diff --git a/.changeset/resource-trailing-slash.md b/.changeset/resource-trailing-slash.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ccb852b810
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/resource-trailing-slash.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@modelcontextprotocol/client': patch
+---
+
+`auth()` no longer rejects protected resource metadata whose `resource` differs from the server URL only by a trailing slash (for example a server at `https://host/mcp` advertising `https://host/mcp/`). `checkResourceAllowed` now treats a single trailing slash as insignificant in both directions.
diff --git a/packages/core-internal/src/shared/authUtils.ts b/packages/core-internal/src/shared/authUtils.ts
index a73575eb73..8fed613702 100644
--- a/packages/core-internal/src/shared/authUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/core-internal/src/shared/authUtils.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ export function withoutIssuer(body: unknown): unknown {
 /**
  * Checks if a requested resource URL matches a configured resource URL.
  * A requested resource matches if it has the same scheme, domain, port,
- * and its path starts with the configured resource's path.
+ * and its path starts with the configured resource's path. A single trailing
+ * slash is not significant, so `/mcp` and `/mcp/` match in either direction.
  *
  * @param options - The options object
  * @param options.requestedResource - The resource URL being requested
@@ -47,11 +48,6 @@ export function checkResourceAllowed({
         return false;
     }
 
-    // Handle cases like requested=/foo and configured=/foo/
-    if (requested.pathname.length < configured.pathname.length) {
-        return false;
-    }
-
     // Check if the requested path starts with the configured path
     // Ensure both paths end with / for proper comparison
     // This ensures that if we have paths like "/api" and "/api/users",
diff --git a/packages/core-internal/test/shared/authUtils.test.ts b/packages/core-internal/test/shared/authUtils.test.ts
index 85a6d266b6..751b0a48db 100644
--- a/packages/core-internal/test/shared/authUtils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core-internal/test/shared/authUtils.test.ts
@@ -78,12 +78,27 @@ describe('auth-utils', () => {
             ).toBe(true);
         });
 
-        it('should handle trailing slashes vs no trailing slashes', () => {
+        it('should treat a single trailing slash as the same resource in both directions', () => {
             expect(
                 checkResourceAllowed({ requestedResource: 'https://example.com/mcp/', configuredResource: 'https://example.com/mcp' })
             ).toBe(true);
             expect(
-                checkResourceAllowed({ requestedResource: 'https://example.com/folder', configuredResource: 'https://example.com/folder/' })
+                checkResourceAllowed({ requestedResource: 'https://example.com/mcp', configuredResource: 'https://example.com/mcp/' })
+            ).toBe(true);
+        });
+
+        it('should still reject a shorter path that is not the configured one', () => {
+            expect(
+                checkResourceAllowed({
+                    requestedResource: 'https://example.com/folder',
+                    configuredResource: 'https://example.com/folder/sub/'
+                })
+            ).toBe(false);
+            expect(
+                checkResourceAllowed({ requestedResource: 'https://example.com/', configuredResource: 'https://example.com/mcp/' })
+            ).toBe(false);
+            expect(
+                checkResourceAllowed({ requestedResource: 'https://example.com/mc', configuredResource: 'https://example.com/mcp/' })
             ).toBe(false);
         });
     });