diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/reactive/ReactorClientHttpConnector.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/reactive/ReactorClientHttpConnector.java
index 0fdfaab6915..fc87e63a3f9 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/reactive/ReactorClientHttpConnector.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/reactive/ReactorClientHttpConnector.java
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public class ReactorClientHttpConnector implements ClientHttpConnector {
 
 		return this.httpClient
 				.request(io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpMethod.valueOf(method.name()))
-				.uri(uri.toString())
+				.uri(uri)
 				.send((request, outbound) -> requestCallback.apply(adaptRequest(method, uri, request, outbound)))
 				.responseConnection((response, connection) -> {
 					responseRef.set(new ReactorClientHttpResponse(response, connection));
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/reactive/ReactorNetty2ClientHttpConnector.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/reactive/ReactorNetty2ClientHttpConnector.java
index 1eeece1426f..8af7cb3d015 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/reactive/ReactorNetty2ClientHttpConnector.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/reactive/ReactorNetty2ClientHttpConnector.java
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public class ReactorNetty2ClientHttpConnector implements ClientHttpConnector {
 
 		return this.httpClient
 				.request(io.netty5.handler.codec.http.HttpMethod.valueOf(method.name()))
-				.uri(uri.toString())
+				.uri(uri)
 				.send((request, outbound) -> requestCallback.apply(adaptRequest(method, uri, request, outbound)))
 				.responseConnection((response, connection) -> {
 					responseRef.set(new ReactorNetty2ClientHttpResponse(response, connection));