diff --git a/packages/common/interfaces/nest-application.interface.ts b/packages/common/interfaces/nest-application.interface.ts
index 9c3e7cae4d6..94ee67f6f28 100644
--- a/packages/common/interfaces/nest-application.interface.ts
+++ b/packages/common/interfaces/nest-application.interface.ts
@@ -69,11 +69,15 @@ export interface INestApplication<
   /**
    * Registers a prefix for every HTTP route path.
    *
-   * @param {string} prefix The prefix for every HTTP route path (for example `/v1/api`)
+   * @param {string | string[]} prefix The prefix for every HTTP route path (for example `/v1/api`).
+   *   Can be an array of prefixes to register multiple prefixes (for example `['api', 'v1']`).
    * @param {GlobalPrefixOptions} options Global prefix options object
    * @returns {this}
    */
-  setGlobalPrefix(prefix: string, options?: GlobalPrefixOptions): this;
+  setGlobalPrefix(
+    prefix: string | string[],
+    options?: GlobalPrefixOptions,
+  ): this;
 
   /**
    * Register Ws Adapter which will be used inside Gateways.
diff --git a/packages/core/application-config.ts b/packages/core/application-config.ts
index a3fa36fdb51..1ceded150b7 100644
--- a/packages/core/application-config.ts
+++ b/packages/core/application-config.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { InstanceWrapper } from './injector/instance-wrapper.js';
 import { ExcludeRouteMetadata } from './router/interfaces/exclude-route-metadata.interface.js';
 
 export class ApplicationConfig {
-  private globalPrefix = '';
+  private globalPrefixes: string[] = [];
   private globalPrefixOptions: GlobalPrefixOptions<ExcludeRouteMetadata> = {};
   private globalPipes: Array<PipeTransform> = [];
   private globalFilters: Array<ExceptionFilter> = [];
@@ -33,12 +33,34 @@ export class ApplicationConfig {
 
   constructor(private ioAdapter: WebSocketAdapter | null = null) {}
 
-  public setGlobalPrefix(prefix: string) {
-    this.globalPrefix = prefix;
-  }
-
-  public getGlobalPrefix() {
-    return this.globalPrefix;
+  public setGlobalPrefix(prefix: string | string[]) {
+    this.globalPrefixes = Array.isArray(prefix) ? prefix : [prefix];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the first global prefix, or an empty string if none was set.
+   *
+   * This method predates support for multiple prefixes and keeps its
+   * `string` return type on purpose, so that existing consumers (e.g.
+   * `@nestjs/swagger`) are not broken. When several prefixes have been set,
+   * only the first one is returned; use {@link getGlobalPrefixes} to get all
+   * of them.
+   *
+   * @deprecated Use {@link getGlobalPrefixes} instead. This method will be
+   * removed in NestJS v13.
+   */
+  public getGlobalPrefix(): string {
+    // Intentionally returns only the first prefix to preserve the previous
+    // `string` contract. See the JSDoc above.
+    return this.globalPrefixes[0] ?? '';
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns every global prefix set via {@link setGlobalPrefix}, in the order
+   * they were provided. Returns an empty array if none was set.
+   */
+  public getGlobalPrefixes(): string[] {
+    return this.globalPrefixes;
   }
 
   public setGlobalPrefixOptions(
diff --git a/packages/core/middleware/route-info-path-extractor.ts b/packages/core/middleware/route-info-path-extractor.ts
index e108887aa96..9b800785190 100644
--- a/packages/core/middleware/route-info-path-extractor.ts
+++ b/packages/core/middleware/route-info-path-extractor.ts
@@ -13,34 +13,43 @@ import {
 
 export class RouteInfoPathExtractor {
   private readonly routePathFactory: RoutePathFactory;
-  private readonly prefixPath: string;
+  private readonly prefixPaths: string[];
   private readonly excludedGlobalPrefixRoutes: ExcludeRouteMetadata[];
   private readonly versioningConfig?: VersioningOptions;
 
   constructor(private readonly applicationConfig: ApplicationConfig) {
     this.routePathFactory = new RoutePathFactory(applicationConfig);
-    this.prefixPath = stripEndSlash(
-      addLeadingSlash(this.applicationConfig.getGlobalPrefix()),
-    );
+    const prefixes = this.applicationConfig.getGlobalPrefixes();
+    this.prefixPaths =
+      prefixes.length > 0
+        ? prefixes.map(p => stripEndSlash(addLeadingSlash(p)))
+        : [''];
     this.excludedGlobalPrefixRoutes =
       this.applicationConfig.getGlobalPrefixOptions().exclude!;
     this.versioningConfig = this.applicationConfig.getVersioning();
   }
 
