diff --git a/src/main/java/com/back/domain/profile/controller/ProfileController.java b/src/main/java/com/back/domain/profile/controller/ProfileController.java
index c572924e..686bfbbb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/back/domain/profile/controller/ProfileController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/back/domain/profile/controller/ProfileController.java
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.*;
 
 @RestController
-@RequestMapping("/me/profile")
+@RequestMapping("/api/me/profile")
 @RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class ProfileController {
 
@@ -24,9 +24,14 @@ public RsData<ProfileResponseDto> getProfile(@AuthenticationPrincipal(expression
         return RsData.successOf(body); // code=200, message="success"
     }
 
-    @PutMapping
-    public RsData<ProfileResponseDto> updateProfile(@AuthenticationPrincipal(expression = "id") Long userId, @Valid @RequestBody ProfileUpdateRequestDto profileUpdateRequestDto) {
-        ProfileResponseDto body = profileService.updateProfile(userId, profileUpdateRequestDto);
-        return RsData.successOf(body); // code=200
+    // PUT 제거: PATCH 전용으로 운영
+
+    @PatchMapping
+    public RsData<ProfileResponseDto> patchNickname(
+            @AuthenticationPrincipal(expression = "id") Long userId,
+            @Valid @RequestBody ProfileUpdateRequestDto request
+    ) {
+        ProfileResponseDto body = profileService.updateProfile(userId, request);
+        return RsData.successOf(body);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/back/domain/profile/dto/ProfileUpdateRequestDto.java b/src/main/java/com/back/domain/profile/dto/ProfileUpdateRequestDto.java
index 1a1cf1aa..bbbb434f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/back/domain/profile/dto/ProfileUpdateRequestDto.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/back/domain/profile/dto/ProfileUpdateRequestDto.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package com.back.domain.profile.dto;
 
-import jakarta.validation.constraints.Email;
 import jakarta.validation.constraints.Size;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.Setter;
@@ -11,7 +10,4 @@ public class ProfileUpdateRequestDto {
 
     @Size(min = 1, max = 10, message = "닉네임은 1~10자")
     private String nickname;
-
-    @Email(message = "이메일 형식이 아닙니다")
-    private String email;
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/back/domain/profile/service/ProfileService.java b/src/main/java/com/back/domain/profile/service/ProfileService.java
index c48cd155..5e307c4f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/back/domain/profile/service/ProfileService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/back/domain/profile/service/ProfileService.java
@@ -50,11 +50,6 @@ public ProfileResponseDto updateProfile(Long id, ProfileUpdateRequestDto profile
             user.setNickname(nickname);
         }
 
-        if (profileUpdateRequestDto.getEmail() != null) {
-            String email = profileUpdateRequestDto.getEmail().trim();
-            user.setEmail(email.isEmpty() ? null : email);
-        }
-
         userRepository.save(user);
 
         return getProfile(id);