diff --git a/src/Jira/Api/Client/CurlClient.php b/src/Jira/Api/Client/CurlClient.php
index 4668ed9..6f0feb3 100644
--- a/src/Jira/Api/Client/CurlClient.php
+++ b/src/Jira/Api/Client/CurlClient.php
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ public function sendRequest(
             } else {
                 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));
         }