+  private get prefixPath(): string {
+    return this.prefixPaths[0];
+  }
+
   public extractPathsFrom({ path, method, version }: RouteInfo): string[] {
     const versionPaths = this.extractVersionPathFrom(version);
 
     if (this.isAWildcard(path)) {
       const entries =
         versionPaths.length > 0
-          ? versionPaths
-              .map(versionPath => [
-                this.prefixPath + versionPath + '$',
-                this.prefixPath + versionPath + addLeadingSlash(path),
+          ? this.prefixPaths.flatMap(prefixPath =>
+              versionPaths.flatMap(versionPath => [
+                prefixPath + versionPath + '$',
+                prefixPath + versionPath + addLeadingSlash(path),
+              ]),
+            )
+          : this.prefixPaths[0]
+            ? this.prefixPaths.flatMap(prefixPath => [
+                prefixPath + '$',
+                prefixPath + addLeadingSlash(path),
               ])
-              .flat()
-          : this.prefixPath
-            ? [this.prefixPath + '$', this.prefixPath + addLeadingSlash(path)]
             : [addLeadingSlash(path)];
 
       return Array.isArray(this.excludedGlobalPrefixRoutes)
@@ -99,10 +108,14 @@ export class RouteInfoPathExtractor {
     }
 
     if (!versionPaths.length) {
-      return [this.prefixPath + addLeadingSlash(path)];
+      return this.prefixPaths.map(
+        prefixPath => prefixPath + addLeadingSlash(path),
+      );
     }
-    return versionPaths.map(
-      versionPath => this.prefixPath + versionPath + addLeadingSlash(path),
+    return this.prefixPaths.flatMap(prefixPath =>
+      versionPaths.map(
+        versionPath => prefixPath + versionPath + addLeadingSlash(path),
+      ),
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/nest-application.ts b/packages/core/nest-application.ts
index 35d2cbd0398..d332a784261 100644
--- a/packages/core/nest-application.ts
+++ b/packages/core/nest-application.ts
@@ -211,8 +211,11 @@ export class NestApplication
   public async registerRouter() {
     await this.registerMiddleware(this.httpAdapter);
 
-    const prefix = this.config.getGlobalPrefix();
-    const basePath = addLeadingSlash(prefix);
+    const prefixes = this.config.getGlobalPrefixes();
+    const basePaths =
+      prefixes.length > 0
+        ? prefixes.map(prefix => addLeadingSlash(prefix))
+        : [''];
 
     const conflictPolicy = this.config.getRouteConflictPolicy();
     const resolutionStrategy = this.config.getRouteResolutionStrategy();
@@ -227,7 +230,7 @@ export class NestApplication
     const adapterRejectsDuplicates = !adapterIsOrderSensitive;
 
     if (!conflictPolicy && !shouldSortBySpecificity) {
-      this.routesResolver.resolve(this.httpAdapter, basePath);
+      this.routesResolver.resolve(this.httpAdapter, basePaths);
       return;
     }
 
@@ -238,7 +241,7 @@ export class NestApplication
     // from `instance.route()` and would short-circuit both the resolve
     // loop and the aggregated `RouteConflictException`.
     const resolvedRoutes: ResolvedRoute[] = [];
-    this.routesResolver.resolve(this.httpAdapter, basePath, {
+    this.routesResolver.resolve(this.httpAdapter, basePaths, {
       onRouteResolved: route => resolvedRoutes.push(route),
       deferRegistration: true,
     });
@@ -467,7 +470,10 @@ export class NestApplication
     return `${this.getProtocol()}://${host}:${address.port}`;
   }
 
-  public setGlobalPrefix(prefix: string, options?: GlobalPrefixOptions): this {
+  public setGlobalPrefix(
+    prefix: string | string[],
+    options?: GlobalPrefixOptions,
+  ): this {
     this.config.setGlobalPrefix(prefix);
     if (options) {
       const exclude = options?.exclude
diff --git a/packages/core/router/interfaces/resolver.interface.ts b/packages/core/router/interfaces/resolver.interface.ts
index 8505be01723..1a5bf97038e 100644
--- a/packages/core/router/interfaces/resolver.interface.ts
+++ b/packages/core/router/interfaces/resolver.interface.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { RouteResolutionOptions } from './route-resolution-options.interface.js'
 export interface Resolver {
   resolve(
     applicationRef: HttpServer,
-    basePath: string,
+    basePath: string | string[],
     options?: RouteResolutionOptions,
   ): void;
   registerResolvedRoute(applicationRef: HttpServer, route: ResolvedRoute): void;
diff --git a/packages/core/router/interfaces/route-path-metadata.interface.ts b/packages/core/router/interfaces/route-path-metadata.interface.ts
index d8c0336b7f8..fba9884a1f4 100644
--- a/packages/core/router/interfaces/route-path-metadata.interface.ts
+++ b/packages/core/router/interfaces/route-path-metadata.interface.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ export interface RoutePathMetadata {
 
