diff --git a/src/main/java/com/atlassian/jira/rest/client/api/domain/util/UriUtil.java b/src/main/java/com/atlassian/jira/rest/client/api/domain/util/UriUtil.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Atlassian
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/* Temporary fix until https://bitbucket.org/atlassian/jira-rest-java-client/pull-requests/170 is fixed */
+
+package com.atlassian.jira.rest.client.api.domain.util;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class UriUtil {
+
+    private static final List<String> CLOUD_DOMAINS = List.of("atlassian.net", "jira.com", "api.atlassian.com");
+    private static final List<String> DC_DOMAINS = List.of("localhost");
+
+    public static URI path(final URI uri, final String path) {
+        final String uriString = uri.toString();
+        final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(uriString);
+        if (!uriString.endsWith("/")) {
+            sb.append('/');
+        }
+        sb.append(path.startsWith("/") ? path.substring(1) : path);
+        return URI.create(sb.toString());
+    }
+
+    public static boolean isURICloud(URI uri) {
+        String host = uri.getHost().toLowerCase();
+        return CLOUD_DOMAINS.stream().anyMatch(host::contains)
+                && DC_DOMAINS.stream().noneMatch(host::contains);
+    }
+}