diff --git a/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/retrievers/simple_retriever.py b/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/retrievers/simple_retriever.py
index 867eb8dd837fb..dde49d7e5a019 100644
--- a/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/retrievers/simple_retriever.py
+++ b/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/retrievers/simple_retriever.py
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ def parse_records_and_emit_request_and_responses(self, request, response, stream
 
     def _create_trace_message_from_request(self, request: requests.PreparedRequest):
         # FIXME: this should return some sort of trace message
-        request_dict = {"url": request.url, "headers": dict(request.headers), "body": request.body}
+        request_dict = {"url": request.url, "method": request.method, "headers": dict(request.headers), "body": request.body}
         log_message = filter_secrets(f"request:{json.dumps(request_dict)}")
         return AirbyteMessage(type=MessageType.LOG, log=AirbyteLogMessage(level=Level.INFO, message=log_message))