diff --git a/esphome/components/http_request/__init__.py b/esphome/components/http_request/__init__.py
index 416432cfc4..ce1a3fcecc 100644
--- a/esphome/components/http_request/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/http_request/__init__.py
@@ -302,7 +302,8 @@ async def http_request_action_to_code(config, action_id, template_arg, args):
 
     template_ = await cg.templatable(config[CONF_URL], args, cg.std_string)
     cg.add(var.set_url(template_))
-    cg.add(var.set_method(config[CONF_METHOD]))
+    template_ = await cg.templatable(config[CONF_METHOD], args, cg.const_char_ptr)
+    cg.add(var.set_method(template_))
 
     capture_response = config[CONF_CAPTURE_RESPONSE]
     if capture_response: