diff --git a/connect/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/runtime/distributed/DistributedHerder.java b/connect/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/runtime/distributed/DistributedHerder.java
index b5f92386ab053..88f92f53f1793 100644
--- a/connect/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/runtime/distributed/DistributedHerder.java
+++ b/connect/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/runtime/distributed/DistributedHerder.java
@@ -2044,7 +2044,7 @@ private void publishConnectorTaskConfigs(String connName, List<Map<String, Strin
                                 "because the URL of the leader's REST interface is empty!"), null);
                         return;
                     }
-                    String reconfigUrl = UriBuilder.fromUri(leaderUrl)
+                    String reconfigUrl = namespacedUrl(leaderUrl)
                             .path("connectors")
                             .path(connName)
                             .path("tasks")