diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/media_proxy/media_proxy_controller.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/media_proxy/media_proxy_controller.ex
index bda5b36ed..c11484ecb 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/media_proxy/media_proxy_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/media_proxy/media_proxy_controller.ex
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MediaProxy.MediaProxyController do
     media_proxy_url = MediaProxy.url(url)
 
     with {:ok, %{status: status} = head_response} when status in 200..299 <-
-           Pleroma.HTTP.request("HEAD", media_proxy_url, [], [], pool: :media) do
+           Pleroma.HTTP.request(:head, media_proxy_url, "", [], pool: :media) do
       content_type = Tesla.get_header(head_response, "content-type")
       content_length = Tesla.get_header(head_response, "content-length")
       content_length = content_length && String.to_integer(content_length)
diff --git a/test/pleroma/web/media_proxy/media_proxy_controller_test.exs b/test/pleroma/web/media_proxy/media_proxy_controller_test.exs
index 5b3f5fbdc..f0c1dd640 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/web/media_proxy/media_proxy_controller_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/web/media_proxy/media_proxy_controller_test.exs
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MediaProxy.MediaProxyControllerTest do
       media_proxy_url: media_proxy_url
     } do
       Tesla.Mock.mock(fn
-        %{method: "HEAD", url: ^media_proxy_url} ->
+        %{method: :head, url: ^media_proxy_url} ->
           %Tesla.Env{status: 500, body: ""}
       end)
 
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MediaProxy.MediaProxyControllerTest do
       media_proxy_url: media_proxy_url
     } do
       Tesla.Mock.mock(fn
-        %{method: "HEAD", url: ^media_proxy_url} ->
+        %{method: :head, url: ^media_proxy_url} ->
           %Tesla.Env{status: 200, body: "", headers: [{"content-type", "application/pdf"}]}
       end)
 
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MediaProxy.MediaProxyControllerTest do
       clear_config([:media_preview_proxy, :min_content_length], 1_000_000_000)
 
       Tesla.Mock.mock(fn
-        %{method: "HEAD", url: ^media_proxy_url} ->
+        %{method: :head, url: ^media_proxy_url} ->
           %Tesla.Env{
             status: 200,
             body: "",
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MediaProxy.MediaProxyControllerTest do
            media_proxy_url: media_proxy_url
          } do
       Tesla.Mock.mock(fn
-        %{method: "HEAD", url: ^media_proxy_url} ->
+        %{method: :head, url: ^media_proxy_url} ->
           %Tesla.Env{status: 200, body: "", headers: [{"content-type", "image/gif"}]}
       end)
 
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MediaProxy.MediaProxyControllerTest do
            media_proxy_url: media_proxy_url
          } do
       Tesla.Mock.mock(fn
-        %{method: "HEAD", url: ^media_proxy_url} ->
+        %{method: :head, url: ^media_proxy_url} ->
           %Tesla.Env{status: 200, body: "", headers: [{"content-type", "image/jpeg"}]}
       end)
 
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MediaProxy.MediaProxyControllerTest do
       clear_config([:media_preview_proxy, :min_content_length], 100_000)
 
       Tesla.Mock.mock(fn
-        %{method: "HEAD", url: ^media_proxy_url} ->
+        %{method: :head, url: ^media_proxy_url} ->
           %Tesla.Env{
             status: 200,
             body: "",
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MediaProxy.MediaProxyControllerTest do
       assert_dependencies_installed()
 
       Tesla.Mock.mock(fn
-        %{method: "HEAD", url: ^media_proxy_url} ->
+        %{method: :head, url: ^media_proxy_url} ->
           %Tesla.Env{status: 200, body: "", headers: [{"content-type", "image/png"}]}
 
         %{method: :get, url: ^media_proxy_url} ->
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MediaProxy.MediaProxyControllerTest do
       assert_dependencies_installed()
 
       Tesla.Mock.mock(fn
-        %{method: "HEAD", url: ^media_proxy_url} ->
+        %{method: :head, url: ^media_proxy_url} ->
           %Tesla.Env{status: 200, body: "", headers: [{"content-type", "image/jpeg"}]}
 
         %{method: :get, url: ^media_proxy_url} ->
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MediaProxy.MediaProxyControllerTest do
       media_proxy_url: media_proxy_url
     } do
       Tesla.Mock.mock(fn
-        %{method: "HEAD", url: ^media_proxy_url} ->
+        %{method: :head, url: ^media_proxy_url} ->
           %Tesla.Env{status: 200, body: "", headers: [{"content-type", "image/jpeg"}]}
 
         %{method: :get, url: ^media_proxy_url} ->