diff --git a/CHANGES/8990.bugfix.rst b/CHANGES/8990.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9a9783103fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/8990.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed changing scheme/host in ``Response.clone()`` for absolute URLs -- by :user:`Dreamsorcerer`.
diff --git a/aiohttp/web_request.py b/aiohttp/web_request.py
index 84951e1f789..4f823199d71 100644
--- a/aiohttp/web_request.py
+++ b/aiohttp/web_request.py
@@ -177,6 +177,10 @@ def __init__(
         self._cache: Dict[str, Any] = {}
         url = message.url
         if url.is_absolute():
+            if scheme is not None:
+                url = url.with_scheme(scheme)
+            if host is not None:
+                url = url.with_host(host)
             # absolute URL is given,
             # override auto-calculating url, host, and scheme
             # all other properties should be good
@@ -186,6 +190,10 @@ def __init__(
             self._rel_url = url.relative()
         else:
             self._rel_url = message.url
+            if scheme is not None:
+                self._cache["scheme"] = scheme
+            if host is not None:
+                self._cache["host"] = host
         self._post: Optional[MultiDictProxy[Union[str, bytes, FileField]]] = None
         self._read_bytes: Optional[bytes] = None
 
@@ -199,10 +207,6 @@ def __init__(
         self._transport_sslcontext = transport.get_extra_info("sslcontext")
         self._transport_peername = transport.get_extra_info("peername")
 
-        if scheme is not None:
-            self._cache["scheme"] = scheme
-        if host is not None:
-            self._cache["host"] = host
         if remote is not None:
             self._cache["remote"] = remote
 
diff --git a/tests/test_web_request.py b/tests/test_web_request.py
index 14a2e933003..11aa21e84e3 100644
--- a/tests/test_web_request.py
+++ b/tests/test_web_request.py
@@ -169,6 +169,22 @@ def test_absolute_url() -> None:
     assert req.rel_url == URL.build(path="/path/to", query={"a": "1"})
 
 
+def test_clone_absolute_scheme() -> None:
+    req = make_mocked_request("GET", "https://example.com/path/to?a=1")
+    assert req.scheme == "https"
+    req2 = req.clone(scheme="http")
+    assert req2.scheme == "http"
+    assert req2.url.scheme == "http"
+
+
+def test_clone_absolute_host() -> None:
+    req = make_mocked_request("GET", "https://example.com/path/to?a=1")
+    assert req.host == "example.com"
+    req2 = req.clone(host="foo.test")
+    assert req2.host == "foo.test"
+    assert req2.url.host == "foo.test"
+
+
 def test_content_length() -> None:
     req = make_mocked_request("Get", "/", CIMultiDict([("CONTENT-LENGTH", "123")]))
 
@@ -707,18 +723,23 @@ def test_save_state_on_clone() -> None:
 
 def test_clone_scheme() -> None:
     req = make_mocked_request("GET", "/")
+    assert req.scheme == "http"
     req2 = req.clone(scheme="https")
     assert req2.scheme == "https"
+    assert req2.url.scheme == "https"
 
 
 def test_clone_host() -> None:
     req = make_mocked_request("GET", "/")
+    assert req.host != "example.com"
     req2 = req.clone(host="example.com")
     assert req2.host == "example.com"
+    assert req2.url.host == "example.com"
 
 
 def test_clone_remote() -> None:
     req = make_mocked_request("GET", "/")
+    assert req.remote != "11.11.11.11"
     req2 = req.clone(remote="11.11.11.11")
     assert req2.remote == "11.11.11.11"