diff --git a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/CHANGELOG.md
index 63163a1765..3e50e7e5cb 100644
--- a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 ### Bugs Fixed
 
+- Fixed IMDS token requests for managed identities, which were broken by an invalid URL path in 1.12.0-beta.1.
+
 ### Other Changes
 
 ## 1.13.0 (2025-08-05)
diff --git a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/src/managed_identity_source.cpp b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/src/managed_identity_source.cpp
index 93a5969bfd..c3d203a588 100644
--- a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/src/managed_identity_source.cpp
+++ b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/src/managed_identity_source.cpp
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<ManagedIdentitySource> ImdsManagedIdentitySource::Create(
 
     imdsUrl = Core::Url{imdsEndpointEnvVarValue};
   }
-  imdsUrl.SetPath("/metadata/identity/oauth2/token");
+  imdsUrl.SetPath("metadata/identity/oauth2/token");
 
   return std::unique_ptr<ManagedIdentitySource>(
       new ImdsManagedIdentitySource(clientId, objectId, resourceId, imdsUrl, options));