diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/kong/ai-proxy-mistral-ai.yml b/changelog/unreleased/kong/ai-proxy-mistral-ai.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6c558ba41051
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/kong/ai-proxy-mistral-ai.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+message: '**ai-proxy**: Allowed mistral provider to use mistral.ai managed service by omitting upstream_url'
+type: feature
+scope: Plugin
diff --git a/kong/clustering/compat/checkers.lua b/kong/clustering/compat/checkers.lua
index 55dcbbc2bd4a..308c6ee35175 100644
--- a/kong/clustering/compat/checkers.lua
+++ b/kong/clustering/compat/checkers.lua
@@ -67,6 +67,22 @@ local compatible_checkers = {
 
             has_update = true
           end
+
+          if config.model.provider == "mistral" and (
+            not config.model.options or
+            config.model.options == ngx.null or
+            not config.model.options.upstream_url or
+            config.model.options.upstream_url == ngx.null) then
+
+            log_warn_message('configures ' .. plugin.name .. ' plugin with' ..
+              ' mistral provider uses fallback upstream_url for managed serivice' ..
+              dp_version, log_suffix)
+
+            config.model.options = config.model.options or {}
+            config.model.options.upstream_url = "https://api.mistral.ai:443"
+            has_update = true
+          end
+
         end
 
         if plugin.name == 'ai-request-transformer' then
diff --git a/kong/llm/drivers/anthropic.lua b/kong/llm/drivers/anthropic.lua
index 7161804cd935..332f21878098 100644
--- a/kong/llm/drivers/anthropic.lua
+++ b/kong/llm/drivers/anthropic.lua
@@ -447,15 +447,11 @@ function _M.configure_request(conf)
     parsed_url = socket_url.parse(conf.model.options.upstream_url)
   else
     parsed_url = socket_url.parse(ai_shared.upstream_url_format[DRIVER_NAME])
-    parsed_url.path = conf.model.options
-                    and conf.model.options.upstream_path
-                    or ai_shared.operation_map[DRIVER_NAME][conf.route_type]
-                    and ai_shared.operation_map[DRIVER_NAME][conf.route_type].path
-                    or "/"
-
-    if not parsed_url.path then
-      return nil, fmt("operation %s is not supported for anthropic provider", conf.route_type)
-    end
+    parsed_url.path = (conf.model.options and
+                        conf.model.options.upstream_path)
+                      or (ai_shared.operation_map[DRIVER_NAME][conf.route_type] and
+                        ai_shared.operation_map[DRIVER_NAME][conf.route_type].path)
+                      or "/"
   end
 
   -- if the path is read from a URL capture, ensure that it is valid
diff --git a/kong/llm/drivers/cohere.lua b/kong/llm/drivers/cohere.lua
index 28c8c64eaac0..d25764164086 100644
--- a/kong/llm/drivers/cohere.lua
+++ b/kong/llm/drivers/cohere.lua
@@ -459,10 +459,10 @@ function _M.configure_request(conf)
     parsed_url = socket_url.parse(conf.model.options.upstream_url)
   else
     parsed_url = socket_url.parse(ai_shared.upstream_url_format[DRIVER_NAME])
-    parsed_url.path = conf.model.options
-                      and conf.model.options.upstream_path
-                      or ai_shared.operation_map[DRIVER_NAME][conf.route_type]
-                      and ai_shared.operation_map[DRIVER_NAME][conf.route_type].path
+    parsed_url.path = (conf.model.options and
+                        conf.model.options.upstream_path)
+                      or (ai_shared.operation_map[DRIVER_NAME][conf.route_type] and
+                        ai_shared.operation_map[DRIVER_NAME][conf.route_type].path)
                       or "/"
   end
 
diff --git a/kong/llm/drivers/mistral.lua b/kong/llm/drivers/mistral.lua
index 566ad903f6fc..d1d2303b6919 100644
--- a/kong/llm/drivers/mistral.lua
+++ b/kong/llm/drivers/mistral.lua
@@ -144,8 +144,19 @@ end
 
