diff --git a/docs/changelog/118025.yaml b/docs/changelog/118025.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9b615f4d5e621
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/118025.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+pr: 118025
+summary: Update sparse text embeddings API route for Inference Service
+area: Inference
+type: enhancement
+issues: []
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/elastic/ElasticInferenceServiceSparseEmbeddingsModel.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/elastic/ElasticInferenceServiceSparseEmbeddingsModel.java
index cc69df86933de..54728a92e6254 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/elastic/ElasticInferenceServiceSparseEmbeddingsModel.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/services/elastic/ElasticInferenceServiceSparseEmbeddingsModel.java
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ private URI createUri() throws URISyntaxException {
         }
 
         return new URI(
-            elasticInferenceServiceComponents().elasticInferenceServiceUrl() + "/api/v1/sparse-text-embedding/" + modelIdUriPath
+            elasticInferenceServiceComponents().elasticInferenceServiceUrl() + "/api/v1/sparse-text-embeddings/" + modelIdUriPath
         );
     }
 }