diff --git a/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/requesters/http_requester.py b/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/requesters/http_requester.py
index 45671fc59..78c07b725 100644
--- a/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/requesters/http_requester.py
+++ b/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/requesters/http_requester.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ def get_url_base(
             stream_slice=stream_slice,
             next_page_token=next_page_token,
         )
-        return os.path.join(self._url_base.eval(self.config, **interpolation_context), EmptyString)
+        return str(self._url_base.eval(self.config, **interpolation_context))
 
     def get_path(
         self,
@@ -370,13 +370,18 @@ def _join_url(cls, url_base: str, path: str) -> str:
         Example:
             1) _join_url("https://example.com/api/", "endpoint") >> 'https://example.com/api/endpoint'
             2) _join_url("https://example.com/api", "/endpoint") >> 'https://example.com/api/endpoint'
-            3) _join_url("https://example.com/api/", "") >> 'https://example.com/api'
+            3) _join_url("https://example.com/api/", "") >> 'https://example.com/api/'
             4) _join_url("https://example.com/api", None) >> 'https://example.com/api'
         """
 
         # return a full-url if provided directly from interpolation context
         if path == EmptyString or path is None:
-            return url_base.rstrip("/")
+            return url_base
+        else:
+            # since we didn't provide a full-url, the url_base might not have a trailing slash
+            # so we join the url_base and path correctly
+            if not url_base.endswith("/"):
+                url_base += "/"
 
         return urljoin(url_base, path)
 
diff --git a/unit_tests/sources/declarative/requesters/test_http_requester.py b/unit_tests/sources/declarative/requesters/test_http_requester.py
index dfe78011a..8fce688d7 100644
--- a/unit_tests/sources/declarative/requesters/test_http_requester.py
+++ b/unit_tests/sources/declarative/requesters/test_http_requester.py
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def test_http_requester():
         parameters={},
     )
 
-    assert requester.get_url_base() == "https://airbyte.io/"
+    assert requester.get_url_base() == "https://airbyte.io"
     assert (
         requester.get_path(stream_state={}, stream_slice=stream_slice, next_page_token={})
         == "v1/1234"
@@ -145,9 +145,9 @@ def test_http_requester():
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "test_name, base_url, expected_base_url",
     [
-        ("test_no_trailing_slash", "https://example.com", "https://example.com/"),
+        ("test_no_trailing_slash", "https://example.com", "https://example.com"),
         ("test_with_trailing_slash", "https://example.com/", "https://example.com/"),
-        ("test_with_v1_no_trailing_slash", "https://example.com/v1", "https://example.com/v1/"),
+        ("test_with_v1_no_trailing_slash", "https://example.com/v1", "https://example.com/v1"),
         ("test_with_v1_with_trailing_slash", "https://example.com/v1/", "https://example.com/v1/"),
     ],
 )