diff --git a/src/Maui/Prism.Maui/Navigation/Regions/Navigation/RegionNavigationContentLoader.cs b/src/Maui/Prism.Maui/Navigation/Regions/Navigation/RegionNavigationContentLoader.cs
index 3a100b18e..a28579c29 100644
--- a/src/Maui/Prism.Maui/Navigation/Regions/Navigation/RegionNavigationContentLoader.cs
+++ b/src/Maui/Prism.Maui/Navigation/Regions/Navigation/RegionNavigationContentLoader.cs
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ protected virtual string GetContractFromNavigationContext(NavigationContext navi
 
         var candidateTargetContract = UriParsingHelper.EnsureAbsolute(navigationContext.Uri).AbsolutePath;
         candidateTargetContract = candidateTargetContract.TrimStart('/');
-        return candidateTargetContract;
+        return Uri.UnescapeDataString(candidateTargetContract);
     }
 
     /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Wpf/Prism.Wpf/Navigation/Regions/RegionNavigationContentLoader.cs b/src/Wpf/Prism.Wpf/Navigation/Regions/RegionNavigationContentLoader.cs
index 3d82030c8..0a629e3b9 100644
--- a/src/Wpf/Prism.Wpf/Navigation/Regions/RegionNavigationContentLoader.cs
+++ b/src/Wpf/Prism.Wpf/Navigation/Regions/RegionNavigationContentLoader.cs
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ protected virtual string GetContractFromNavigationContext(NavigationContext navi
 
             var candidateTargetContract = UriParsingHelper.GetAbsolutePath(navigationContext.Uri);
             candidateTargetContract = candidateTargetContract.TrimStart('/');
-            return candidateTargetContract;
+            return Uri.UnescapeDataString(candidateTargetContract);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/tests/Maui/Prism.Maui.Tests/Fixtures/Common/UriParsingHelperFixture.cs b/tests/Maui/Prism.Maui.Tests/Fixtures/Common/UriParsingHelperFixture.cs
index 2327ac37f..9e3b00f3a 100644
--- a/tests/Maui/Prism.Maui.Tests/Fixtures/Common/UriParsingHelperFixture.cs
+++ b/tests/Maui/Prism.Maui.Tests/Fixtures/Common/UriParsingHelperFixture.cs
@@ -232,4 +232,27 @@ public void ParseForDeepLinkRelativeUri()
         Assert.Equal(_deepLinkRelativeUri, uri.OriginalString);
         Assert.False(uri.IsAbsoluteUri);
     }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("TestäöüView")]
+    [InlineData("MøbëlList")]
+    [InlineData("Ñoño")]
+    public void GetAbsolutePathUnescapesDiacritics(string viewName)
+    {
+        var uri = UriParsingHelper.Parse(viewName);
+        var absolutePath = UriParsingHelper.GetAbsolutePath(uri);
+        var result = Uri.UnescapeDataString(absolutePath.TrimStart('/'));
+        Assert.Equal(viewName, result);
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("TestäöüView")]
+    [InlineData("MøbëlList")]
+    public void GetUriSegmentsUnescapesDiacritics(string viewName)
+    {
+        var uri = new Uri(viewName, UriKind.Relative);
+        var segments = UriParsingHelper.GetUriSegments(uri);
+        var segmentName = UriParsingHelper.GetSegmentName(segments.Dequeue());
+        Assert.Equal(viewName, segmentName);
+    }
 }