diff --git a/python/semantic_kernel/connectors/openapi_plugin/openapi_parser.py b/python/semantic_kernel/connectors/openapi_plugin/openapi_parser.py
index 34bea1bff2dd..8831b7d62ae1 100644
--- a/python/semantic_kernel/connectors/openapi_plugin/openapi_parser.py
+++ b/python/semantic_kernel/connectors/openapi_plugin/openapi_parser.py
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
 
 logger: logging.Logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+# Keys of an OpenAPI path item that describe an operation; the others (summary, description, servers,
+# parameters, $ref, x-*) apply to the path as a whole.
+HTTP_METHODS: Final = frozenset({"get", "put", "post", "delete", "options", "head", "patch", "trace"})
+
 
 class OpenApiParser:
     """NOTE: SK Python only supports the OpenAPI Spec >=3.0.
@@ -250,8 +254,11 @@ def create_rest_api_operations(
             server_urls = [{"url": "/", "variables": {}, "description": ""}]
 
         for path, methods in paths.items():
+            path_parameters = methods.get("parameters", [])
             for method, details in methods.items():
                 request_method = method.lower()
+                if request_method not in HTTP_METHODS:
+                    continue
                 # Validate that operationId exists
                 if "operationId" not in details:
                     raise PluginInitializationError(f"operationId missing, path: '{path}', method: '{method}'")
@@ -290,7 +297,12 @@ def create_rest_api_operations(
                     logger.info(f"Skipping operation {operationId} as it is excluded.")
                     continue
 
-                parameters = details.get("parameters", [])
+                # Operation level parameters override path level ones with the same name and location.
+                operation_parameters = details.get("parameters", [])
+                overridden = {(p.get("name"), p.get("in")) for p in operation_parameters}
+                parameters = [
+                    p for p in path_parameters if (p.get("name"), p.get("in")) not in overridden
+                ] + operation_parameters
                 parsed_params = self._parse_parameters(parameters)
                 request_body = self._create_rest_api_operation_payload(operationId, details.get("requestBody", None))
                 responses = dict(self._create_response(details.get("responses", {})))
diff --git a/python/tests/unit/connectors/openapi_plugin/test_openapi_parser.py b/python/tests/unit/connectors/openapi_plugin/test_openapi_parser.py
index b0c81074e5a8..9b9394f29d10 100644
--- a/python/tests/unit/connectors/openapi_plugin/test_openapi_parser.py
+++ b/python/tests/unit/connectors/openapi_plugin/test_openapi_parser.py
@@ -383,3 +383,45 @@ def test_create_functions_propagates_enable_file_ref_resolution():
             enable_file_ref_resolution=True,
             enable_http_ref_resolution=False,
         )
+
+
+def _path_item_spec(path_item: dict) -> dict:
+    return {
+        "openapi": "3.0.1",
+        "info": {"title": "t", "version": "1"},
+        "servers": [{"url": "https://api.example.com"}],
+        "paths": {"/items/{id}": path_item},
+    }
+
+
+def test_create_rest_api_operations_path_item_keys_and_shared_parameters():
+    id_param = {"name": "id", "in": "path", "required": True, "schema": {"type": "string"}}
+    spec = _path_item_spec({
+        "summary": "Item",
+        "description": "An item",
+        "parameters": [id_param],
+        "get": {"operationId": "getItem", "responses": {"200": {"description": "ok"}}},
+        "delete": {"operationId": "deleteItem", "responses": {"200": {"description": "ok"}}},
+    })
+
+    operations = OpenApiParser().create_rest_api_operations(spec)
+
+    assert set(operations) == {"getItem", "deleteItem"}
+    for operation in operations.values():
+        assert [p.name for p in operation.parameters] == ["id"]
+
+
+def test_create_rest_api_operations_operation_parameter_overrides_path_parameter():
+    spec = _path_item_spec({
+        "parameters": [{"name": "id", "in": "path", "required": True, "schema": {"type": "string"}}],
+        "get": {
+            "operationId": "getItem",
+            "parameters": [
+                {"name": "id", "in": "path", "required": True, "description": "own", "schema": {"type": "integer"}}
+            ],
+            "responses": {"200": {"description": "ok"}},
+        },
+    })
+
+    operation = OpenApiParser().create_rest_api_operations(spec)["getItem"]
+    assert [(p.name, p.type, p.description) for p in operation.parameters] == [("id", "integer", "own")]