diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/accept/PathApiVersionResolver.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/accept/PathApiVersionResolver.java
index 9d5a93d26eee..dd21646b6560 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/accept/PathApiVersionResolver.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/accept/PathApiVersionResolver.java
@@ -16,13 +16,17 @@
 
 package org.springframework.web.accept;
 
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import org.springframework.http.server.PathContainer;
 import org.springframework.http.server.RequestPath;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.web.util.ServletRequestPathUtils;
 
+
 /**
  * {@link ApiVersionResolver} that extract the version from a path segment.
  *
@@ -37,6 +41,7 @@
 public class PathApiVersionResolver implements ApiVersionResolver {
 
 	private final int pathSegmentIndex;
+	private @Nullable Predicate<RequestPath> includePath;
 
 
 	/**
@@ -49,13 +54,25 @@ public PathApiVersionResolver(int pathSegmentIndex) {
 		this.pathSegmentIndex = pathSegmentIndex;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Create a resolver instance.
+	 * @param pathSegmentIndex the index of the path segment that contains the API version
+	 * @param includePath a {@link Predicate} that tests if the given path should be included
+	 */
+	public PathApiVersionResolver(int pathSegmentIndex, Predicate<RequestPath> includePath) {
+		this(pathSegmentIndex);
+		this.includePath = includePath;
+	}
 
 	@Override
-	public String resolveVersion(HttpServletRequest request) {
+	public @Nullable String resolveVersion(HttpServletRequest request) {
 		if (!ServletRequestPathUtils.hasParsedRequestPath(request)) {
 			throw new IllegalStateException("Expected parsed request path");
 		}
 		RequestPath path = ServletRequestPathUtils.getParsedRequestPath(request);
+		if (this.includePath != null && !this.includePath.test(path)) {
+			return null;
+		}
 		int i = 0;
 		for (PathContainer.Element element : path.pathWithinApplication().elements()) {
 			if (element instanceof PathContainer.PathSegment && i++ == this.pathSegmentIndex) {
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/accept/PathApiVersionResolverTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/accept/PathApiVersionResolverTests.java
index 2b5c56b78d3a..bd8ffa67aa2f 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/accept/PathApiVersionResolverTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/accept/PathApiVersionResolverTests.java
@@ -16,8 +16,11 @@
 
 package org.springframework.web.accept;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
+import org.springframework.http.server.PathContainer;
 import org.springframework.web.testfixture.servlet.MockHttpServletRequest;
 import org.springframework.web.util.ServletRequestPathUtils;
 
@@ -41,6 +44,59 @@ void insufficientPathSegments() {
 		assertThatThrownBy(() -> testResolve(0, "/", "1.0")).isInstanceOf(InvalidApiVersionException.class);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void includePathFalse() {
+		String requestUri = "/v3/api-docs";
+		testResolveWithIncludePath(requestUri, null);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void includePathTrue() {
+		String requestUri = "/app/1.0/path";
+		testResolveWithIncludePath(requestUri, "1.0");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void includePathFalseShortPath() {
+		String requestUri = "/app";
+		testResolveWithIncludePath(requestUri, null);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void includePathInsufficientPathSegments() {
+		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest("GET", "/app");
+		try {
+			ServletRequestPathUtils.parseAndCache(request);
+			assertThatThrownBy(() -> new PathApiVersionResolver(1, requestPath -> true)
+					.resolveVersion(request))
+				.isInstanceOf(InvalidApiVersionException.class);
+		}
+		finally {
+			ServletRequestPathUtils.clearParsedRequestPath(request);
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static void testResolveWithIncludePath(String requestUri, String expected) {
+		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest("GET", requestUri);
+		try {
+			ServletRequestPathUtils.parseAndCache(request);
+			String actual = new PathApiVersionResolver(1, requestPath -> {
+				List<PathContainer.Element> elements = requestPath.elements();
+				if (elements.size() < 4) {
+					return false;
+				}
+				return elements.get(0).value().equals("/") &&
+						elements.get(1).value().equals("app") &&
+						elements.get(2).value().equals("/") &&
+						elements.get(3).value().equals("1.0");
+			}).resolveVersion(request);
+			assertThat(actual).isEqualTo(expected);
+		}
+		finally {
+			ServletRequestPathUtils.clearParsedRequestPath(request);
+		}
+	}
+
 	private static void testResolve(int index, String requestUri, String expected) {
 		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest("GET", requestUri);
 		try {
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/accept/PathApiVersionResolver.java b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/accept/PathApiVersionResolver.java
index 2da6819498bf..2aa0284118fe 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/accept/PathApiVersionResolver.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/accept/PathApiVersionResolver.java
@@ -16,7 +16,12 @@
 
