diff --git a/rust/agama-lib/src/network/client.rs b/rust/agama-lib/src/network/client.rs
index 44dcbfee98..b48c79f6fd 100644
--- a/rust/agama-lib/src/network/client.rs
+++ b/rust/agama-lib/src/network/client.rs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ impl NetworkClient {
         // trying to be tricky here. If something breaks then we need a put method on
         // BaseHTTPClient which doesn't require a serialiable object for the body
         self.client
-            .put_void(&format!("/network/system/apply").as_str(), &())
+            .post_void(&format!("/network/system/apply").as_str(), &())
             .await?;
 
         Ok(())
diff --git a/rust/package/agama.changes b/rust/package/agama.changes
index a57c734fcb..cff140ecc7 100644
--- a/rust/package/agama.changes
+++ b/rust/package/agama.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Oct 28 09:24:48 UTC 2024 - Imobach Gonzalez Sosa <igonzalezsosa@suse.com>
+
+- Use the correct method to apply the network configuration from
+  the CLI (gh#agama-project/agama#1701).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Oct 23 15:25:36 UTC 2024 - Imobach Gonzalez Sosa <igonzalezsosa@suse.com>