   /**
    * Global route prefix specified with the "NestApplication#setGlobalPrefix" method.
+   * Can be a single prefix or an array of prefixes.
    */
-  globalPrefix?: string;
+  globalPrefix?: string | string[];
 
   /**
    * Module-level path registered through the "RouterModule".
diff --git a/packages/core/router/route-path-factory.ts b/packages/core/router/route-path-factory.ts
index b9f7f166edd..6badcd63a98 100644
--- a/packages/core/router/route-path-factory.ts
+++ b/packages/core/router/route-path-factory.ts
@@ -57,19 +57,27 @@ export class RoutePathFactory {
     paths = this.appendToAllIfDefined(paths, metadata.methodPath);
 
     if (metadata.globalPrefix) {
-      paths = paths.map(path => {
-        if (
-          this.isExcludedFromGlobalPrefix(
-            path,
-            requestMethod,
-            versionOrVersions,
-            metadata.versioningOptions,
-          )
-        ) {
-          return path;
-        }
-        return stripEndSlash(metadata.globalPrefix || '') + path;
-      });
+      const globalPrefixes = Array.isArray(metadata.globalPrefix)
+        ? metadata.globalPrefix
+        : [metadata.globalPrefix];
+
+      paths = flatten(
+        paths.map(path => {
+          if (
+            this.isExcludedFromGlobalPrefix(
+              path,
+              requestMethod,
+              versionOrVersions,
+              metadata.versioningOptions,
+            )
+          ) {
+            return [path];
+          }
+          return globalPrefixes.map(
+            prefix => stripEndSlash(prefix || '') + path,
+          );
+        }),
+      );
     }
 
     return paths
diff --git a/packages/core/router/routes-resolver.ts b/packages/core/router/routes-resolver.ts
index 1b2666bbc2e..bfe8a69b662 100644
--- a/packages/core/router/routes-resolver.ts
+++ b/packages/core/router/routes-resolver.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export class RoutesResolver implements Resolver {
 
   public resolve<T extends HttpServer>(
     applicationRef: T,
-    globalPrefix: string,
+    globalPrefix: string | string[],
     options: RouteResolutionOptions = {},
   ) {
     const modules = this.container.getModules();
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export class RoutesResolver implements Resolver {
   public registerRouters(
     routes: Map<string | symbol | Function, InstanceWrapper<Controller>>,
     moduleName: string,
-    globalPrefix: string,
+    globalPrefix: string | string[],
     modulePath: string,
     applicationRef: HttpServer,
     options: RouteResolutionOptions = {},
diff --git a/packages/core/test/application-config.spec.ts b/packages/core/test/application-config.spec.ts
index 5fded1879b7..34cd0266168 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/application-config.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/application-config.spec.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,25 @@ describe('ApplicationConfig', () => {
 
       expect(appConfig.getGlobalPrefix()).toEqual(path);
     });
+    it('should set global path as array', () => {
+      const paths = ['api', 'v1'];
+      appConfig.setGlobalPrefix(paths);
+
+      expect(appConfig.getGlobalPrefix()).toEqual('api');
+      expect(appConfig.getGlobalPrefixes()).toEqual(paths);
+    });
+    it('should return all prefixes via getGlobalPrefixes', () => {
+      const paths = ['prefix1', 'prefix2', 'prefix3'];
+      appConfig.setGlobalPrefix(paths);
+
+      expect(appConfig.getGlobalPrefixes()).toEqual(paths);
+    });
+    it('should convert single string to array in getGlobalPrefixes', () => {
+      const path = 'test';
+      appConfig.setGlobalPrefix(path);
+
+      expect(appConfig.getGlobalPrefixes()).toEqual([path]);
+    });
     it('should set global path options', () => {
       const options: GlobalPrefixOptions<ExcludeRouteMetadata> = {
         exclude: [
@@ -33,6 +52,9 @@ describe('ApplicationConfig', () => {
     it('should has empty string as a global path by default', () => {
       expect(appConfig.getGlobalPrefix()).toEqual('');
     });
+    it('should return empty array as global prefixes by default', () => {
+      expect(appConfig.getGlobalPrefixes()).toEqual([]);
+    });
     it('should has empty string as a global path option by default', () => {
       expect(appConfig.getGlobalPrefixOptions()).toEqual({});
     });
diff --git a/packages/core/test/middleware/route-info-path-extractor.spec.ts b/packages/core/test/middleware/route-info-path-extractor.spec.ts
index 7e2ed75be5b..05a2dec78b1 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/middleware/route-info-path-extractor.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/middleware/route-info-path-extractor.spec.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ describe('RouteInfoPathExtractor', () => {
     });
 
