diff --git a/Package.swift b/Package.swift
index 8980ea0..e957628 100644
--- a/Package.swift
+++ b/Package.swift
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ let package = Package(
     ],
     dependencies: [
         .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-openapi-runtime.git", from: "1.0.0"),
-        .package(url: "https://github.com/vapor/vapor.git", from: "4.86.2"),
+        .package(url: "https://github.com/vapor/vapor.git", from: "4.91.1"),
         .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-atomics.git", from: "1.2.0")
     ],
     targets: [
diff --git a/Sources/OpenAPIVapor/VaporTransport.swift b/Sources/OpenAPIVapor/VaporTransport.swift
index 8d0323a..7916202 100644
--- a/Sources/OpenAPIVapor/VaporTransport.swift
+++ b/Sources/OpenAPIVapor/VaporTransport.swift
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ extension [Vapor.PathComponent] {
     init(_ path: String) {
         self = path.split(
             separator: "/",
-            omittingEmptySubsequences: false
+            omittingEmptySubsequences: true
         ).map { parameter in
             if parameter.first == "{", parameter.last == "}" {
                 return .parameter(String(parameter.dropFirst().dropLast()))
diff --git a/Tests/OpenAPIVaporTests/VaporTransportTests.swift b/Tests/OpenAPIVaporTests/VaporTransportTests.swift
index c2b15bf..ab52823 100644
--- a/Tests/OpenAPIVaporTests/VaporTransportTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/OpenAPIVaporTests/VaporTransportTests.swift
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ final class VaporTransportTests: XCTestCase {
     override func tearDown() async throws {
         app.shutdown()
     }
-    
+
     func testHeadRequestExplicitContentLength() async throws {
         let transport = VaporTransport(routesBuilder: app)
         let response = HTTPTypes.HTTPResponse(
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ final class VaporTransportTests: XCTestCase {
             method: .post,
             path: "/hello/{name}"
         )
+
+        XCTAssertTrue(app.routes.all.first?.path == ["hello", ":name"])
+
         try app.test(
             .POST,
             "/hello/Maria?greeting=Howdy",