIllegalArgumentException;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.fail;
 
 /**
  * Unit tests for {@link UriComponentsBuilder}.
@@ -1272,4 +1273,42 @@ class UriComponentsBuilderTests {
 		assertThat(path).isEqualTo("/home/path");
 	}
 
+
+	@Test
+	void verifyNonNumberPort() {
+		UriComponents numberPort = UriComponentsBuilder.fromUriString("http://localhost:8080/path").build();
+		assertThat(numberPort.getScheme()).isEqualTo("http");
+		assertThat(numberPort.getHost()).isEqualTo("localhost");
+		assertThat(numberPort.getPort()).isEqualTo(8080);
+		assertThat(numberPort.getPath()).isEqualTo("/path");
+
+		UriComponents stringPort = UriComponentsBuilder.fromUriString("http://localhost:port/path").build();
+		try{
+			stringPort.getPort();
+			fail("port must be a number");
+		}catch (NumberFormatException e){
+
+		}
+		assertThat(stringPort.getScheme()).isEqualTo("http");
+		assertThat(stringPort.getHost()).isEqualTo("localhost");
+		assertThat(stringPort.getPath()).isEqualTo("/path");
+
+		UriComponents httpNumberPort = UriComponentsBuilder.fromHttpUrl("http://localhost:8080/path").build();
+		assertThat(httpNumberPort.getScheme()).isEqualTo("http");
+		assertThat(httpNumberPort.getPort()).isEqualTo(8080);
+		assertThat(httpNumberPort.getHost()).isEqualTo("localhost");
+		assertThat(httpNumberPort.getPath()).isEqualTo("/path");
+
+		UriComponents httpStringPort=  UriComponentsBuilder.fromHttpUrl("http://localhost:port/path").build();
+		try{
+			httpStringPort.getPort();
+			fail("port must be a number");
+		}catch (NumberFormatException e){
+
+		}
+		assertThat(httpStringPort.getScheme()).isEqualTo("http");
+		assertThat(httpStringPort.getHost()).isEqualTo("localhost");
+		assertThat(httpStringPort.getPath()).isEqualTo("/path");
+	}
+
 }