diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5266c91f..ff6b35f2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 ### Fixed
 - Fix `Transport.perform_request`'s arguments `timeout` and `ignore` variable usage ([810](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/pull/810))
 - Fix `Index.save` not passing through aliases to the underlying index ([823](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/pull/823))
-- Fix bug where the URL being sent and being signed is different ([848](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/pull/848))
+- Fix `AuthorizationException` with AWS OpenSearch when the doc ID contains `:` ([848](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/pull/848))
 ### Security
 
 ### Dependencies
diff --git a/opensearchpy/_async/transport.py b/opensearchpy/_async/transport.py
index fd6287e0..243f87a2 100644
--- a/opensearchpy/_async/transport.py
+++ b/opensearchpy/_async/transport.py
@@ -384,9 +384,7 @@ async def perform_request(
             method, params, body, ignore, timeout
         )
 
-        from urllib.parse import unquote
-
-        decoded_url = unquote(url)
+        from urllib.parse import quote
 
         for attempt in range(self.max_retries + 1):
             connection = self.get_connection()
@@ -394,14 +392,15 @@ async def perform_request(
             try:
                 status, headers_response, data = await connection.perform_request(
                     method,
-                    decoded_url,
+                    url,
                     params,
                     body,
                     headers=headers,
                     ignore=ignore,
                     timeout=timeout,
                 )
-
+                url = quote(url)
+                
                 # Lowercase all the header names for consistency in accessing them.
                 headers_response = {
                     header.lower(): value for header, value in headers_response.items()
diff --git a/opensearchpy/client/utils.py b/opensearchpy/client/utils.py
index d7fd5c5a..aecc74ed 100644
--- a/opensearchpy/client/utils.py
+++ b/opensearchpy/client/utils.py
@@ -121,8 +121,7 @@ def _make_path(*parts: Any) -> str:
     """
     # TODO: maybe only allow some parts to be lists/tuples ?
     return "/" + "/".join(
-        # preserve ',' and '*' in url for nicer URLs in logs
-        quote(_escape(p), b",*")
+        str(p)
         for p in parts
         if p not in SKIP_IN_PATH
     )
diff --git a/test_opensearchpy/test_async/test_signer.py b/test_opensearchpy/test_async/test_signer.py
index 30145f68..c332d398 100644
--- a/test_opensearchpy/test_async/test_signer.py
+++ b/test_opensearchpy/test_async/test_signer.py
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
 import pytest
 from _pytest.mark.structures import MarkDecorator
 
-# from urllib.parse import quote, unquote
-
-
 pytestmark: MarkDecorator = pytest.mark.asyncio
 
 
@@ -134,7 +131,7 @@ async def test_aws_signer_async_consitent_url(self) -> None:
         signed_url = None
         sent_url = None
 
-        doc_id = "test:123"
+        doc_id = "doc_id:with!special*chars%3A"
         url = f"https://search-domain.region.es.amazonaws.com:9200/index/_doc/{doc_id}"
 
         # Create a mock signer class to capture the signed URL
@@ -177,6 +174,4 @@ async def perform_request(
             connection_class=MockConnection,
         )
         await client.index("index", {"test": "data"}, id=doc_id)
-
-        # Verify URLs match
         assert signed_url == sent_url, "URLs don't match"
diff --git a/test_opensearchpy/test_connection/test_requests_http_connection.py b/test_opensearchpy/test_connection/test_requests_http_connection.py
index ff6fc8c2..114e7727 100644
--- a/test_opensearchpy/test_connection/test_requests_http_connection.py
+++ b/test_opensearchpy/test_connection/test_requests_http_connection.py
@@ -513,6 +513,56 @@ def test_aws_signer_signs_with_query_string(self, mock_sign: Any) -> None:
             ("GET", "http://localhost/?key1=value1&key2=value2", None),
         )
 
+    def test_aws_signer_consitent_url(self) -> None:
+        region = "us-west-2"
+
+        from opensearchpy import OpenSearch
+        from opensearchpy.helpers.signer import RequestsAWSV4SignerAuth
+
+        # Store URLs for comparison
+        signed_url = None
+        sent_url = None
+
+        doc_id = "doc_id:with!special*chars%3A"
+        url = f"https://search-domain.region.es.amazonaws.com:9200/index/_doc/{doc_id}"
+
+        # Create a mock signer class to capture the signed URL
+        class MockSigner(RequestsAWSV4SignerAuth):
+            def __call__(self, prepared_request):
+                nonlocal signed_url
+                if isinstance(prepared_request, str):
+                    signed_url = prepared_request
+                else:
+                    signed_url = prepared_request.url
+                return prepared_request
+
+        # Create a mock connection class to capture the sent URL
+        class MockConnection(RequestsHttpConnection):
+            def perform_request(
+                self,
+                method: str,
+                url: str,
+                params=None,
+                body=None,
+                timeout=None,
+                ignore=(),
+                headers=None,
+            ):
+                nonlocal sent_url
+                sent_url = f"{self.host}{url}"
+                return 200, {}, "{}"
+
+        auth = MockSigner(self.mock_session(), region)
+
+        client = OpenSearch(
+            hosts=[{"host": "search-domain.region.es.amazonaws.com"}],
+            http_auth=auth(url),
+            use_ssl=True,
+            verify_certs=True,
+            connection_class=MockConnection,
+        )
+        client.index("index", {"test": "data"}, id=doc_id)
+        assert signed_url == sent_url, "URLs don't match"
 
 class TestRequestsConnectionRedirect(TestCase):
     server1: TestHTTPServer