diff --git a/context_test.go b/context_test.go
index 364a92ae..70295620 100644
--- a/context_test.go
+++ b/context_test.go
@@ -3868,3 +3868,38 @@ func BenchmarkGetMapFromFormData(b *testing.B) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestWildcardParamUnicodeConcurrency(t *testing.T) {
+	router := New()
+	
+	router.GET("/user/:name", func(c *Context) {
+		name := c.Param("name")
+		assert.NotEmpty(t, name)
+	})
+	
+	router.GET("/files/*filepath", func(c *Context) {
+		filepath := c.Param("filepath")
+		assert.NotEmpty(t, filepath)
+	})
+
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	paths := []string{
+		"/user/जयेश",
+		"/files/🎉/photo.png",
+		"/user/こんにちは",
+	}
+
+	for i := 0; i < 20; i++ {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			for _, p := range paths {
+				req, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, p, nil)
+				w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+				router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
+				assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, w.Code)
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+	wg.Wait()
+}
diff --git a/tree.go b/tree.go
index 580abbaf..f12d3b5c 100644
--- a/tree.go
+++ b/tree.go
@@ -509,6 +509,11 @@ walk: // Outer loop for walking the tree
 						// Expand slice within preallocated capacity
 						i := len(*value.params)
 						*value.params = (*value.params)[:i+1]
+
+						// Ensure 'end' index lands exactly on a valid UTF-8 rune boundary
+						for end > 0 && end < len(path) && !utf8.RuneStart(path[end]) {
+							end--
+						}
 						val := path[:end]
 						if unescape {
 							if v, err := url.QueryUnescape(val); err == nil {