diff --git a/semantic_release/hvcs/gitea.py b/semantic_release/hvcs/gitea.py
index 23adc3594..a8800f8f4 100644
--- a/semantic_release/hvcs/gitea.py
+++ b/semantic_release/hvcs/gitea.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import os
 
 from requests import HTTPError
+from urllib3.util.url import Url, parse_url
 
 from semantic_release.helpers import logged_function
 from semantic_release.hvcs._base import HvcsBase
@@ -49,13 +50,34 @@ def __init__(
     ) -> None:
         self._remote_url = remote_url
 
-        self.hvcs_domain = hvcs_domain or os.getenv(
-            "GITEA_SERVER_URL", self.DEFAULT_DOMAIN
-        ).replace("https://", "")
+        domain_url = parse_url(
+            hvcs_domain
+            or os.getenv("GITEA_SERVER_URL", "")
+            or self.DEFAULT_DOMAIN
+        )
+
+        # Strip any scheme, query or fragment from the domain
+        self.hvcs_domain = Url(
+            host=domain_url.host, port=domain_url.port, path=domain_url.path
+        ).url.rstrip("/")
+
+        api_domain_parts = parse_url(
+            hvcs_api_domain
+            or os.getenv("GITEA_API_URL", "")
+            or Url(
+                # infer from Domain url and append the default api path
+                scheme=domain_url.scheme,
+                host=self.hvcs_domain,
+                path=self.DEFAULT_API_PATH
+            ).url
+        )
 
-        self.hvcs_api_domain = hvcs_api_domain or os.getenv(
-            "GITEA_API_URL", self.DEFAULT_API_DOMAIN
-        ).replace("https://", "")
+        # Strip any scheme, query or fragment from the api domain
+        self.hvcs_api_domain = Url(
+            host=api_domain_parts.host,
+            port=api_domain_parts.port,
+            path=api_domain_parts.path
+        ).url.rstrip("/")
 
         self.api_url = f"https://{self.hvcs_api_domain}"
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/semantic_release/hvcs/test_gitea.py b/tests/unit/semantic_release/hvcs/test_gitea.py
index 9c47d7550..fe29c6e2d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/semantic_release/hvcs/test_gitea.py
+++ b/tests/unit/semantic_release/hvcs/test_gitea.py
@@ -29,39 +29,42 @@ def default_gitea_client():
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    (
-        "patched_os_environ, hvcs_domain, hvcs_api_domain, "
-        "expected_hvcs_domain, expected_hvcs_api_domain"
-    ),
+    str.join(", ", [
+        "patched_os_environ",
+        "hvcs_domain",
+        "hvcs_api_domain",
+        "expected_hvcs_domain",
+        "expected_hvcs_api_domain",
+    ]),
     [
         ({}, None, None, Gitea.DEFAULT_DOMAIN, Gitea.DEFAULT_API_DOMAIN),
         (
             {"GITEA_SERVER_URL": "https://special.custom.server/vcs/"},
             None,
             None,
-            "special.custom.server/vcs/",
-            Gitea.DEFAULT_API_DOMAIN,
+            "special.custom.server/vcs",
+            "special.custom.server/vcs/api/v1",
         ),
         (
             {"GITEA_API_URL": "https://api.special.custom.server/"},
             None,
             None,
             Gitea.DEFAULT_DOMAIN,
-            "api.special.custom.server/",
+            "api.special.custom.server",
         ),
         (
             {"GITEA_SERVER_URL": "https://special.custom.server/vcs/"},
             "https://example.com",
             None,
-            "https://example.com",
-            Gitea.DEFAULT_API_DOMAIN,
+            "example.com",
+            "example.com/api/v1",
         ),
         (
             {"GITEA_API_URL": "https://api.special.custom.server/"},
             None,
             "https://api.example.com",
             Gitea.DEFAULT_DOMAIN,
-            "https://api.example.com",
+            "api.example.com",
         ),
     ],
 )
@@ -90,11 +93,11 @@ def test_gitea_client_init(
             token=token,
         )
 
-        assert client.hvcs_domain == expected_hvcs_domain
-        assert client.hvcs_api_domain == expected_hvcs_api_domain
-        assert client.api_url == f"https://{client.hvcs_api_domain}"
-        assert client.token == token
-        assert client._remote_url == remote_url
+        assert expected_hvcs_domain == client.hvcs_domain
+        assert expected_hvcs_api_domain == client.hvcs_api_domain
+        assert f"https://{expected_hvcs_api_domain}" == client.api_url
+        assert token == client.token
+        assert remote_url == client._remote_url
         assert hasattr(client, "session")
         assert isinstance(getattr(client, "session", None), Session)