diff --git a/fedora/client/openidbaseclient.py b/fedora/client/openidbaseclient.py
index 263b4373..72633fc8 100644
--- a/fedora/client/openidbaseclient.py
+++ b/fedora/client/openidbaseclient.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ def __init__(self, base_url, login_url=None, useragent=None, debug=False,
         # Also hold on to retry logic.
         # http://www.coglib.com/~icordasc/blog/2014/12/retries-in-requests.html
         server_errors = [500, 501, 502, 503, 504, 506, 507, 508, 509, 599]
-        method_whitelist = Retry.DEFAULT_METHOD_WHITELIST.union(set(['POST']))
+        method_whitelist = Retry.DEFAULT_ALLOWED_METHODS.union(set(['POST']))
         if retries is not None:
             prefixes = ['http://', 'https://']
             for prefix in prefixes: