diff --git a/notebooks-auth/geoserver.ipynb b/notebooks-auth/geoserver.ipynb
index d1e207e6..48b3cdbe 100644
--- a/notebooks-auth/geoserver.ipynb
+++ b/notebooks-auth/geoserver.ipynb
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@
     "        },\n",
     "    }\n",
     "}\n",
-    "geoserver_admin_session.put(url=f\"{GEOSERVER_REST_URL}/workspaces/{workspace_name}/datastores/{datastore_name}\", json=payload)\n",
+    "geoserver_admin_session.post(url=f\"{GEOSERVER_REST_URL}/workspaces/{workspace_name}/datastores/{datastore_name}\", json=payload)\n",
     "\n",
     "if resp.status_code != 201:\n",
     "    cleanup_test_data()\n",