diff --git a/pkg/api/folders.go b/pkg/api/folders.go
index 3dbaefab3d4..f9a4f900786 100644
--- a/pkg/api/folders.go
+++ b/pkg/api/folders.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 //       200: Permissions
 //       400: ValidationError
 
-// swagger:route PUT /api/v1/folder/{Id}/permissions folders RouteSetFolderPermissions
+// swagger:route POST /api/v1/folder/{Id}/permissions folders RouteSetFolderPermissions
 //
 // gets an Alerting config
 //
diff --git a/spec.json b/spec.json
index de82ac55da7..3ab65f41e86 100644
--- a/spec.json
+++ b/spec.json
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@
           }
         }
       },
-      "put": {
+      "post": {
         "description": "gets an Alerting config",
         "tags": [
           "folders"