diff --git a/minio/credentials/providers.py b/minio/credentials/providers.py
index 718d245a..9576ec01 100644
--- a/minio/credentials/providers.py
+++ b/minio/credentials/providers.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 from datetime import timedelta
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Callable, cast
-from urllib.parse import urlencode, urlsplit, urlunsplit
+from urllib.parse import urlencode, urlsplit, urljoin
 from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
 
 import certifi
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
 from urllib3.util import Retry, parse_url
 
-from minio.helpers import sha256_hash, url_replace
+from minio.helpers import sha256_hash
 from minio.signer import sign_v4_sts
 from minio.time import from_iso8601utc, to_amz_date, utcnow
 from minio.xml import find, findtext
@@ -503,23 +503,25 @@ def retrieve(self) -> Credentials:
             )
             token = res.data.decode("utf-8")
             headers = {"X-aws-ec2-metadata-token": token} if token else None
-
+            iam_security_creds_url = urlsplit(url)._replace(
+                path="/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/"
+            )
             # Get role name
             res = _urlopen(
                 self._http_client,
                 "GET",
-                urlunsplit(
-                    url_replace(
-                        urlsplit(url),
-                        path="/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/",
-                    ),
-                ),
+                iam_security_creds_url.geturl(),
                 headers=headers,
             )
             role_names = res.data.decode("utf-8").split("\n")
             if not role_names:
                 raise ValueError(f"no IAM roles attached to EC2 service {url}")
-            url += "/" + role_names[0].strip("\r")
+            url = iam_security_creds_url._replace(
+                path=urljoin(
+                    iam_security_creds_url.path,
+                    role_names[0].strip("\r"),
+                )
+            ).geturl()
         if not url:
             raise ValueError("url is empty; this should not happen")
         self._credentials = self.fetch(url, headers=headers)