diff --git a/federation/src/client/1_0/AuthenticationClient.ts b/federation/src/client/1_0/AuthenticationClient.ts
index eb23886bb..10a9265f5 100644
--- a/federation/src/client/1_0/AuthenticationClient.ts
+++ b/federation/src/client/1_0/AuthenticationClient.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export class AuthenticationClient {
       dbCom.apiVersion
     }/`
     this.client = new GraphQLClient(this.endpoint, {
-      method: 'GET',
+      method: 'POST',
       jsonSerializer: {
         parse: JSON.parse,
         stringify: JSON.stringify,