diff --git a/src/Jira/Api/Client/CurlClient.php b/src/Jira/Api/Client/CurlClient.php
index 4254297..ce7ee83 100644
--- a/src/Jira/Api/Client/CurlClient.php
+++ b/src/Jira/Api/Client/CurlClient.php
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ public function sendRequest(
 				curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($data));
 			}
 		}
-		elseif ( $method == 'PUT' ) {
-			curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'PUT');
+		elseif ( $method == 'PUT' || $method == 'DELETE' ) {
+			curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, $method);
 			curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($data));
 		}