diff --git a/keystoneclient/v2_0/users.py b/keystoneclient/v2_0/users.py
index d3b6586ad..cd7340f52 100644
--- a/keystoneclient/v2_0/users.py
+++ b/keystoneclient/v2_0/users.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class UserManager(base.ManagerWithFind):
         params = {"user": kwargs}
         params['user']['id'] = base.getid(user)
         url = "/users/%s" % base.getid(user)
-        return self._update(url, params, "user", method="POST")
+        return self._update(url, params, "user")
 
     def update_enabled(self, user, enabled):
         """
diff --git a/tests/v2_0/test_users.py b/tests/v2_0/test_users.py
index 9669772dc..77aabe3c7 100644
--- a/tests/v2_0/test_users.py
+++ b/tests/v2_0/test_users.py
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ class UserTests(utils.TestCase):
         resp_4 = httplib2.Response({"status": 200, "body": json.dumps(req_3)})
 
         httplib2.Http.request(urlparse.urljoin(self.TEST_URL, 'v2.0/users/2'),
-                              'POST',
+                              'PUT',
                               body=json.dumps(req_2),
                               headers=self.TEST_POST_HEADERS) \
                               .AndReturn((resp_2, resp_2['body']))