diff --git a/.changeset/stale-rivers-invite.md b/.changeset/stale-rivers-invite.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ebba1d96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/stale-rivers-invite.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@opennextjs/aws": patch
+---
+
+fix: remove leading forward slashes from url in node converter
diff --git a/packages/open-next/src/overrides/converters/node.ts b/packages/open-next/src/overrides/converters/node.ts
index 3eed47f2..6271a5a9 100644
--- a/packages/open-next/src/overrides/converters/node.ts
+++ b/packages/open-next/src/overrides/converters/node.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import type { Converter } from "types/overrides";
 import { extractHostFromHeaders, getQueryFromSearchParams } from "./utils.js";
 
 const converter: Converter = {
-  convertFrom: async (req: IncomingMessage) => {
+  convertFrom: async (req: IncomingMessage & { protocol?: string }) => {
     const body = await new Promise<Buffer>((resolve) => {
       const chunks: Uint8Array[] = [];
       req.on("data", (chunk) => {
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ const converter: Converter = {
         ])
         .filter(([key]) => key),
     );
-    const url = new URL(req.url!, `http://${extractHostFromHeaders(headers)}`);
+    // https://nodejs.org/api/http.html#messageurl
+    const url = new URL(
+      `${req.protocol ? req.protocol : "http"}://${extractHostFromHeaders(headers)}${req.url}`,
+    );
     const query = getQueryFromSearchParams(url.searchParams);
     return {
       type: "core",