diff --git a/lib/session/call-session.js b/lib/session/call-session.js
index e768c769..22176319 100644
--- a/lib/session/call-session.js
+++ b/lib/session/call-session.js
@@ -1963,6 +1963,17 @@ Duration=${duration} `
       }
     } catch (err) {
       this.logger.info({err, opts, callSid}, 'CallSession:updateCall - error updating call');
+      const {writeAlerts} = this.srf.locals;
+      try {
+        writeAlerts({
+          alert_type: 'error-updating-call',
+          account_sid: this.accountSid,
+          message: err.message,
+          target_sid: callSid
+        });
+      } catch (err) {
+        this.logger.error({err}, 'Error writing error-updating-call alert');
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/utils/http-requestor.js b/lib/utils/http-requestor.js
index 773b5801..3e09f20e 100644
--- a/lib/utils/http-requestor.js
+++ b/lib/utils/http-requestor.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class HttpRequestor extends BaseRequestor {
   constructor(logger, account_sid, hook, secret) {
     super(logger, account_sid, hook, secret);
 
-    this.method = hook.method || 'POST';
+    this.method = hook.method?.toUpperCase() || 'POST';
     this.authHeader = basicAuth(hook.username, hook.password);
     this.backoffMs = 500;
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class HttpRequestor extends BaseRequestor {
 
     const payload = params ? snakeCaseKeys(params, ['customerData', 'sip', 'env_vars', 'args']) : null;
     const url = hook.url || hook;
-    const method = hook.method || 'POST';
+    const method = hook.method?.toUpperCase() || 'POST';
     let buf = '';
     httpHeaders = {
       ...httpHeaders,
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class HttpRequestor extends BaseRequestor {
     };
 
     assert.ok(url, 'HttpRequestor:request url was not provided');
-    assert.ok, (['GET', 'POST'].includes(method), `HttpRequestor:request method must be 'GET' or 'POST' not ${method}`);
+    assert.ok(['GET', 'POST'].includes(method), `HttpRequestor:request method must be 'GET' or 'POST' not ${method}`);
     const startAt = process.hrtime();
 
     /* if we have an absolute url, and it is ws then do a websocket connection */