diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/api_spec/operations/twitter_util_operation.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/api_spec/operations/twitter_util_operation.ex
index bc54f1915..879b2227e 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/api_spec/operations/twitter_util_operation.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/api_spec/operations/twitter_util_operation.ex
@@ -101,11 +101,7 @@ def change_email_operation do
       summary: "Change account email",
       security: [%{"oAuth" => ["write:accounts"]}],
       operationId: "UtilController.change_email",
-      parameters: [
-        Operation.parameter(:password, :query, :string, "Current password", required: true),
-        Operation.parameter(:email, :query, :string, "New email", required: true)
-      ],
-      requestBody: nil,
+      requestBody: request_body("Parameters", change_email_request(), required: true),
       responses: %{
         200 =>
           Operation.response("Success", "application/json", %Schema{
@@ -118,6 +114,19 @@ def change_email_operation do
     }
   end
 
+  defp change_email_request do
+    %Schema{
+      title: "ChangeEmailRequest",
+      description: "POST body for changing the account's email",
+      type: :object,
+      required: [:email, :password],
+      properties: %{
+        email: %Schema{type: :string, description: "New email"},
+        password: %Schema{type: :string, description: "Current password"}
+      }
+    }
+  end
+
   def update_notificaton_settings_operation do
     %Operation{
       tags: ["Accounts"],
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/controllers/util_controller.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/controllers/util_controller.ex
index 58a733258..ef43f7682 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/controllers/util_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/controllers/util_controller.ex
@@ -104,10 +104,10 @@ def change_password(%{assigns: %{user: user}, body_params: body_params} = conn,
     end
   end
 
-  def change_email(%{assigns: %{user: user}} = conn, %{password: password, email: email}) do
-    case CommonAPI.Utils.confirm_current_password(user, password) do
+  def change_email(%{assigns: %{user: user}, body_params: body_params} = conn, %{}) do
+    case CommonAPI.Utils.confirm_current_password(user, body_params.password) do
       {:ok, user} ->
-        with {:ok, _user} <- User.change_email(user, email) do
+        with {:ok, _user} <- User.change_email(user, body_params.email) do
           json(conn, %{status: "success"})
         else
           {:error, changeset} ->
diff --git a/test/pleroma/web/twitter_api/util_controller_test.exs b/test/pleroma/web/twitter_api/util_controller_test.exs
index fe3d99272..f030483d8 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/web/twitter_api/util_controller_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/web/twitter_api/util_controller_test.exs
@@ -261,11 +261,8 @@ test "without permissions", %{conn: conn} do
       conn =
         conn
         |> assign(:token, nil)
-        |> post(
-          "/api/pleroma/change_email?#{
-            URI.encode_query(%{password: "hi", email: "test@test.com"})
-          }"
-        )
+        |> put_req_header("content-type", "multipart/form-data")
+        |> post("/api/pleroma/change_email", %{password: "hi", email: "test@test.com"})
 
       assert json_response_and_validate_schema(conn, 403) == %{
                "error" => "Insufficient permissions: write:accounts."
@@ -274,12 +271,9 @@ test "without permissions", %{conn: conn} do
 
     test "with proper permissions and invalid password", %{conn: conn} do
       conn =
-        post(
-          conn,
-          "/api/pleroma/change_email?#{
-            URI.encode_query(%{password: "hi", email: "test@test.com"})
-          }"
-        )
+        conn
+        |> put_req_header("content-type", "multipart/form-data")
+        |> post("/api/pleroma/change_email", %{password: "hi", email: "test@test.com"})
 
       assert json_response_and_validate_schema(conn, 200) == %{"error" => "Invalid password."}
     end
@@ -288,10 +282,9 @@ test "with proper permissions, valid password and invalid email", %{
       conn: conn
     } do
       conn =
-        post(
-          conn,
-          "/api/pleroma/change_email?#{URI.encode_query(%{password: "test", email: "foobar"})}"
-        )
+        conn
+        |> put_req_header("content-type", "multipart/form-data")
+        |> post("/api/pleroma/change_email", %{password: "test", email: "foobar"})
 
       assert json_response_and_validate_schema(conn, 200) == %{
                "error" => "Email has invalid format."
@@ -301,7 +294,10 @@ test "with proper permissions, valid password and invalid email", %{
     test "with proper permissions, valid password and no email", %{
       conn: conn
     } do
-      conn = post(conn, "/api/pleroma/change_email?#{URI.encode_query(%{password: "test"})}")
+      conn =
+        conn
+        |> put_req_header("content-type", "multipart/form-data")
+        |> post("/api/pleroma/change_email", %{password: "test"})
 
       assert %{"error" => "Missing field: email."} = json_response_and_validate_schema(conn, 400)
     end
@@ -310,10 +306,9 @@ test "with proper permissions, valid password and blank email", %{
       conn: conn
     } do
       conn =
-        post(
-          conn,
-          "/api/pleroma/change_email?#{URI.encode_query(%{password: "test", email: ""})}"
-        )
+        conn
+        |> put_req_header("content-type", "multipart/form-data")
+        |> post("/api/pleroma/change_email", %{password: "test", email: ""})
 
       assert json_response_and_validate_schema(conn, 200) == %{"error" => "Email can't be blank."}
     end
@@ -324,10 +319,9 @@ test "with proper permissions, valid password and non unique email", %{
       user = insert(:user)
 
       conn =
-        post(
-          conn,
-          "/api/pleroma/change_email?#{URI.encode_query(%{password: "test", email: user.email})}"
-        )
+        conn
+        |> put_req_header("content-type", "multipart/form-data")
+        |> post("/api/pleroma/change_email", %{password: "test", email: user.email})
 
       assert json_response_and_validate_schema(conn, 200) == %{
                "error" => "Email has already been taken."
@@ -338,12 +332,9 @@ test "with proper permissions, valid password and valid email", %{
       conn: conn
     } do
       conn =
-        post(
-          conn,
-          "/api/pleroma/change_email?#{
-            URI.encode_query(%{password: "test", email: "cofe@foobar.com"})
-          }"
-        )
+        conn
+        |> put_req_header("content-type", "multipart/form-data")
+        |> post("/api/pleroma/change_email", %{password: "test", email: "cofe@foobar.com"})
 
       assert json_response_and_validate_schema(conn, 200) == %{"status" => "success"}
     end