diff --git a/src/main/java/io/confluent/oauth/azure/managedidentity/OAuthBearerLoginCallbackHandler.java b/src/main/java/io/confluent/oauth/azure/managedidentity/OAuthBearerLoginCallbackHandler.java
index f3c2a34..3698d2c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/confluent/oauth/azure/managedidentity/OAuthBearerLoginCallbackHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/confluent/oauth/azure/managedidentity/OAuthBearerLoginCallbackHandler.java
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ protected AccessTokenRetriever createAccessTokenRetriever(Map<String, ?> configs
                 cu.validateLong(SASL_LOGIN_RETRY_BACKOFF_MAX_MS),
                 cu.validateInteger(SASL_LOGIN_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MS, false),
                 cu.validateInteger(SASL_LOGIN_READ_TIMEOUT_MS, false),
-                "GET");
+                "POST");
 
         httpAccessTokenRetriever.getHeaders().put("Metadata", "true");
         return httpAccessTokenRetriever;