diff --git a/docs/changelog/118367.yaml b/docs/changelog/118367.yaml
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/docs/changelog/118367.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+pr: 118367
+summary: "[8.16] 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 731153b3d5dbc..9b5baac09ef8e 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
@@ -108,6 +108,6 @@ private URI createUri() throws URISyntaxException {
             default -> throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported model for EIS [" + modelId + "]");
         }
 
-        return new URI(elasticInferenceServiceComponents().eisGatewayUrl() + "/api/v1/sparse-text-embedding/" + modelIdUriPath);
+        return new URI(elasticInferenceServiceComponents().eisGatewayUrl() + "/api/v1/sparse-text-embeddings/" + modelIdUriPath);
     }
 }