diff --git a/pkg/engine/apiPath_test.go b/pkg/engine/apiPath_test.go
index 8879b377f8..8942c12b47 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/apiPath_test.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/apiPath_test.go
@@ -26,3 +26,26 @@ func Test_Paths(t *testing.T) {
 	f("/apis/gloo.solo.io/v1/namespaces/gloo-system/upstreams/  ", "/apis/gloo.solo.io/v1/namespaces/gloo-system/upstreams")
 	f("  /apis/gloo.solo.io/v1/namespaces/gloo-system/upstreams", "/apis/gloo.solo.io/v1/namespaces/gloo-system/upstreams")
 }
+
+func Test_GroupVersions(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(path, expected string) {
+		p, err := NewAPIPath(path)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Error(err)
+			return
+		}
+
+		if p.Root == "api" {
+			if p.Group != expected {
+				t.Errorf("expected %s got %s", expected, p.Group)
+			}
+		} else {
+			if p.Version != expected {
+				t.Errorf("expected %s got %s", expected, p.Version)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	f("/api/v1/namespace/{{ request.namespace }}", "v1")
+	f("/apis/extensions/v1beta1/namespaces/example/ingresses", "extensions/v1beta1")
+}