diff --git a/src/main/java/com/stripe/model/StripeContext.java b/src/main/java/com/stripe/model/StripeContext.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f62fbfe7cdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/stripe/model/StripeContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+package com.stripe.model;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * StripeContext represents a context path for Stripe API requests.
+ *
+ * The context is used to access child accounts by adding segments,
+ * or parent accounts by removing segments. This class provides an
+ * immutable interface for manipulating context paths.
+ */
+public class StripeContext {
+    private final List<String> segments;
+
+    /**
+     * Initialize a StripeContext with no segments.
+     */
+    public StripeContext() {
+        this.segments = Collections.emptyList();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Initialize a StripeContext with the given segments.
+     *
+     * @param segments List of context path segments
+     */
+    public StripeContext(List<String> segments) {
+        this.segments = segments != null ?
+            Collections.unmodifiableList(new ArrayList<>(segments)) :
+            Collections.emptyList();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Parse a context string into a StripeContext instance.
+     *
+     * @param contextString A string like "a/b/c" to be split on "/"
+     * @return A new StripeContext instance with the parsed segments
+     */
+    public static StripeContext parse(String contextString) {
+        if (contextString == null || contextString.isEmpty()) {
+            return new StripeContext();
+        }
+        return new StripeContext(Arrays.asList(contextString.split("/")));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new StripeContext with the last segment removed.
+     *
+     * @return A new StripeContext instance with one fewer segment
+     * @throws IllegalStateException If context has no segments to remove
+     */
+    public StripeContext parent() {
+        if (segments.isEmpty()) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot get parent of empty context");
+        }
+        return new StripeContext(segments.subList(0, segments.size() - 1));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new StripeContext with an additional segment appended.
+     *
+     * @param segment The segment to append to the context path
+     * @return A new StripeContext instance with the new segment added
+     */
+    public StripeContext child(String segment) {
+        List<String> newSegments = new ArrayList<>(segments);
+        newSegments.add(segment);
+        return new StripeContext(newSegments);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Convert the StripeContext to its string representation.
+     *
+     * @return A string with segments joined by "/"
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return String.join("/", segments);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/main/java/com/stripe/model/ThinEvent.java b/src/main/java/com/stripe/model/ThinEvent.java
index 5b7bd129c17..e436bc056e4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/stripe/model/ThinEvent.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/stripe/model/ThinEvent.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public class ThinEvent {
 
   /** [Optional] Authentication context needed to fetch the event or related object. */
   @SerializedName("context")
-  public String context;
+  public StripeContext context;
 
   /** [Optional] Object containing the reference to API resource relevant to the event. */
   @SerializedName("related_object")
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/stripe/net/ApiResource.java b/src/main/java/com/stripe/net/ApiResource.java
index 214803bcca7..ea62405625a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/stripe/net/ApiResource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/stripe/net/ApiResource.java
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ private static Gson createGson(boolean shouldSetResponseGetter) {
             .registerTypeAdapter(Instant.class, new InstantDeserializer())
             .registerTypeAdapterFactory(new EventTypeAdapterFactory())
             .registerTypeAdapter(StripeRawJsonObject.class, new StripeRawJsonObjectDeserializer())
+            .registerTypeAdapter(StripeContext.class, new StripeContextDeserializer())
             .registerTypeAdapterFactory(new StripeCollectionItemTypeSettingFactory())
             .addReflectionAccessFilter(
                 new ReflectionAccessFilter() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/stripe/net/RequestOptions.java b/src/main/java/com/stripe/net/RequestOptions.java
index db1e836db32..903855f6e72 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/stripe/net/RequestOptions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/stripe/net/RequestOptions.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.stripe.net;
 
 import com.stripe.Stripe;
+import com.stripe.model.StripeContext;
 import java.net.PasswordAuthentication;
 import java.net.Proxy;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -235,6 +236,16 @@ public RequestOptionsBuilder setStripeContext(String context) {
       return this;
     }
 