 package org.springframework.web.reactive.accept;
 
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+
+import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
+
 import org.springframework.http.server.PathContainer;
+import org.springframework.http.server.RequestPath;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.web.accept.InvalidApiVersionException;
 import org.springframework.web.server.ServerWebExchange;
@@ -30,11 +35,13 @@
  * cannot yield to other resolvers.
  *
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ * @author Martin Mois
  * @since 7.0
  */
 public class PathApiVersionResolver implements ApiVersionResolver {
 
 	private final int pathSegmentIndex;
+	private @Nullable Predicate<RequestPath> includePath = null;
 
 
 	/**
@@ -47,11 +54,25 @@ public PathApiVersionResolver(int pathSegmentIndex) {
 		this.pathSegmentIndex = pathSegmentIndex;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Create a resolver instance.
+	 * @param pathSegmentIndex the index of the path segment that contains the API version
+	 * @param includePath a {@link Predicate} that tests if the given path should be included
+	 */
+	public PathApiVersionResolver(int pathSegmentIndex, Predicate<RequestPath> includePath) {
+		this(pathSegmentIndex);
+		this.includePath = includePath;
+	}
+
 
 	@Override
-	public String resolveVersion(ServerWebExchange exchange) {
+	public @Nullable String resolveVersion(ServerWebExchange exchange) {
 		int i = 0;
-		for (PathContainer.Element e : exchange.getRequest().getPath().pathWithinApplication().elements()) {
+		RequestPath path = exchange.getRequest().getPath();
+		if (this.includePath != null && !this.includePath.test(path)) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		for (PathContainer.Element e : path.pathWithinApplication().elements()) {
 			if (e instanceof PathContainer.PathSegment && i++ == this.pathSegmentIndex) {
 				return e.value();
 			}
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/config/ApiVersionConfigurer.java b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/config/ApiVersionConfigurer.java
index 59351a43aa3c..51524d662c73 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/config/ApiVersionConfigurer.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/config/ApiVersionConfigurer.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
+import org.springframework.http.server.RequestPath;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.web.accept.ApiVersionParser;
 import org.springframework.web.accept.InvalidApiVersionException;
@@ -108,6 +109,20 @@ public ApiVersionConfigurer usePathSegment(int index) {
 		return this;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Add a resolver that extracts the API version from a path segment
+	 * and that allows to include only certain paths based on the provided {@link Predicate}.
+	 * <p>Note that this resolver never returns {@code null}, and therefore
+	 * cannot yield to other resolvers, see {@link org.springframework.web.accept.PathApiVersionResolver}.
+	 * @param index the index of the path segment to check; e.g. for URL's like
+	 * {@code "/{version}/..."} use index 0, for {@code "/api/{version}/..."} index 1.
+	 * @param includePath a {@link Predicate} that allows to include a certain path
+	 */
+	public ApiVersionConfigurer usePathSegment(int index, Predicate<RequestPath> includePath) {
+		this.versionResolvers.add(new PathApiVersionResolver(index, includePath));
+		return this;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Add custom resolvers to resolve the API version.
 	 * @param resolvers the resolvers to use
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/accept/PathApiVersionResolverTests.java b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/accept/PathApiVersionResolverTests.java
index 3e3ec3076fa5..d75d37940e66 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/accept/PathApiVersionResolverTests.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/accept/PathApiVersionResolverTests.java
@@ -16,8 +16,11 @@
 
 package org.springframework.web.reactive.accept;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
+import org.springframework.http.server.PathContainer;
 import org.springframework.web.accept.InvalidApiVersionException;
 import org.springframework.web.server.ServerWebExchange;
 import org.springframework.web.testfixture.http.server.reactive.MockServerHttpRequest;
@@ -29,6 +32,7 @@
 /**
  * Unit tests for {@link org.springframework.web.accept.PathApiVersionResolver}.
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ * @author Martin Mois
  */
 public class PathApiVersionResolverTests {
 
@@ -43,10 +47,49 @@ void insufficientPathSegments() {
 		assertThatThrownBy(() -> testResolve(0, "/", "1.0")).isInstanceOf(InvalidApiVersionException.class);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void includePathFalse() {
+		String requestUri = "/v3/api-docs";
+		testResolveWithIncludePath(requestUri, null);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void includePathTrue() {
+		String requestUri = "/app/1.0/path";
+		testResolveWithIncludePath(requestUri, "1.0");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void includePathFalseShortPath() {
+		String requestUri = "/app";
+		testResolveWithIncludePath(requestUri, null);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void includePathInsufficientPathSegments() {
+		ServerWebExchange exchange = MockServerWebExchange.from(MockServerHttpRequest.get("/too-short"));
+		assertThatThrownBy(() -> new PathApiVersionResolver(1, requestPath -> true).resolveVersion(exchange))
+				.isInstanceOf(InvalidApiVersionException.class);
+	}
+
+	private static void testResolveWithIncludePath(String requestUri, String expected) {
+		ServerWebExchange exchange = MockServerWebExchange.from(MockServerHttpRequest.get(requestUri));
+		String actual = new PathApiVersionResolver(1, requestPath -> {
+			List<PathContainer.Element> elements = requestPath.elements();
+			if (elements.size() < 4) {
+				return false;
+			}
+			return elements.get(0).value().equals("/") &&
+					elements.get(1).value().equals("app") &&
+					elements.get(2).value().equals("/") &&
+					elements.get(3).value().equals("1.0");
+		}).resolveVersion(exchange);
+		assertThat(actual).isEqualTo(expected);
+	}
+
 	private static void testResolve(int index, String requestUri, String expected) {
 		ServerWebExchange exchange = MockServerWebExchange.from(MockServerHttpRequest.get(requestUri));
 		String actual = new PathApiVersionResolver(index).resolveVersion(exchange);
 		assertThat(actual).isEqualTo(expected);
 	}
-
 }
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/ApiVersionConfigurer.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/ApiVersionConfigurer.java
index 92f06a09281d..46f59cc4615a 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/ApiVersionConfigurer.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/ApiVersionConfigurer.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
+import org.springframework.http.server.RequestPath;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.web.accept.ApiVersionDeprecationHandler;
 import org.springframework.web.accept.ApiVersionParser;
@@ -108,6 +109,20 @@ public ApiVersionConfigurer usePathSegment(int index) {
 		return this;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Add a resolver that extracts the API version from a path segment
+	 * and that allows to include only certain paths based on the provided {@link Predicate}.
+	 * <p>Note that this resolver never returns {@code null}, and therefore
+	 * cannot yield to other resolvers, see {@link org.springframework.web.accept.PathApiVersionResolver}.
+	 * @param index the index of the path segment to check; e.g. for URL's like
+	 * {@code "/{version}/..."} use index 0, for {@code "/api/{version}/..."} index 1.
+	 * @param includePath a {@link Predicate} that allows to include a certain path
+	 */
+	public ApiVersionConfigurer usePathSegment(int index, Predicate<RequestPath> includePath) {
+		this.versionResolvers.add(new PathApiVersionResolver(index, includePath));
+		return this;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Add custom resolvers to resolve the API version.
 	 * @param resolvers the resolvers to use