diff --git a/pyzabbix/api.py b/pyzabbix/api.py
index d1daf26..fa92b32 100644
--- a/pyzabbix/api.py
+++ b/pyzabbix/api.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import ssl
 import sys
 import base64
+from packaging.version import Version
 
 # For Python 2 and 3 compatibility
 try:
@@ -137,10 +138,6 @@ class ZabbixAPI(object):
     :param url: URL to zabbix api. Default: `ZABBIX_URL` or
         `https://localhost/zabbix`
 
-    :type use_authenticate: bool
-    :param use_authenticate: Use `user.authenticate` method if `True` else
-        `user.login`.
-
     :type use_basic_auth: bool
     :param use_basic_auth: Using basic auth if `True`
 
@@ -165,14 +162,12 @@ class ZabbixAPI(object):
     >>> z.do_request('host.getobjects', {'status': 1})
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, url=None, use_authenticate=False, use_basic_auth=False, user=None,
-                 password=None):
+    def __init__(self, url=None, use_basic_auth=False, user=None, password=None):
 
         url = url or os.environ.get('ZABBIX_URL') or 'https://localhost/zabbix'
         user = user or os.environ.get('ZABBIX_USER') or 'Admin'
         password = password or os.environ.get('ZABBIX_PASSWORD') or 'zabbix'
 
-        self.use_authenticate = use_authenticate
         self.use_basic_auth = use_basic_auth
         self.auth = None
         self.url = url + '/api_jsonrpc.php'
@@ -202,12 +197,13 @@ def _login(self, user='', password=''):
 
         logger.debug("ZabbixAPI.login({0},{1})".format(user, HideSensitiveService.HIDEMASK))
 
-        self.auth = None
+        api_version = Version(self.apiinfo.version())
 
-        if self.use_authenticate:
-            self.auth = self.user.authenticate(user=user, password=password)
-        else:
+        # 5.4.0 was the first version of Zabbix to change the user param in the login method
+        if api_version and api_version < Version("5.4.0"):
             self.auth = self.user.login(user=user, password=password)
+        else:
+            self.auth = self.user.login(username=user, password=password)
 
     def _logout(self):
         """Do logout from zabbix server."""
diff --git a/pyzabbix/version.py b/pyzabbix/version.py
index 9910ac2..f0be139 100644
--- a/pyzabbix/version.py
+++ b/pyzabbix/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '1.1.7'
+__version__ = '1.1.8'