+    public RequestOptionsBuilder setStripeContext(StripeContext context) {
+      if (context != null) {
+        String contextValue = context.toString();
+        this.stripeContext = !contextValue.isEmpty() ? contextValue : null;
+      } else {
+        this.stripeContext = null;
+      }
+      return this;
+    }
+
     public RequestOptionsBuilder clearStripeContext() {
       this.stripeContext = null;
       return this;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/stripe/net/StripeContextDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/com/stripe/net/StripeContextDeserializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b0e7044a24c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/stripe/net/StripeContextDeserializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package com.stripe.net;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext;
+import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializer;
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
+import com.stripe.model.StripeContext;
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+
+public class StripeContextDeserializer implements JsonDeserializer<StripeContext> {
+  @Override
+  public StripeContext deserialize(JsonElement json, Type typeOfT, JsonDeserializationContext context)
+      throws JsonParseException {
+    if (json.isJsonNull()) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    String contextString = json.getAsString();
+    return StripeContext.parse(contextString);
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/src/test/java/com/stripe/model/StripeContextTest.java b/src/test/java/com/stripe/model/StripeContextTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fbc8be5432a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/stripe/model/StripeContextTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+package com.stripe.model;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+public class StripeContextTest {
+  @Test
+  public void testEmptyContext() {
+    StripeContext context = new StripeContext();
+    assertEquals("", context.toString());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testContextWithSegments() {
+    StripeContext context = new StripeContext(Arrays.asList("a", "b", "c"));
+    assertEquals("a/b/c", context.toString());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testParseEmptyString() {
+    StripeContext context = StripeContext.parse("");
+    assertEquals("", context.toString());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testParseNullString() {
+    StripeContext context = StripeContext.parse(null);
+    assertEquals("", context.toString());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testParseSingleSegment() {
+    StripeContext context = StripeContext.parse("a");
+    assertEquals("a", context.toString());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testParseMultipleSegments() {
+    StripeContext context = StripeContext.parse("a/b/c");
+    assertEquals("a/b/c", context.toString());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testParentReturnsNewInstance() {
+    StripeContext context = StripeContext.parse("a/b/c");
+    StripeContext parent = context.parent();
+
+    // Original unchanged
+    assertEquals("a/b/c", context.toString());
+    // New instance with removed segment
+    assertEquals("a/b", parent.toString());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testParentOfSingleSegment() {
+    StripeContext context = StripeContext.parse("a");
+    StripeContext parent = context.parent();
+    assertEquals("", parent.toString());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testParentOfEmptyContextThrowsException() {
+    StripeContext context = new StripeContext();
+    assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class, () -> context.parent(),
+        "Cannot get parent of empty context");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testChildReturnsNewInstance() {
+    StripeContext context = StripeContext.parse("a/b");
+    StripeContext child = context.child("c");
+
+    // Original unchanged
+    assertEquals("a/b", context.toString());
+    // New instance with added segment
+    assertEquals("a/b/c", child.toString());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testChildOnEmptyContext() {
+    StripeContext context = new StripeContext();
+    StripeContext child = context.child("a");
+    assertEquals("a", child.toString());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testMethodChaining() {
+    StripeContext context = StripeContext.parse("a");
+    StripeContext result = context.child("b").child("c").parent();
+    assertEquals("a/b", result.toString());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testInitWithNullSegments() {
+    StripeContext context = new StripeContext(null);
+    assertEquals("", context.toString());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testInitWithEmptyList() {
+    StripeContext context = new StripeContext(Collections.emptyList());
+    assertEquals("", context.toString());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testEmptyContextDoesNotSetHeader() {
+    StripeContext emptyContext = new StripeContext();
+    RequestOptions options = RequestOptions.builder()
+        .setStripeContext(emptyContext)
+        .build();
+
+    // Empty context should result in null stripeContext
+    assertNull(options.getStripeContext());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testNonEmptyContextSetsHeader() {
+    StripeContext context = StripeContext.parse("org_123/proj_456");
+    RequestOptions options = RequestOptions.builder()
+        .setStripeContext(context)
+        .build();
+
+    // Non-empty context should set the header
+    assertEquals("org_123/proj_456", options.getStripeContext());
+  }
+}
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