diff --git a/examples/servers/simple-prompt/mcp_simple_prompt/server.py b/examples/servers/simple-prompt/mcp_simple_prompt/server.py
index 8427b12f87..89b0eeaf63 100644
--- a/examples/servers/simple-prompt/mcp_simple_prompt/server.py
+++ b/examples/servers/simple-prompt/mcp_simple_prompt/server.py
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ async def get_prompt(
     if transport == "sse":
         from mcp.server.sse import SseServerTransport
         from starlette.applications import Starlette
-        from starlette.routing import Route
+        from starlette.routing import Route, Mount
 
-        sse = SseServerTransport("/messages")
+        sse = SseServerTransport("/messages/")
 
         async def handle_sse(request):
             async with sse.connect_sse(
@@ -102,14 +102,11 @@ async def handle_sse(request):
                     streams[0], streams[1], app.create_initialization_options()
                 )
 
-        async def handle_messages(request):
-            await sse.handle_post_message(request.scope, request.receive, request._send)
-
         starlette_app = Starlette(
             debug=True,
             routes=[
                 Route("/sse", endpoint=handle_sse),
-                Route("/messages", endpoint=handle_messages, methods=["POST"]),
+                Mount("/messages/", app=sse.handle_post_message),
             ],
         )
 
diff --git a/examples/servers/simple-resource/mcp_simple_resource/server.py b/examples/servers/simple-resource/mcp_simple_resource/server.py
index 9864fc519d..51f2933c67 100644
--- a/examples/servers/simple-resource/mcp_simple_resource/server.py
+++ b/examples/servers/simple-resource/mcp_simple_resource/server.py
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ async def read_resource(uri: AnyUrl) -> str | bytes:
     if transport == "sse":
         from mcp.server.sse import SseServerTransport
         from starlette.applications import Starlette
-        from starlette.routing import Route
+        from starlette.routing import Route, Mount
 
-        sse = SseServerTransport("/messages")
+        sse = SseServerTransport("/messages/")
 
         async def handle_sse(request):
             async with sse.connect_sse(
@@ -59,14 +59,11 @@ async def handle_sse(request):
                     streams[0], streams[1], app.create_initialization_options()
                 )
 
-        async def handle_messages(request):
-            await sse.handle_post_message(request.scope, request.receive, request._send)
-
         starlette_app = Starlette(
             debug=True,
             routes=[
                 Route("/sse", endpoint=handle_sse),
-                Route("/messages", endpoint=handle_messages, methods=["POST"]),
+                Mount("/messages/", app=sse.handle_post_message),
             ],
         )
 
diff --git a/examples/servers/simple-tool/mcp_simple_tool/server.py b/examples/servers/simple-tool/mcp_simple_tool/server.py
index 79b0b8b528..039af9e81d 100644
--- a/examples/servers/simple-tool/mcp_simple_tool/server.py
+++ b/examples/servers/simple-tool/mcp_simple_tool/server.py
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ async def list_tools() -> list[types.Tool]:
     if transport == "sse":
         from mcp.server.sse import SseServerTransport
         from starlette.applications import Starlette
-        from starlette.routing import Route
+        from starlette.routing import Route, Mount
 
-        sse = SseServerTransport("/messages")
+        sse = SseServerTransport("/messages/")
 
         async def handle_sse(request):
             async with sse.connect_sse(
@@ -72,14 +72,11 @@ async def handle_sse(request):
                     streams[0], streams[1], app.create_initialization_options()
                 )
 
-        async def handle_messages(request):
-            await sse.handle_post_message(request.scope, request.receive, request._send)
-
         starlette_app = Starlette(
             debug=True,
             routes=[
                 Route("/sse", endpoint=handle_sse),
-                Route("/messages", endpoint=handle_messages, methods=["POST"]),
+                Mount("/messages/", app=sse.handle_post_message),
             ],
         )
 
diff --git a/src/mcp/server/fastmcp/server.py b/src/mcp/server/fastmcp/server.py
index f0909287d6..5b657072ee 100644
--- a/src/mcp/server/fastmcp/server.py
+++ b/src/mcp/server/fastmcp/server.py
@@ -423,9 +423,9 @@ async def run_stdio_async(self) -> None:
     async def run_sse_async(self) -> None:
         """Run the server using SSE transport."""
         from starlette.applications import Starlette
-        from starlette.routing import Route
+        from starlette.routing import Route, Mount
 
-        sse = SseServerTransport("/messages")
+        sse = SseServerTransport("/messages/")
 
         async def handle_sse(request):
             async with sse.connect_sse(
@@ -437,14 +437,11 @@ async def handle_sse(request):
                     self._mcp_server.create_initialization_options(),
                 )
 
-        async def handle_messages(request):
-            await sse.handle_post_message(request.scope, request.receive, request._send)
-
         starlette_app = Starlette(
             debug=self.settings.debug,
             routes=[
                 Route("/sse", endpoint=handle_sse),
-                Route("/messages", endpoint=handle_messages, methods=["POST"]),
+                Mount("/messages/", app=sse.handle_post_message),
             ],
         )
 
diff --git a/src/mcp/server/sse.py b/src/mcp/server/sse.py
index 3062b32446..0127753d01 100644
--- a/src/mcp/server/sse.py
+++ b/src/mcp/server/sse.py
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 Example usage:
 ```
     # Create an SSE transport at an endpoint
-    sse = SseServerTransport("/messages")
+    sse = SseServerTransport("/messages/")
 
     # Create Starlette routes for SSE and message handling
     routes = [
         Route("/sse", endpoint=handle_sse),
-        Route("/messages", endpoint=handle_messages, methods=["POST"])
+        Mount("/messages/", app=sse.handle_post_message),
     ]
 
     # Define handler functions
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ async def handle_sse(request):
                 streams[0], streams[1], app.create_initialization_options()
             )
 
-    async def handle_messages(request):
-        await sse.handle_post_message(request.scope, request.receive, request._send)
-
     # Create and run Starlette app
     starlette_app = Starlette(routes=routes)
     uvicorn.run(starlette_app, host="0.0.0.0", port=port)