diff --git a/.changeset/cuddly-glasses-add.md b/.changeset/cuddly-glasses-add.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de3de40e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/cuddly-glasses-add.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@redocly/cli": patch
+---
+
+Fixed an issue where `apis`' root in `redocly.yaml` was not resolved properly when the value of `root` was a URL.
diff --git a/__tests__/commands.test.ts b/__tests__/commands.test.ts
index 7ad263ce0..739496a24 100644
--- a/__tests__/commands.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/commands.test.ts
@@ -627,7 +627,17 @@ describe('E2E', () => {
       const testPath = join(folderPath, 'apply-per-api-decorators');
       const args = getParams('../../../packages/cli/src/index.ts', 'bundle', [
         '--config=nested/redocly.yaml',
-        'test@v1',
+        'test@fs',
+      ]);
+      const result = getCommandOutput(args, testPath);
+      (<any>expect(cleanupOutput(result))).toMatchSpecificSnapshot(join(testPath, 'snapshot.js'));
+    });
+
+    test('lint a specific api (when the api is specified as an alias and it points to an external URL)', () => {
+      const testPath = join(folderPath, 'apply-per-api-decorators');
+      const args = getParams('../../../packages/cli/src/index.ts', 'lint', [
+        '--config=nested/redocly.yaml',
+        'test@external-url',
       ]);
       const result = getCommandOutput(args, testPath);
       (<any>expect(cleanupOutput(result))).toMatchSpecificSnapshot(join(testPath, 'snapshot.js'));
diff --git a/__tests__/miscellaneous/apply-per-api-decorators/nested/redocly.yaml b/__tests__/miscellaneous/apply-per-api-decorators/nested/redocly.yaml
index 0e86ab03d..16ef57893 100644
--- a/__tests__/miscellaneous/apply-per-api-decorators/nested/redocly.yaml
+++ b/__tests__/miscellaneous/apply-per-api-decorators/nested/redocly.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 apis:
-  test@v1:
+  test@fs:
     root: openapi/main.yaml
     decorators:
       test/version: on
       remove-unused-components: on
+  test@external-url:
+    root: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Redocly/redocly-cli/refs/heads/main/__tests__/miscellaneous/apply-per-api-decorators/nested/openapi/main.yaml
+    rules:
+      info-contact: error
 plugins:
   - plugins/test.js
diff --git a/__tests__/miscellaneous/apply-per-api-decorators/snapshot.js b/__tests__/miscellaneous/apply-per-api-decorators/snapshot.js
index 8394a6189..d89fa83f4 100644
--- a/__tests__/miscellaneous/apply-per-api-decorators/snapshot.js
+++ b/__tests__/miscellaneous/apply-per-api-decorators/snapshot.js
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ info:
   title: Test
   version: 1.0.0
 paths: {}
+components:
+  schemas:
+    Unused:
+      type: string
+openapi: 3.1.0
+info:
+  title: Test
+paths: {}
 components:
   schemas:
     Unused:
@@ -29,5 +37,31 @@ components:
 
 bundling nested/openapi/main.yaml...
 📦 Created a bundle for nested/openapi/main.yaml at stdout <test>ms.
+bundling https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Redocly/redocly-cli/refs/heads/main/__tests__/miscellaneous/apply-per-api-decorators/nested/openapi/main.yaml...
+📦 Created a bundle for https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Redocly/redocly-cli/refs/heads/main/__tests__/miscellaneous/apply-per-api-decorators/nested/openapi/main.yaml at stdout <test>ms.
+
+`;
+
+exports[`E2E miscellaneous lint a specific api (when the api is specified as an alias and it points to an external URL) 1`] = `
+
+validating https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Redocly/redocly-cli/refs/heads/main/__tests__/miscellaneous/apply-per-api-decorators/nested/openapi/main.yaml...
+[1] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Redocly/redocly-cli/refs/heads/main/__tests__/miscellaneous/apply-per-api-decorators/nested/openapi/main.yaml:2:1 at #/info/contact
+
+Info object should contain \`contact\` field.
+
+1 | openapi: 3.1.0
+2 | info:
+  | ^^^^
+3 |   title: Test
+4 | paths: {}
+
+Error was generated by the info-contact rule.
+
+
+https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Redocly/redocly-cli/refs/heads/main/__tests__/miscellaneous/apply-per-api-decorators/nested/openapi/main.yaml: validated in <test>ms
+
+❌ Validation failed with 1 error.
+run \`redocly lint --generate-ignore-file\` to add all problems to the ignore file.
+
 
