diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0a893811..fdb8ea10 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ and this project adheres to
 - 🩹(frontend) improve reaction toolbar centering with dynamic positioning
 - 🚀 (paas) remove buildpack requirements.txt to use the new uv.lock #1349
 - ✨(backend) allow room configuration and access level via external api #1260
+- ♻️(backend) prefix Swagger routes with /api
 
 ### Fixed
 - 🩹(backend) fix swagger and redoc documentation URLs
diff --git a/src/backend/core/tests/swagger/test_openapi_schema.py b/src/backend/core/tests/swagger/test_openapi_schema.py
index bca28ccc..e4dfe464 100644
--- a/src/backend/core/tests/swagger/test_openapi_schema.py
+++ b/src/backend/core/tests/swagger/test_openapi_schema.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def test_openapi_client_schema():
     )
     assert output.getvalue() == ""
 
-    response = Client().get("/v1.0/swagger.json")
+    response = Client().get("/api/v1.0/swagger.json")
 
     assert response.status_code == 200
     with open(
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ def test_openapi_documentation_routes(mock_staticfiles):
     """Swagger and ReDoc documentation should be served on canonical URLs."""
     client = Client()
 
-    swagger_response = client.get("/v1.0/swagger/")
-    redoc_response = client.get("/v1.0/redoc/")
+    swagger_response = client.get("/api/v1.0/swagger/")
+    redoc_response = client.get("/api/v1.0/redoc/")
 
     assert swagger_response.status_code == 200
     assert redoc_response.status_code == 200
diff --git a/src/backend/meet/urls.py b/src/backend/meet/urls.py
index 5f8b71a4..aa1e2e39 100644
--- a/src/backend/meet/urls.py
+++ b/src/backend/meet/urls.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ if settings.DEBUG:
 if settings.USE_SWAGGER or settings.DEBUG:
     urlpatterns += [
         path(
-            f"{settings.API_VERSION}/swagger.json",
+            f"api/{settings.API_VERSION}/swagger.json",
             SpectacularJSONAPIView.as_view(
                 api_version=settings.API_VERSION,
                 urlconf="core.urls",
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ if settings.USE_SWAGGER or settings.DEBUG:
             name="client-api-schema",
         ),
         path(
-            f"{settings.API_VERSION}/swagger/",
+            f"api/{settings.API_VERSION}/swagger/",
             SpectacularSwaggerView.as_view(url_name="client-api-schema"),
             name="swagger-ui-schema",
         ),
         path(
-            f"{settings.API_VERSION}/redoc/",
+            f"api/{settings.API_VERSION}/redoc/",
             SpectacularRedocView.as_view(url_name="client-api-schema"),
             name="redoc-schema",
         ),