diff --git a/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/http_request/MimeType.java b/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/http_request/MimeType.java
index 5a6b1e42..76a48167 100644
--- a/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/http_request/MimeType.java
+++ b/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/http_request/MimeType.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ public enum MimeType {
     APPLICATION_FORM_DATA(ContentType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA),
     APPLICATION_JSON(ContentType.create("application/json")),
     APPLICATION_JSON_UTF8(ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON),
+    APPLICATION_JSON_MERGE_PATCH(ContentType.create("application/merge-patch+json")),
     APPLICATION_TAR(ContentType.create("application/x-tar")),
     APPLICATION_ZIP(ContentType.create("application/zip")),
     APPLICATION_OCTETSTREAM(ContentType.APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM);