diff --git a/src/openApi/v3/parser/getRef.spec.ts b/src/openApi/v3/parser/getRef.spec.ts
index ef641b449..4195e55bc 100644
--- a/src/openApi/v3/parser/getRef.spec.ts
+++ b/src/openApi/v3/parser/getRef.spec.ts
@@ -34,4 +34,28 @@ describe('getRef', () => {
             type: 'integer',
         });
     });
+
+    it('should produce correct result for encoded ref path', () => {
+        expect(
+            getRef(
+                {
+                    openapi: '3.0',
+                    info: {
+                        title: 'dummy',
+                        version: '1.0',
+                    },
+                    paths: {
+                        '/api/user/{id}': {
+                            description: 'This is an Example path',
+                        },
+                    },
+                },
+                {
+                    $ref: '#/paths/~1api~1user~1%7Bid%7D',
+                }
+            )
+        ).toEqual({
+            description: 'This is an Example path',
+        });
+    });
 });
diff --git a/src/openApi/v3/parser/getRef.ts b/src/openApi/v3/parser/getRef.ts
index 3fa53d22f..3fde117f7 100644
--- a/src/openApi/v3/parser/getRef.ts
+++ b/src/openApi/v3/parser/getRef.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import type { OpenApi } from '../interfaces/OpenApi';
 import type { OpenApiReference } from '../interfaces/OpenApiReference';
 
+const escapedSlash = /~1/g;
+const escapedTilde = /~0/g;
+
 export function getRef<T>(openApi: OpenApi, item: T & OpenApiReference): T {
     if (item.$ref) {
         // Fetch the paths to the definitions, this converts:
@@ -14,6 +17,7 @@ export function getRef<T>(openApi: OpenApi, item: T & OpenApiReference): T {
         // if we cannot find it, then we throw an error.
         let result: any = openApi;
         paths.forEach((path: string): void => {
+            path = decodeURIComponent(path.replace(escapedSlash, '/').replace(escapedTilde, '~'));
             if (result.hasOwnProperty(path)) {
                 result = result[path];
             } else {