diff --git a/internal/auth0/auth0.go b/internal/auth0/auth0.go
index 17b60787a..537d840ee 100644
--- a/internal/auth0/auth0.go
+++ b/internal/auth0/auth0.go
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ type API struct {
 	Tenant           TenantAPI
 	User             UserAPI
 	Jobs             JobsAPI
+
+	HTTPClient HTTPClientAPI
 }
 
 func NewAPI(m *management.Management) *API {
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ func NewAPI(m *management.Management) *API {
 		Tenant:           m.Tenant,
 		User:             m.User,
 		Jobs:             m.Job,
+		HTTPClient:       m,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/auth0/http_client.go b/internal/auth0/http_client.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb08b1527
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/auth0/http_client.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package auth0
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/auth0/go-auth0/management"
+)
+
+type HTTPClientAPI interface {
+	// NewRequest returns a new HTTP request.
+	// If the payload is not nil it will be encoded as JSON.
+	NewRequest(method, uri string, payload interface{}, options ...management.RequestOption) (*http.Request, error)
+
+	// Do triggers an HTTP request and returns an HTTP response,
+	// handling any context cancellations or timeouts.
+	Do(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error)
+}
diff --git a/internal/cli/api.go b/internal/cli/api.go
index 41a59896b..cae7ac4db 100644
--- a/internal/cli/api.go
+++ b/internal/cli/api.go
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/auth0/go-auth0/management"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
 	"github.com/auth0/auth0-cli/internal/ansi"
-	"github.com/auth0/auth0-cli/internal/buildinfo"
 	"github.com/auth0/auth0-cli/internal/display"
 	"github.com/auth0/auth0-cli/internal/iostream"
 	"github.com/auth0/auth0-cli/internal/prompt"
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ type (
 		RawQueryParams map[string]string
 		Method         string
 		URL            *url.URL
-		Data           io.Reader
+		Data           []byte
 	}
 )
 
@@ -131,26 +131,32 @@ func apiCmdRun(cli *cli, inputs *apiCmdInputs) func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []s
 
 		var response *http.Response
 		if err := ansi.Waiting(func() error {
-			request, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(
-				cmd.Context(),
+			var data interface{}
+			if string(inputs.Data) != "" {
+				if err := json.Unmarshal(inputs.Data, &data); err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("invalid json provided: %w", err)
+				}
+			}
+
+			request, err := cli.api.HTTPClient.NewRequest(
 				inputs.Method,
 				inputs.URL.String(),
-				inputs.Data,
+				data,
+				management.Context(cmd.Context()),
 			)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 
-			accessToken := getAccessToken(cli.config.Tenants[cli.tenant])
-			request.Header.Set("Authorization", fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %s", accessToken))
-			request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-			request.Header.Set("User-Agent", fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", userAgent, strings.TrimPrefix(buildinfo.Version, "v")))
-
 			if cli.debug {
-				cli.renderer.Infof("[%s]: %s", request.Method, request.URL.String())
+				cli.renderer.Infof("Sending the following request: %+v", map[string]interface{}{
+					"method":  request.Method,
+					"url":     request.URL.String(),
+					"payload": data,
+				})
 			}
 
-			response, err = http.DefaultClient.Do(request)
+			response, err = cli.api.HTTPClient.Do(request)
 			return err
 		}); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to send request: %w", err)
@@ -236,7 +242,7 @@ func (i *apiCmdInputs) validateAndSetData() error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid json data given: %s", data)
 	}
 
-	i.Data = bytes.NewReader(data)
+	i.Data = data
 
 	return nil
 }