diff --git a/lib/rapi/client.py b/lib/rapi/client.py
index 899ff0b24366dd9aad80e4a598b87c9b023312d8..213712dddc7640591e00c3ac1c5abba66211c19a 100644
--- a/lib/rapi/client.py
+++ b/lib/rapi/client.py
@@ -1466,7 +1466,7 @@ class GanetiRapiClient(object): # pylint: disable=R0904
     @return: job id
 
     """
-    return self._SendRequest(HTTP_PUT,
+    return self._SendRequest(HTTP_POST,
                              ("/%s/nodes/%s/modify" %
                               (GANETI_RAPI_VERSION, node)), None, kwargs)