diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-controllers/spring-cloud-kubernetes-discoveryserver/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/discoveryserver/DiscoveryServerController.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-controllers/spring-cloud-kubernetes-discoveryserver/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/discoveryserver/DiscoveryServerController.java
index 2671256e..e32fdef3 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-controllers/spring-cloud-kubernetes-discoveryserver/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/discoveryserver/DiscoveryServerController.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-controllers/spring-cloud-kubernetes-discoveryserver/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/discoveryserver/DiscoveryServerController.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2013-2021 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2013-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -52,8 +52,21 @@ public class DiscoveryServerController {
 		return reactiveDiscoveryClient.getInstances(name);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * use the "appInstanceNonDeprecated" instead.
+	 */
+	@Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
 	@GetMapping("/app/{name}/{instanceId}")
 	public Mono<ServiceInstance> appInstance(@PathVariable String name, @PathVariable String instanceId) {
+		return innerAppInstance(name, instanceId);
+	}
+
+	@GetMapping("/apps/{name}/{instanceId}")
+	Mono<ServiceInstance> appInstanceNonDeprecated(@PathVariable String name, @PathVariable String instanceId) {
+		return innerAppInstance(name, instanceId);
+	}
+
+	private Mono<ServiceInstance> innerAppInstance(String name, String instanceId) {
 		return reactiveDiscoveryClient.getInstances(name)
 				.filter(serviceInstance -> serviceInstance.getInstanceId().equals(instanceId)).singleOrEmpty();
 	}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-controllers/spring-cloud-kubernetes-discoveryserver/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/discoveryserver/DiscoveryServerIntegrationInstanceEndpointTest.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-controllers/spring-cloud-kubernetes-discoveryserver/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/discoveryserver/DiscoveryServerIntegrationInstanceEndpointTest.java
index 8176e096..3037c627 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-controllers/spring-cloud-kubernetes-discoveryserver/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/discoveryserver/DiscoveryServerIntegrationInstanceEndpointTest.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-controllers/spring-cloud-kubernetes-discoveryserver/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/discoveryserver/DiscoveryServerIntegrationInstanceEndpointTest.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class DiscoveryServerIntegrationInstanceEndpointTest {
 	private WebTestClient webTestClient;
 
 	@Test
-	void instance() {
+	void instanceDeprecated() {
 		Map<String, String> metadata = new HashMap<>();
 		metadata.put("spring", "true");
 		metadata.put("port.http", "8080");
@@ -91,6 +91,24 @@ class DiscoveryServerIntegrationInstanceEndpointTest {
 				.isEqualTo(kubernetesServiceInstance);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void instance() {
+		Map<String, String> metadata = new HashMap<>();
+		metadata.put("spring", "true");
+		metadata.put("port.http", "8080");
+		metadata.put("k8s_namespace", "namespace");
+		metadata.put("type", "ClusterIP");
+		metadata.put("k8s", "true");
+
+		DefaultKubernetesServiceInstance kubernetesServiceInstance = new DefaultKubernetesServiceInstance(
+				TEST_ENDPOINTS.getSubsets().get(0).getAddresses().get(0).getTargetRef().getUid(),
+				TEST_SERVICE.getMetadata().getName(), TEST_ENDPOINTS.getSubsets().get(0).getAddresses().get(0).getIp(),
+				TEST_ENDPOINTS.getSubsets().get(0).getPorts().get(0).getPort(), metadata, false,
+				TEST_SERVICE.getMetadata().getNamespace(), null);
+		webTestClient.get().uri("/apps/test-svc-3/uid2").exchange().expectBody(DefaultKubernetesServiceInstance.class)
+				.isEqualTo(kubernetesServiceInstance);
+	}
+
 	@TestConfiguration
 	static class TestConfig {