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 0a862167d91..8c953234aea 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
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ public class UriComponentsBuilder implements UriBuilder, Cloneable {
 		this.host = other.host;
 		this.port = other.port;
 		this.pathBuilder = other.pathBuilder.cloneBuilder();
+		this.uriVariables.putAll(other.uriVariables);
 		this.queryParams.putAll(other.queryParams);
 		this.fragment = other.fragment;
 		this.encodeTemplate = other.encodeTemplate;
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 4d6166ebba2..24d28be2a95 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
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ public class UriComponentsBuilderTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void testClone() {
+	public void testCloneAndMerge() {
 		UriComponentsBuilder builder1 = UriComponentsBuilder.newInstance();
 		builder1.scheme("http").host("e1.com").path("/p1").pathSegment("ps1").queryParam("q1").fragment("f1").encode();
 
@@ -856,6 +856,37 @@ public class UriComponentsBuilderTests {
 		assertThat(result2.getFragment()).isEqualTo("f2");
 	}
 
+	@Test // gh-24772
+	public void testDeepClone() {
+		HashMap<String, Object> vars = new HashMap<>();
+		vars.put("ps1", "foo");
+		vars.put("ps2", "bar");
+
+		UriComponentsBuilder builder1 = UriComponentsBuilder.newInstance();
+		builder1.scheme("http").host("e1.com").userInfo("user:pwd").path("/p1").pathSegment("{ps1}")
+				.pathSegment("{ps2}").queryParam("q1").fragment("f1").uriVariables(vars).encode();
+
+		UriComponentsBuilder builder2 = (UriComponentsBuilder) builder1.clone();
+
+		UriComponents result1 = builder1.build();
+		assertThat(result1.getScheme()).isEqualTo("http");
+		assertThat(result1.getUserInfo()).isEqualTo("user:pwd");
+		assertThat(result1.getHost()).isEqualTo("e1.com");
+		assertThat(result1.getPath()).isEqualTo("/p1/%s/%s", vars.get("ps1"), vars.get("ps2"));
+		assertThat(result1.getQuery()).isEqualTo("q1");
+		assertThat(result1.getFragment()).isEqualTo("f1");
+		assertThat(result1.getSchemeSpecificPart()).isEqualTo(null);
+
+		UriComponents result2 = builder2.build();
+		assertThat(result2.getScheme()).isEqualTo("http");
+		assertThat(result2.getUserInfo()).isEqualTo("user:pwd");
+		assertThat(result2.getHost()).isEqualTo("e1.com");
+		assertThat(result2.getPath()).isEqualTo("/p1/%s/%s", vars.get("ps1"), vars.get("ps2"));
+		assertThat(result2.getQuery()).isEqualTo("q1");
+		assertThat(result2.getFragment()).isEqualTo("f1");
+		assertThat(result1.getSchemeSpecificPart()).isEqualTo(null);
+	}
+
 	@Test  // SPR-11856
 	public void fromHttpRequestForwardedHeader()  {
 		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();