diff --git a/src/airbyte_api/_hooks/clientcredentials.py b/src/airbyte_api/_hooks/clientcredentials.py
index 47828709..4f085d46 100644
--- a/src/airbyte_api/_hooks/clientcredentials.py
+++ b/src/airbyte_api/_hooks/clientcredentials.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def do_token_request(self, credentials: Credentials, scopes: Optional[List[str]]
         if not bool(urlparse(credentials.token_url).netloc):
             token_url = urljoin(self.base_url, credentials.token_url)
 
-        response = self.client.post(token_url, data=payload)
+        response = self.client.post(token_url, json=payload)
 
         if response.status_code < 200 or response.status_code >= 300:
             raise Exception(