 -- returns err or nil
 function _M.configure_request(conf)
+  local parsed_url
+
   -- mistral shared operation paths
-  local parsed_url = socket_url.parse(conf.model.options.upstream_url)
+  if (conf.model.options and conf.model.options.upstream_url) then
+    parsed_url = socket_url.parse(conf.model.options.upstream_url)
+  else
+    parsed_url = socket_url.parse(ai_shared.upstream_url_format[DRIVER_NAME])
+    parsed_url.path = (conf.model.options and
+                        conf.model.options.upstream_path)
+                      or (ai_shared.operation_map[DRIVER_NAME][conf.route_type] and
+                        ai_shared.operation_map[DRIVER_NAME][conf.route_type].path)
+                      or "/"
+  end
 
   -- if the path is read from a URL capture, ensure that it is valid
   parsed_url.path = (parsed_url.path and string_gsub(parsed_url.path, "^/*", "/")) or "/"
diff --git a/kong/llm/drivers/openai.lua b/kong/llm/drivers/openai.lua
index 331ad3b5e7ea..52df1910586e 100644
--- a/kong/llm/drivers/openai.lua
+++ b/kong/llm/drivers/openai.lua
@@ -191,17 +191,12 @@ function _M.configure_request(conf)
   if (conf.model.options and conf.model.options.upstream_url) then
     parsed_url = socket_url.parse(conf.model.options.upstream_url)
   else
-    local path = conf.model.options
-             and conf.model.options.upstream_path
-             or ai_shared.operation_map[DRIVER_NAME][conf.route_type]
-             and ai_shared.operation_map[DRIVER_NAME][conf.route_type].path
-             or "/"
-    if not path then
-      return nil, fmt("operation %s is not supported for openai provider", conf.route_type)
-    end
-
     parsed_url = socket_url.parse(ai_shared.upstream_url_format[DRIVER_NAME])
-    parsed_url.path = path
+    parsed_url.path = (conf.model.options and
+                        conf.model.options.upstream_path)
+                      or (ai_shared.operation_map[DRIVER_NAME][conf.route_type] and
+                        ai_shared.operation_map[DRIVER_NAME][conf.route_type].path)
+                      or "/"
   end
 
   -- if the path is read from a URL capture, ensure that it is valid
diff --git a/kong/llm/drivers/shared.lua b/kong/llm/drivers/shared.lua
index b9fa994934b5..b4fa0c854246 100644
--- a/kong/llm/drivers/shared.lua
+++ b/kong/llm/drivers/shared.lua
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ _M.upstream_url_format = {
   gemini        = "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com",
   gemini_vertex = "https://%s",
   bedrock       = "https://bedrock-runtime.%s.amazonaws.com",
+  mistral       = "https://api.mistral.ai:443"
 }
 
 _M.operation_map = {
diff --git a/kong/llm/schemas/init.lua b/kong/llm/schemas/init.lua
index 2efcb6b4108a..0fcc3a058a31 100644
--- a/kong/llm/schemas/init.lua
+++ b/kong/llm/schemas/init.lua
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ return {
                                       then_err = "must set %s for azure provider" }},
 
     { conditional_at_least_one_of = { if_field = "model.provider",
-                                      if_match = { one_of = { "mistral", "llama2" } },
+                                      if_match = { one_of = { "llama2" } },
                                       then_at_least_one_of = { "model.options.upstream_url" },
                                       then_err = "must set %s for self-hosted providers/models" }},
 
diff --git a/spec/03-plugins/38-ai-proxy/00-config_spec.lua b/spec/03-plugins/38-ai-proxy/00-config_spec.lua
index 516f5a2080e7..34cddb74d619 100644
--- a/spec/03-plugins/38-ai-proxy/00-config_spec.lua
+++ b/spec/03-plugins/38-ai-proxy/00-config_spec.lua
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ describe(PLUGIN_NAME .. ": (schema)", function()
 
 
   for i, v in ipairs(SELF_HOSTED_MODELS) do
-    it("requires upstream_url when using self-hosted " .. v .. " model", function()
+    local op = it
+    if v == "mistral" then -- mistral.ai now has managed service too!
+      op = pending
+    end
+    op("requires upstream_url when using self-hosted " .. v .. " model", function()
       local config = {
         route_type = "llm/v1/chat",
         auth = {