diff --git a/src/comet_llm/experiment_api/comet_api_client.py b/src/comet_llm/experiment_api/comet_api_client.py
index 514ebc1949..0be5ead36b 100644
--- a/src/comet_llm/experiment_api/comet_api_client.py
+++ b/src/comet_llm/experiment_api/comet_api_client.py
@@ -122,10 +122,13 @@ def log_experiment_other(
 
     def _request(self, method: str, path: str, *args, **kwargs) -> ResponseContent:  # type: ignore
         url = urllib.parse.urljoin(self._comet_url, path)
-        request = requests.Request(method, url, headers=self._headers, *args, **kwargs)
-
-        response = self._session.send(request.prepare())
-
+        response = self._session.request(
+            method=method,
+            url=url,
+            headers=self._headers,
+            *args,
+            **kwargs,
+        )
         response.raise_for_status()
 
         return response.json()