diff --git a/json-unit-json-path/src/main/java/net/javacrumbs/jsonunit/jsonpath/JsonPathAdapter.java b/json-unit-json-path/src/main/java/net/javacrumbs/jsonunit/jsonpath/JsonPathAdapter.java
index 73257db2..fdc7fac3 100644
--- a/json-unit-json-path/src/main/java/net/javacrumbs/jsonunit/jsonpath/JsonPathAdapter.java
+++ b/json-unit-json-path/src/main/java/net/javacrumbs/jsonunit/jsonpath/JsonPathAdapter.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package net.javacrumbs.jsonunit.jsonpath;
 
 import static com.jayway.jsonpath.Configuration.defaultConfiguration;
+import static net.javacrumbs.jsonunit.core.internal.JsonUtils.getPathPrefix;
 import static net.javacrumbs.jsonunit.core.internal.JsonUtils.jsonSource;
 import static net.javacrumbs.jsonunit.core.internal.JsonUtils.missingNode;
 import static net.javacrumbs.jsonunit.core.internal.JsonUtils.wrapDeserializedObject;
@@ -37,13 +38,25 @@ private JsonPathAdapter() {}
 
     @NotNull
     public static Object inPath(@Nullable Object json, @NotNull String path) {
-        String normalizedPath = fromBracketNotation(path);
         try {
             MatchRecordingListener recordingListener = new MatchRecordingListener();
             Object value = readValue(defaultConfiguration().addEvaluationListeners(recordingListener), json, path);
-            return jsonSource(wrapDeserializedObject(value), normalizedPath, recordingListener.getMatchingPaths());
+            return jsonSource(wrapDeserializedObject(value), concatJsonPaths(json, path), recordingListener.getMatchingPaths());
         } catch (PathNotFoundException e) {
-            return jsonSource(missingNode(), normalizedPath);
+            return jsonSource(missingNode(), concatJsonPaths(json, path));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static @NotNull String concatJsonPaths(@Nullable Object json, @NotNull String path) {
+        String newPathSegment = fromBracketNotation(path);
+        String pathPrefix = getPathPrefix(json);
+        if (pathPrefix.isEmpty()) {
+            return newPathSegment;
+        }
+        if (newPathSegment.startsWith("$.")) {
+            return pathPrefix + newPathSegment.substring(1);
+        } else {
+            return pathPrefix + newPathSegment;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/json-unit-spring/src/main/java/net/javacrumbs/jsonunit/spring/AbstractSpringMatcher.java b/json-unit-spring/src/main/java/net/javacrumbs/jsonunit/spring/AbstractSpringMatcher.java
index ae7e1f6f..259e991b 100644
--- a/json-unit-spring/src/main/java/net/javacrumbs/jsonunit/spring/AbstractSpringMatcher.java
+++ b/json-unit-spring/src/main/java/net/javacrumbs/jsonunit/spring/AbstractSpringMatcher.java
@@ -18,10 +18,13 @@
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import net.javacrumbs.jsonunit.core.Configuration;
+import net.javacrumbs.jsonunit.core.internal.JsonUtils;
 import net.javacrumbs.jsonunit.core.internal.Path;
 import net.javacrumbs.jsonunit.core.internal.matchers.InternalMatcher;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
+import static net.javacrumbs.jsonunit.core.internal.JsonUtils.getPathPrefix;
+
 abstract class AbstractSpringMatcher {
     private final Path path;
     private final Configuration configuration;
@@ -40,6 +43,8 @@ abstract class AbstractSpringMatcher {
     }
 
     void doMatch(Object actual) {
-        matcher.accept(new InternalMatcher(jsonTransformer.apply(actual), path, "", configuration));
+        Object json = jsonTransformer.apply(actual);
+        String pathPrefix = JsonUtils.getPathPrefix(json);
+        matcher.accept(new InternalMatcher(json, pathPrefix.isEmpty() ? path : Path.create("", pathPrefix), "", configuration));
     }
 }
diff --git a/json-unit-spring/src/main/java/net/javacrumbs/jsonunit/spring/AbstractSpringMatchers.java b/json-unit-spring/src/main/java/net/javacrumbs/jsonunit/spring/AbstractSpringMatchers.java
index 1da87f10..731927ce 100644
--- a/json-unit-spring/src/main/java/net/javacrumbs/jsonunit/spring/AbstractSpringMatchers.java
+++ b/json-unit-spring/src/main/java/net/javacrumbs/jsonunit/spring/AbstractSpringMatchers.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public ME node(String newPath) {
      */
     @NotNull
     public ME inPath(String path) {
-        return matchers(this.path, configuration, json -> JsonPathAdapter.inPath(json, path));
+        return matchers(this.path, configuration, json -> JsonPathAdapter.inPath(jsonTransformer.apply(json), path));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/json-unit-spring/src/test/java/net/javacrumbs/jsonunit/spring/testit/MockMvcTest.java b/json-unit-spring/src/test/java/net/javacrumbs/jsonunit/spring/testit/MockMvcTest.java
index d7feae5e..ca77ae9b 100644
--- a/json-unit-spring/src/test/java/net/javacrumbs/jsonunit/spring/testit/MockMvcTest.java
+++ b/json-unit-spring/src/test/java/net/javacrumbs/jsonunit/spring/testit/MockMvcTest.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.ResultActions;
 import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.setup.MockMvcBuilders;
 import org.springframework.web.context.WebApplicationContext;
+import java.util.List;
 
 @ExtendWith(SpringExtension.class)
 @ContextConfiguration(classes = {SpringConfig.class})
@@ -84,10 +85,29 @@ void shouldSupportJsonPathError() throws Exception {
             exec("/sampleProduces").andExpect(json().inPath("$.result.array[1]").isEqualTo(3))
         ).hasMessage("""
             JSON documents are different:
-            Different value found in node "", expected: <3> but was: <2>.
+            Different value found in node "$.result.array[1]", expected: <3> but was: <2>.
             """);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void shouldSupportJsonPathChainedError() {
+        assertThatThrownBy(() ->
+            exec("/sampleProduces").andExpect(json().inPath("$.result").inPath("$.array[*]").isEqualTo(List.of(1, 3, 3)))
+        ).hasMessage("""
+            JSON documents are different:
+            Different value found in node "$.result.array[*][1]", expected: <3> but was: <2>.
+            """);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void shouldSupportJsonPathChainedWithNodeError() {
+        assertThatThrownBy(() ->
+            exec("/sampleProduces").andExpect(json().node("result").inPath("$.array[1]").isEqualTo(3))
+        ).hasMessage("""
+            JSON documents are different:
+            Different value found in node "$.result.array[*][1]", expected: <3> but was: <2>.
+            """);
+    }
 
     @Test
     void shouldPassIfEqualsWithIsoEncoding() throws Exception {