diff --git a/apm-agent-core/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/report/IntakeV2ReportingEventHandler.java b/apm-agent-core/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/report/IntakeV2ReportingEventHandler.java
index 31f0f0a168..0b66ffea7c 100644
--- a/apm-agent-core/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/report/IntakeV2ReportingEventHandler.java
+++ b/apm-agent-core/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/report/IntakeV2ReportingEventHandler.java
@@ -51,10 +51,11 @@
 import java.util.zip.DeflaterOutputStream;
 
 /**
- * This reporter supports the nd-json HTTP streaming based /v2/intake protocol
+ * This reporter supports the nd-json HTTP streaming based intake v2 protocol
  */
 public class IntakeV2ReportingEventHandler implements ReportingEventHandler {
 
+    public static final String INTAKE_V2_URL = "/intake/v2/events";
     private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(IntakeV2ReportingEventHandler.class);
     private static final int GZIP_COMPRESSION_LEVEL = 1;
 
@@ -180,8 +181,7 @@ private boolean shouldFlush() {
     @Nullable
     private HttpURLConnection startRequest() {
         try {
-            URL url = null;
-            url = new URL(serverUrlIterator.get(), "/v2/intake");
+            URL url = new URL(serverUrlIterator.get(), INTAKE_V2_URL);
             if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                 logger.debug("Starting new request to {}", url);
             }
diff --git a/apm-agent-core/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/report/IntakeV2ReportingEventHandlerTest.java b/apm-agent-core/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/report/IntakeV2ReportingEventHandlerTest.java
index 8116961938..b59096be02 100644
--- a/apm-agent-core/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/report/IntakeV2ReportingEventHandlerTest.java
+++ b/apm-agent-core/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/report/IntakeV2ReportingEventHandlerTest.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 import java.util.zip.InflaterInputStream;
 
+import static co.elastic.apm.report.IntakeV2ReportingEventHandler.INTAKE_V2_URL;
 import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.ok;
 import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.post;
 import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.postRequestedFor;
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ private static JsonNode getReadTree(String s) {
     void setUp() throws Exception {
         List.of(mockApmServer1, mockApmServer2).forEach(apmServer -> {
             apmServer.start();
-            apmServer.stubFor(post("/v2/intake").willReturn(ok()));
+            apmServer.stubFor(post(INTAKE_V2_URL).willReturn(ok()));
         });
         final ConfigurationRegistry configurationRegistry = SpyConfiguration.createSpyConfig();
         final ReporterConfiguration reporterConfiguration = configurationRegistry.getConfig(ReporterConfiguration.class);
@@ -118,20 +119,20 @@ void testReport() {
 
     @Test
     void testReportRoundRobinOnServerError() {
-        mockApmServer1.stubFor(post("/v2/intake").willReturn(serviceUnavailable()));
+        mockApmServer1.stubFor(post(INTAKE_V2_URL).willReturn(serviceUnavailable()));
 
         reportTransaction();
         reportingEventHandler.flush();
-        mockApmServer1.verify(postRequestedFor(urlEqualTo("/v2/intake")));
-        mockApmServer2.verify(0, postRequestedFor(urlEqualTo("/v2/intake")));
+        mockApmServer1.verify(postRequestedFor(urlEqualTo(INTAKE_V2_URL)));
+        mockApmServer2.verify(0, postRequestedFor(urlEqualTo(INTAKE_V2_URL)));
 
         mockApmServer1.resetRequests();
         mockApmServer2.resetRequests();
 
         reportTransaction();
         reportingEventHandler.flush();
-        mockApmServer1.verify(0, postRequestedFor(urlEqualTo("/v2/intake")));
-        mockApmServer2.verify(postRequestedFor(urlEqualTo("/v2/intake")));
+        mockApmServer1.verify(0, postRequestedFor(urlEqualTo(INTAKE_V2_URL)));
+        mockApmServer2.verify(postRequestedFor(urlEqualTo(INTAKE_V2_URL)));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -169,13 +170,13 @@ private void reportError() {
 
     private List<JsonNode> getNdJsonNodes() {
         return Stream.of(mockApmServer1, mockApmServer2)
-            .flatMap(apmServer -> apmServer.findAll(postRequestedFor(urlEqualTo("/v2/intake"))).stream())
+            .flatMap(apmServer -> apmServer.findAll(postRequestedFor(urlEqualTo(INTAKE_V2_URL))).stream())
             .findFirst()
             .map(request -> new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new InflaterInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(request.getBody()))))
                 .lines()
                 .map(IntakeV2ReportingEventHandlerTest::getReadTree)
                 .collect(Collectors.toList()))
-            .orElseThrow(() -> new IllegalStateException("No matching requests for POST /v2/intake"));
+            .orElseThrow(() -> new IllegalStateException("No matching requests for POST " + INTAKE_V2_URL));
     }
 
 }