diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/python/api_client.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/python/api_client.mustache
index eb8b73c7bdf..9fa64efcca5 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/python/api_client.mustache
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/python/api_client.mustache
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class ApiClient(object):
                                                     collection_formats)
             for k, v in path_params:
                 resource_path = resource_path.replace(
-                    '{%s}' % k, quote(str(v)))
+                    '{%s}' % k, quote(str(v), safe=""))
 
         # query parameters
         if query_params:
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/python/petstore_api/api_client.py b/samples/client/petstore/python/petstore_api/api_client.py
index d4a40cfcbfd..f161cfb9f99 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/python/petstore_api/api_client.py
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/python/petstore_api/api_client.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class ApiClient(object):
                                                     collection_formats)
             for k, v in path_params:
                 resource_path = resource_path.replace(
-                    '{%s}' % k, quote(str(v)))
+                    '{%s}' % k, quote(str(v), safe=""))
 
         # query parameters
         if query_params: