diff --git a/internal/proxy/generate_test.go b/internal/proxy/generate_test.go
index e486337..718ee7a 100644
--- a/internal/proxy/generate_test.go
+++ b/internal/proxy/generate_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ func TestGenerate(t *testing.T) {
 	cmd.Dir = "testoutput"
 	out, err := cmd.Output()
 	t.Log("\n" + string(out))
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, 0, cmd.ProcessState.ExitCode())
+	require.NoError(t, err, "test for generated code should not return error")
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, cmd.ProcessState.ExitCode(), "test for generated code should not exit with non-zero status code")
 }
diff --git a/internal/proxy/templates/upstream/strict/strict-interface.tmpl b/internal/proxy/templates/upstream/strict/strict-interface.tmpl
index ed1fa98..0881960 100644
--- a/internal/proxy/templates/upstream/strict/strict-interface.tmpl
+++ b/internal/proxy/templates/upstream/strict/strict-interface.tmpl
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
     {{end}}{{/* if .QueryParams */}}
 
         req := base.Clone(base.Context())
+        req.Method = "{{.Method}}"
         req.URL = queryURL
 
     {{ if .HeaderParams }}
diff --git a/internal/proxy/testoutput/oapi-proxy.go b/internal/proxy/testoutput/oapi-proxy.go
index 7c7ae1c..6890e32 100644
--- a/internal/proxy/testoutput/oapi-proxy.go
+++ b/internal/proxy/testoutput/oapi-proxy.go
@@ -568,6 +568,7 @@ func (r UpstreamProfileGetProfileRequestObject) ToRequest(base *http.Request) (*
 	queryURL.RawQuery = queryValues.Encode()
 
 	req := base.Clone(base.Context())
+	req.Method = "GET"
 	req.URL = queryURL
 
 	return req, nil
@@ -627,6 +628,7 @@ func (r UpstreamProfilePutProfileRequestObject) ToRequest(base *http.Request) (*
 	queryURL.RawQuery = queryValues.Encode()
 
 	req := base.Clone(base.Context())
+	req.Method = "PUT"
 	req.URL = queryURL
 
 	return req, nil