 `;
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/bundle.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/bundle.ts
index 2432429ac..30f6c522e 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/bundle.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/bundle.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { relative } from 'path';
 import { performance } from 'perf_hooks';
 import { blue, gray, green, yellow } from 'colorette';
 import { writeFileSync } from 'fs';
@@ -13,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   saveBundle,
   sortTopLevelKeysForOas,
   checkForDeprecatedOptions,
+  formatPath,
 } from '../utils/miscellaneous';
 
 import type { OutputExtensions, Skips, Totals, VerifyConfigOptions } from '../types';
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export async function handleBundle({
       styleguide.skipPreprocessors(argv['skip-preprocessor']);
       styleguide.skipDecorators(argv['skip-decorator']);
 
-      process.stderr.write(gray(`bundling ${relative(process.cwd(), path)}...\n`));
+      process.stderr.write(gray(`bundling ${formatPath(path)}...\n`));
 
       const {
         bundle: result,
@@ -118,20 +118,20 @@ export async function handleBundle({
       if (fileTotals.errors > 0) {
         if (argv.force) {
           process.stderr.write(
-            `❓ Created a bundle for ${blue(relative(process.cwd(), path))} at ${blue(
+            `❓ Created a bundle for ${blue(formatPath(path))} at ${blue(
               outputFile || 'stdout'
             )} with errors ${green(elapsed)}.\n${yellow('Errors ignored because of --force')}.\n`
           );
         } else {
           process.stderr.write(
             `❌ Errors encountered while bundling ${blue(
-              relative(process.cwd(), path)
+              formatPath(path)
             )}: bundle not created (use --force to ignore errors).\n`
           );
         }
       } else {
         process.stderr.write(
-          `📦 Created a bundle for ${blue(relative(process.cwd(), path))} at ${blue(
+          `📦 Created a bundle for ${blue(formatPath(path))} at ${blue(
             outputFile || 'stdout'
           )} ${green(elapsed)}.\n`
         );
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/lint.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/lint.ts
index fa33428a1..919db544f 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/lint.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/lint.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { relative } from 'path';
 import { blue, gray } from 'colorette';
 import { performance } from 'perf_hooks';
 import {
@@ -13,6 +12,7 @@ import { pluralize } from '@redocly/openapi-core/lib/utils';
 import {
   checkIfRulesetExist,
   exitWithError,
+  formatPath,
   getExecutionTime,
   getFallbackApisOrExit,
   handleError,
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export async function handleLint({
           )} configuration by default.\n\n`
         );
       }
-      process.stderr.write(gray(`validating ${relative(process.cwd(), path)}...\n`));
+      process.stderr.write(gray(`validating ${formatPath(path)}...\n`));
       const results = await lint({
         ref: path,
         config: resolvedConfig,
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export async function handleLint({
       }
 
       const elapsed = getExecutionTime(startedAt);
-      process.stderr.write(gray(`${relative(process.cwd(), path)}: validated in ${elapsed}\n\n`));
+      process.stderr.write(gray(`${formatPath(path)}: validated in ${elapsed}\n\n`));
     } catch (e) {
       handleError(e, path);
     }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/utils/__mocks__/miscellaneous.ts b/packages/cli/src/utils/__mocks__/miscellaneous.ts
index 4325204e1..d6c5a70d9 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/utils/__mocks__/miscellaneous.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/utils/__mocks__/miscellaneous.ts
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ export const getAndValidateFileExtension = jest.fn((fileName: string) => fileNam
 export const writeToFileByExtension = jest.fn();
 export const checkForDeprecatedOptions = jest.fn();
 export const saveBundle = jest.fn();
+export const formatPath = jest.fn((path: string) => path);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/utils/miscellaneous.ts b/packages/cli/src/utils/miscellaneous.ts
index 50ea19f0b..a551a55ca 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/utils/miscellaneous.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/utils/miscellaneous.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export async function getFallbackApisOrExit(
   if (isNotEmptyArray(filteredInvalidEntrypoints)) {
     for (const { path } of filteredInvalidEntrypoints) {
       process.stderr.write(
-        yellow(`\n${relative(process.cwd(), path)} ${red(`does not exist or is invalid.\n\n`)}`)
+        yellow(`\n${formatPath(path)} ${red(`does not exist or is invalid.\n\n`)}`)
       );
     }
     exitWithError('Please provide a valid path.');
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ function getAliasOrPath(config: ConfigApis, aliasOrPath: string): Entrypoint {
   const aliasApi = config.apis[aliasOrPath];
   return aliasApi
     ? {
-        path: isAbsolute(aliasApi.root)
+        path: isAbsoluteUrl(aliasApi.root)
           ? aliasApi.root
           : resolve(getConfigDirectory(config), aliasApi.root),
         alias: aliasOrPath,
@@ -702,3 +702,10 @@ export function notifyAboutIncompatibleConfigOptions(
     }
   }
 }
+
+export function formatPath(path: string) {
+  if (isAbsoluteUrl(path)) {
+    return path;
+  }
+  return relative(process.cwd(), path);
+}