diff --git a/airbyte-connector-builder-server/connector_builder/generated/models/http_request.py b/airbyte-connector-builder-server/connector_builder/generated/models/http_request.py
index 65cdfdb0ece06..5f29b9d0b7c54 100644
--- a/airbyte-connector-builder-server/connector_builder/generated/models/http_request.py
+++ b/airbyte-connector-builder-server/connector_builder/generated/models/http_request.py
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ class HttpRequest(BaseModel):
         parameters: The parameters of this HttpRequest [Optional].
         body: The body of this HttpRequest [Optional].
         headers: The headers of this HttpRequest [Optional].
-        http_method: The http_method of this HttpRequest [Optional].
+        http_method: The http_method of this HttpRequest.
     """
 
     url: str
     parameters: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
     body: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
     headers: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
-    http_method: Optional[str] = None
+    http_method: str
 
 HttpRequest.update_forward_refs()
diff --git a/airbyte-connector-builder-server/connector_builder/impl/default_api.py b/airbyte-connector-builder-server/connector_builder/impl/default_api.py
index 0c3c9193be0a3..4516dc79791bb 100644
--- a/airbyte-connector-builder-server/connector_builder/impl/default_api.py
+++ b/airbyte-connector-builder-server/connector_builder/impl/default_api.py
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ def _create_request_from_log_message(self, log_message: AirbyteLogMessage) -> Op
             parameters = parse_qs(url.query) or None
             return HttpRequest(
                 url=full_path,
-                http_method=request.get("http_method"),
+                http_method=request.get("http_method", ""),
                 headers=request.get("headers"),
                 parameters=parameters,
                 body=request.get("body"),
diff --git a/airbyte-connector-builder-server/src/main/openapi/openapi.yaml b/airbyte-connector-builder-server/src/main/openapi/openapi.yaml
index 0e09acb8d131b..66d73e54c176f 100644
--- a/airbyte-connector-builder-server/src/main/openapi/openapi.yaml
+++ b/airbyte-connector-builder-server/src/main/openapi/openapi.yaml
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ components:
       type: object
       required:
         - url
+        - http_method
       properties:
         url:
           type: string
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ components:
           description: The headers of the HTTP request, if any
         http_method:
           type: string
-          enum: ["GET", "POST", "PUT", "PATCH"]
+          enum: [ "GET", "POST", "PUT", "PATCH" ]
           description: The http method of the request ("GET", "POST", "PUT", or "PATCH")
     HttpResponse:
       type: object
diff --git a/airbyte-connector-builder-server/unit_tests/connector_builder/impl/test_default_api.py b/airbyte-connector-builder-server/unit_tests/connector_builder/impl/test_default_api.py
index 2d0c0c9c6c9a4..c92497cc0cae1 100644
--- a/airbyte-connector-builder-server/unit_tests/connector_builder/impl/test_default_api.py
+++ b/airbyte-connector-builder-server/unit_tests/connector_builder/impl/test_default_api.py
@@ -394,24 +394,19 @@ def test_read_stream_returns_error_if_stream_does_not_exist():
             id="test_create_request_with_all_fields",
         ),
         pytest.param(
-            'request:{"url": "https://nichirin.com/v1/swords?color=orange", "headers": {"field": "name"}, "body":{"key": "value"}}',
+            'request:{"url": "https://nichirin.com/v1/swords?color=orange", "http_method": "GET", "headers": {"field": "name"}}',
             HttpRequest(url="https://nichirin.com/v1/swords", parameters={"color": ["orange"]}, headers={"field": "name"},
-                        body={"key": "value"}),
-            id="test_create_request_with_no_http_method",
-        ),
-        pytest.param(
-            'request:{"url": "https://nichirin.com/v1/swords?color=orange", "headers": {"field": "name"}}',
-            HttpRequest(url="https://nichirin.com/v1/swords", parameters={"color": ["orange"]}, headers={"field": "name"}),
+                        http_method="GET"),
             id="test_create_request_with_no_body",
         ),
         pytest.param(
-            'request:{"url": "https://nichirin.com/v1/swords?color=orange", "body":{"key": "value"}}',
-            HttpRequest(url="https://nichirin.com/v1/swords", parameters={"color": ["orange"]}, body={"key": "value"}),
+            'request:{"url": "https://nichirin.com/v1/swords?color=orange", "http_method": "PUT", "body":{"key": "value"}}',
+            HttpRequest(url="https://nichirin.com/v1/swords", parameters={"color": ["orange"]}, body={"key": "value"}, http_method="PUT"),
             id="test_create_request_with_no_headers",
         ),
         pytest.param(
-            'request:{"url": "https://nichirin.com/v1/swords", "headers": {"field": "name"}, "body":{"key": "value"}}',
-            HttpRequest(url="https://nichirin.com/v1/swords", headers={"field": "name"}, body={"key": "value"}),
+            'request:{"url": "https://nichirin.com/v1/swords", "http_method": "PUT", "headers": {"field": "name"}, "body":{"key": "value"}}',
+            HttpRequest(url="https://nichirin.com/v1/swords", headers={"field": "name"}, body={"key": "value"}, http_method="PUT"),
             id="test_create_request_with_no_parameters",
         ),
         pytest.param("request:{invalid_json: }", None, id="test_invalid_json_still_does_not_crash"),