diff --git a/libs/inspector_server/lib.rs b/libs/inspector_server/lib.rs
index 77750a67a44d94..26d28a1a711512 100644
--- a/libs/inspector_server/lib.rs
+++ b/libs/inspector_server/lib.rs
@@ -258,10 +258,13 @@ fn handle_ws_request(
   let (parts, body) = req.into_parts();
   let req = http::Request::from_parts(parts, ());
 
-  let maybe_uuid = req
-    .uri()
-    .path()
+  // Accept both /UUID (Node.js-compatible format) and /ws/UUID (legacy
+  // format) so existing clients keep working while new ones can use the
+  // shorter Node.js-style URL.
+  let path = req.uri().path();
+  let maybe_uuid = path
     .strip_prefix("/ws/")
+    .or_else(|| path.strip_prefix('/'))
     .and_then(|s| Uuid::parse_str(s).ok());
 
   let Some(uuid) = maybe_uuid else {
@@ -581,6 +584,12 @@ async fn server(
               (&http::Method::GET, "/json/list") if publish_uid.http => {
                 handle_json_request(Rc::clone(&inspector_map), host)
               }
+              // Node.js-compatible "/UUID" path for the WebSocket session.
+              (&http::Method::GET, path)
+                if Uuid::parse_str(path.trim_start_matches('/')).is_ok() =>
+              {
+                handle_ws_request(req, Rc::clone(&inspector_map))
+              }
               _ => http::Response::builder()
                 .status(http::StatusCode::NOT_FOUND)
                 .body(Box::new(http_body_util::Full::new(Bytes::from(
@@ -750,12 +759,12 @@ impl InspectorInfo {
   }
 
   pub fn get_websocket_debugger_url(&self, host: &str) -> String {
-    format!("ws://{}/ws/{}", host, &self.uuid)
+    format!("ws://{}/{}", host, &self.uuid)
   }
 
   fn get_frontend_url(&self, host: &str) -> String {
     format!(
-      "devtools://devtools/bundled/js_app.html?ws={}/ws/{}&experiments=true&v8only=true",
+      "devtools://devtools/bundled/js_app.html?ws={}/{}&experiments=true&v8only=true",
       host, &self.uuid
     )
   }
diff --git a/tests/node_compat/config.jsonc b/tests/node_compat/config.jsonc
index 5da0faa75616b6..5152baf3c02dd9 100644
--- a/tests/node_compat/config.jsonc
+++ b/tests/node_compat/config.jsonc
@@ -1853,6 +1853,7 @@
     // "parallel/test-inspect-address-in-use.js": {},
     // "parallel/test-inspector-inspect-brk-node.js": {},
     // "parallel/test-inspector-invalid-args.js": {},
+    "parallel/test-inspector-invalid-protocol.js": {},
     "parallel/test-inspector-close-worker.js": {},
 
     // TODO(bartlomieju): times out