     it(`should return correct paths when set global prefix`, () => {
-      Reflect.set(routeInfoPathExtractor, 'prefixPath', '/api');
+      Reflect.set(routeInfoPathExtractor, 'prefixPaths', ['/api']);
 
       expect(
         routeInfoPathExtractor.extractPathsFrom({
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ describe('RouteInfoPathExtractor', () => {
     });
 
     it(`should return correct paths when set global prefix and global prefix options`, () => {
-      Reflect.set(routeInfoPathExtractor, 'prefixPath', '/api');
+      Reflect.set(routeInfoPathExtractor, 'prefixPaths', ['/api']);
       Reflect.set(
         routeInfoPathExtractor,
         'excludedGlobalPrefixRoutes',
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ describe('RouteInfoPathExtractor', () => {
     });
 
     it(`should return correct path when set global prefix`, () => {
-      Reflect.set(routeInfoPathExtractor, 'prefixPath', '/api');
+      Reflect.set(routeInfoPathExtractor, 'prefixPaths', ['/api']);
 
       expect(
         routeInfoPathExtractor.extractPathFrom({
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ describe('RouteInfoPathExtractor', () => {
     });
 
     it(`should return correct path when set global prefix and global prefix options`, () => {
-      Reflect.set(routeInfoPathExtractor, 'prefixPath', '/api');
+      Reflect.set(routeInfoPathExtractor, 'prefixPaths', ['/api']);
       Reflect.set(
         routeInfoPathExtractor,
         'excludedGlobalPrefixRoutes',
diff --git a/packages/core/test/router/route-path-factory.spec.ts b/packages/core/test/router/route-path-factory.spec.ts
index 0f7b29326eb..29c6fe755c3 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/router/route-path-factory.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/router/route-path-factory.spec.ts
@@ -225,6 +225,61 @@ describe('RoutePathFactory', () => {
       ).toEqual(['/ctrlPath']);
       vi.restoreAllMocks();
     });
+
+    it('should return paths for each global prefix when array is provided', () => {
+      expect(
+        routePathFactory.create({
+          ctrlPath: '/ctrlPath/',
+          methodPath: '/methodPath/',
+          globalPrefix: ['api', 'v1'],
+        }),
+      ).toEqual(['/api/ctrlPath/methodPath', '/v1/ctrlPath/methodPath']);
+
+      expect(
+        routePathFactory.create({
+          ctrlPath: '/ctrlPath/',
+          methodPath: '/methodPath/',
+          modulePath: '/modulePath/',
+          globalPrefix: ['/prefix1', '/prefix2'],
+        }),
+      ).toEqual([
+        '/prefix1/modulePath/ctrlPath/methodPath',
+        '/prefix2/modulePath/ctrlPath/methodPath',
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it('should handle single-element array same as string', () => {
+      const resultArray = routePathFactory.create({
+        ctrlPath: '/ctrlPath/',
+        methodPath: '/methodPath/',
+        globalPrefix: ['api'],
+      });
+
+      const resultString = routePathFactory.create({
+        ctrlPath: '/ctrlPath/',
+        methodPath: '/methodPath/',
+        globalPrefix: 'api',
+      });
+
+      expect(resultArray).toEqual(resultString);
+    });
+
+    it('should combine multiple prefixes with versioning', () => {
+      expect(
+        routePathFactory.create({
+          ctrlPath: '/ctrlPath/',
+          methodPath: '/methodPath/',
+          globalPrefix: ['api', 'v1'],
+          versioningOptions: {
+            type: VersioningType.URI,
+          },
+          controllerVersion: '1.0.0',
+        }),
+      ).toEqual([
+        '/api/v1.0.0/ctrlPath/methodPath',
+        '/v1/v1.0.0/ctrlPath/methodPath',
+      ]);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('isExcludedFromGlobalPrefix', () => {