diff --git a/backend/src/ee/routes/v1/secret-approval-policy-router.ts b/backend/src/ee/routes/v1/secret-approval-policy-router.ts
index f6a955625..b09b58e26 100644
--- a/backend/src/ee/routes/v1/secret-approval-policy-router.ts
+++ b/backend/src/ee/routes/v1/secret-approval-policy-router.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { nanoid } from "nanoid";
 import { z } from "zod";
 
+import { removeTrailingSlash } from "@app/lib/fn";
 import { readLimit, writeLimit } from "@app/server/config/rateLimiter";
 import { verifyAuth } from "@app/server/plugins/auth/verify-auth";
 import { sapPubSchema } from "@app/server/routes/sanitizedSchemas";
@@ -19,7 +20,11 @@ export const registerSecretApprovalPolicyRouter = async (server: FastifyZodProvi
           workspaceId: z.string(),
           name: z.string().optional(),
           environment: z.string(),
-          secretPath: z.string().optional().nullable(),
+          secretPath: z
+            .string()
+            .optional()
+            .nullable()
+            .transform((val) => (val ? removeTrailingSlash(val) : val)),
           approvers: z.string().array().min(1),
           approvals: z.number().min(1).default(1)
         })
@@ -63,7 +68,11 @@ export const registerSecretApprovalPolicyRouter = async (server: FastifyZodProvi
           name: z.string().optional(),
           approvers: z.string().array().min(1),
           approvals: z.number().min(1).default(1),
-          secretPath: z.string().optional().nullable()
+          secretPath: z
+            .string()
+            .optional()
+            .nullable()
+            .transform((val) => (val ? removeTrailingSlash(val) : val))
         })
         .refine((data) => data.approvals <= data.approvers.length, {
           path: ["approvals"],
@@ -157,7 +166,7 @@ export const registerSecretApprovalPolicyRouter = async (server: FastifyZodProvi
       querystring: z.object({
         workspaceId: z.string().trim(),
         environment: z.string().trim(),
-        secretPath: z.string().trim()
+        secretPath: z.string().trim().transform(removeTrailingSlash)
       }),
       response: {
         200: z.object({
diff --git a/backend/src/ee/services/secret-approval-policy/secret-approval-policy-service.ts b/backend/src/ee/services/secret-approval-policy/secret-approval-policy-service.ts
index 8ddadb9bf..f99384de6 100644
--- a/backend/src/ee/services/secret-approval-policy/secret-approval-policy-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/ee/services/secret-approval-policy/secret-approval-policy-service.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import picomatch from "picomatch";
 import { TPermissionServiceFactory } from "@app/ee/services/permission/permission-service";
 import { ProjectPermissionActions, ProjectPermissionSub } from "@app/ee/services/permission/project-permission";
 import { BadRequestError } from "@app/lib/errors";
+import { removeTrailingSlash } from "@app/lib/fn";
 import { containsGlobPatterns } from "@app/lib/picomatch";
 import { TProjectEnvDALFactory } from "@app/services/project-env/project-env-dal";
 import { TProjectMembershipDALFactory } from "@app/services/project-membership/project-membership-dal";
@@ -207,7 +208,8 @@ export const secretApprovalPolicyServiceFactory = ({
     return sapPolicies;
   };
 
-  const getSecretApprovalPolicy = async (projectId: string, environment: string, secretPath: string) => {
+  const getSecretApprovalPolicy = async (projectId: string, environment: string, path: string) => {
+    const secretPath = removeTrailingSlash(path);
     const env = await projectEnvDAL.findOne({ slug: environment, projectId });
     if (!env) throw new BadRequestError({ message: "Environment not found" });