diff --git a/src/main/java/com/networknt/schema/AbsoluteIri.java b/src/main/java/com/networknt/schema/AbsoluteIri.java
index 687455b0e..d8f793e64 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/networknt/schema/AbsoluteIri.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/networknt/schema/AbsoluteIri.java
@@ -106,11 +106,21 @@ public static String resolve(String parent, String iri) {
                     scheme = scheme + 3;
                 }
                 base = parent(base, scheme);
-                while (iri.startsWith("../")) {
-                    base = parent(base, scheme);
-                    iri = iri.substring(3);
+
+                String[] iriParts = iri.split("/");
+                for (int x = 0; x < iriParts.length; x++) {
+                    if ("..".equals(iriParts[x])) {
+                        base = parent(base, scheme);
+                    } else if (".".equals(iriParts[x])) {
+                        // skip
+                    } else {
+                        base = base + "/" + iriParts[x];
+                    }
+                }
+                if (iri.endsWith("/")) {
+                    base = base + "/";
                 }
-                return base + "/" + iri;
+                return base;
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/networknt/schema/RefValidatorTest.java b/src/test/java/com/networknt/schema/RefValidatorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26308799d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/networknt/schema/RefValidatorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.networknt.schema;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import com.networknt.schema.SpecVersion.VersionFlag;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for RefValidator.
+ */
+public class RefValidatorTest {
+    @Test
+    void resolveSamePathDotSlash() {
+        String mainSchema = "{\r\n"
+                + "  \"$id\": \"https://www.example.com/schema/test.json\",\r\n"
+                + "  \"$ref\": \"./integer.json\"\r\n"
+                + "}";
+
+        String otherSchema = "{\r\n"
+                + "  \"type\": \"integer\"\r\n"
+                + "}";
+
+        JsonSchemaFactory factory = JsonSchemaFactory.getInstance(VersionFlag.V202012,
+                builder -> builder.schemaLoaders(schemaLoaders -> schemaLoaders.schemas(
+                        Collections.singletonMap("https://www.example.com/schema/integer.json", otherSchema))));
+        JsonSchema jsonSchema = factory.getSchema(mainSchema);
+        Set<ValidationMessage> messages = jsonSchema.validate("\"string\"", InputFormat.JSON);
+        assertEquals(1, messages.size());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void resolveSamePath() {
+        String mainSchema = "{\r\n"
+                + "  \"$id\": \"https://www.example.com/schema/test.json\",\r\n"
+                + "  \"$ref\": \"integer.json\"\r\n"
+                + "}";
+
+        String otherSchema = "{\r\n"
+                + "  \"type\": \"integer\"\r\n"
+                + "}";
+
+        JsonSchemaFactory factory = JsonSchemaFactory.getInstance(VersionFlag.V202012,
+                builder -> builder.schemaLoaders(schemaLoaders -> schemaLoaders.schemas(
+                        Collections.singletonMap("https://www.example.com/schema/integer.json", otherSchema))));
+        JsonSchema jsonSchema = factory.getSchema(mainSchema);
+        Set<ValidationMessage> messages = jsonSchema.validate("\"string\"", InputFormat.JSON);
+        assertEquals(1, messages.size());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void resolveParent() {
+        String mainSchema = "{\r\n"
+                + "  \"$id\": \"https://www.example.com/schema/test.json\",\r\n"
+                + "  \"$ref\": \"../integer.json\"\r\n"
+                + "}";
+        
+        String otherSchema = "{\r\n"
+                + "  \"type\": \"integer\"\r\n"
+                + "}";
+
+        JsonSchemaFactory factory = JsonSchemaFactory.getInstance(VersionFlag.V202012,
+                builder -> builder.schemaLoaders(schemaLoaders -> schemaLoaders.schemas(
+                        Collections.singletonMap("https://www.example.com/integer.json", otherSchema))));
+        JsonSchema jsonSchema = factory.getSchema(mainSchema);
+        Set<ValidationMessage> messages = jsonSchema.validate("\"string\"", InputFormat.JSON);
+        assertEquals(1, messages.size());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void resolveComplex() {
+        String mainSchema = "{\r\n"
+                + "  \"$id\": \"https://www.example.com/schema/test.json\",\r\n"
+                + "  \"$ref\": \"./hello/././world/../integer.json\"\r\n"
+                + "}";
+        
+        String otherSchema = "{\r\n"
+                + "  \"type\": \"integer\"\r\n"
+                + "}";
+
+        JsonSchemaFactory factory = JsonSchemaFactory.getInstance(VersionFlag.V202012,
+                builder -> builder.schemaLoaders(schemaLoaders -> schemaLoaders.schemas(
+                        Collections.singletonMap("https://www.example.com/schema/hello/integer.json", otherSchema))));
+        JsonSchema jsonSchema = factory.getSchema(mainSchema);
+        Set<ValidationMessage> messages = jsonSchema.validate("\"string\"", InputFormat.JSON);
+        assertEquals(1, messages.size());
+    }
+}