diff --git a/src/routing/Router.ts b/src/routing/Router.ts
index 2cd4a4a8a..4e542af01 100644
--- a/src/routing/Router.ts
+++ b/src/routing/Router.ts
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ export class Router extends Evented<{ nav: NavEvent; route: RouteEvent; outlet:
 				Object.keys(params).forEach((paramKey) => {
 					redirect = redirect.replace(`{${paramKey}}`, params[paramKey]);
 				});
-				this.setPath(redirect);
+				this.replacePath(redirect);
 				return;
 			}
 			if (matchedRoute.type === 'partial') {
diff --git a/tests/routing/unit/Router.ts b/tests/routing/unit/Router.ts
index 05b95d562..93c65b4c8 100644
--- a/tests/routing/unit/Router.ts
+++ b/tests/routing/unit/Router.ts
@@ -711,7 +711,6 @@ describe('Router', () => {
 						defaultParams: {
 							param: 'default-param'
 						},
-						defaultRoute: true,
 						children: [
 							{
 								path: 'bar',
@@ -723,8 +722,14 @@ describe('Router', () => {
 				],
 				{ HistoryManager }
 			);
+
+			const setPathSpy = sinon.spy(router, 'setPath');
+			const replacePathSpy = sinon.spy(router, 'replacePath');
+			router.setPath('foo/param');
+			assert.isTrue(setPathSpy.calledOnce);
 			const contextMap = router.getOutlet('bar');
 			assert.isOk(contextMap);
+			assert.isTrue(replacePathSpy.calledOnce);
 			assert.strictEqual(contextMap!.size, 1);
 		});
 	});