diff --git a/src/HttpCache/SouinPurger.php b/src/HttpCache/SouinPurger.php
index 4fc2ff73cc..8c85ea1275 100644
--- a/src/HttpCache/SouinPurger.php
+++ b/src/HttpCache/SouinPurger.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 namespace ApiPlatform\HttpCache;
 
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
 use Symfony\Contracts\HttpClient\HttpClientInterface;
 
 /**
@@ -29,8 +30,8 @@ class SouinPurger extends SurrogateKeysPurger
     /**
      * @param HttpClientInterface[] $clients
      */
-    public function __construct(iterable $clients, int $maxHeaderLength = self::MAX_HEADER_SIZE_PER_BATCH)
+    public function __construct(iterable $clients, int $maxHeaderLength = self::MAX_HEADER_SIZE_PER_BATCH, string $method = Request::METHOD_PURGE)
     {
-        parent::__construct($clients, $maxHeaderLength, self::HEADER, self::SEPARATOR);
+        parent::__construct($clients, $maxHeaderLength, self::HEADER, self::SEPARATOR, $method);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/HttpCache/SurrogateKeysPurger.php b/src/HttpCache/SurrogateKeysPurger.php
index 0890d5e4e0..8604061be2 100644
--- a/src/HttpCache/SurrogateKeysPurger.php
+++ b/src/HttpCache/SurrogateKeysPurger.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class SurrogateKeysPurger implements PurgerInterface
     /**
      * @param HttpClientInterface[] $clients
      */
-    public function __construct(protected readonly iterable $clients, protected readonly int $maxHeaderLength = self::MAX_HEADER_SIZE_PER_BATCH, protected readonly string $header = self::HEADER, protected readonly string $separator = self::SEPARATOR)
+    public function __construct(protected readonly iterable $clients, protected readonly int $maxHeaderLength = self::MAX_HEADER_SIZE_PER_BATCH, protected readonly string $header = self::HEADER, protected readonly string $separator = self::SEPARATOR, protected readonly string $method = Request::METHOD_PURGE)
     {
     }
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public function purge(array $iris): void
 
             foreach ($this->clients as $client) {
                 $client->request(
-                    Request::METHOD_PURGE,
+                    $this->method,
                     '',
                     ['headers' => [$this->header => $chunk]]
                 );
diff --git a/src/HttpCache/Tests/SouinPurgerTest.php b/src/HttpCache/Tests/SouinPurgerTest.php
index 7bba11d827..7d4422cd94 100644
--- a/src/HttpCache/Tests/SouinPurgerTest.php
+++ b/src/HttpCache/Tests/SouinPurgerTest.php
@@ -150,4 +150,13 @@ public function testGetResponseHeaders(): void
         self::assertSame(['Surrogate-Key' => 'first-value/, second'], $purger->getResponseHeaders(['first-value/', 'second']));
         self::assertSame(['Surrogate-Key' => 'C0mplex_Value/, The value with spaces'], $purger->getResponseHeaders(['C0mplex_Value/', 'The value with spaces']));
     }
+
+    public function testPurgeWithCustomHttpMethod(): void
+    {
+        $clientProphecy = $this->prophesize(HttpClientInterface::class);
+        $clientProphecy->request('DELETE', '', ['headers' => ['Surrogate-Key' => '/foo']])->shouldBeCalled();
+
+        $purger = new SouinPurger([$clientProphecy->reveal()], method: Request::METHOD_DELETE);
+        $purger->purge(['/foo']);
+    }
 }