diff --git a/changelog.d/17078.bugfix b/changelog.d/17078.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..286a772a1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/17078.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+For MSC3266 room summaries, support queries at the recommended endpoint of `/_matrix/client/unstable/im.nheko.summary/summary/{roomIdOrAlias}`. The existing endpoint of `/_matrix/client/unstable/im.nheko.summary/rooms/{roomIdOrAlias}/summary` is deprecated.
diff --git a/docs/workers.md b/docs/workers.md
index ab9c1db86b..9a0cc9f2f4 100644
--- a/docs/workers.md
+++ b/docs/workers.md
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ information.
     ^/_matrix/client/v1/rooms/.*/hierarchy$
     ^/_matrix/client/(v1|unstable)/rooms/.*/relations/
     ^/_matrix/client/v1/rooms/.*/threads$
-    ^/_matrix/client/unstable/im.nheko.summary/rooms/.*/summary$
+    ^/_matrix/client/unstable/im.nheko.summary/summary/.*$
     ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/account/3pid$
     ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/account/whoami$
     ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/devices$
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/room.py b/synapse/rest/client/room.py
index e4c7dd1a58..fb4d44211e 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/room.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/room.py
@@ -1442,10 +1442,16 @@ class RoomHierarchyRestServlet(RestServlet):
 
 class RoomSummaryRestServlet(ResolveRoomIdMixin, RestServlet):
     PATTERNS = (
+        # deprecated endpoint, to be removed
         re.compile(
             "^/_matrix/client/unstable/im.nheko.summary"
             "/rooms/(?P<room_identifier>[^/]*)/summary$"
         ),
+        # recommended endpoint
+        re.compile(
+            "^/_matrix/client/unstable/im.nheko.summary"
+            "/summary/(?P<room_identifier>[^/]*)$"
+        ),
     )
     CATEGORY = "Client API requests"