diff --git a/heartbeat/docs/monitors/monitor-http.asciidoc b/heartbeat/docs/monitors/monitor-http.asciidoc
index 933a95b68a7a..bc43bc285944 100644
--- a/heartbeat/docs/monitors/monitor-http.asciidoc
+++ b/heartbeat/docs/monitors/monitor-http.asciidoc
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ Example configuration:
 
 Under `check.request`, specify these options:
 
-*`method`*:: The HTTP method to use. Valid values are `"HEAD"`, `"GET"`, `"POST"` and
-`"OPTIONS"`.
+*`method`*:: The HTTP method to use. Valid values are `"HEAD"`, `"GET"`, `"POST"`, `"PUT"`, `"DELETE"`, `"CONNECT"`,
+`"TRACE"` and `"OPTIONS"`.
 *`headers`*:: A dictionary of additional HTTP headers to send. By default heartbeat
 will set the 'User-Agent' header to identify itself.
 *`body`*:: Optional request body content.
diff --git a/heartbeat/monitors/active/http/config.go b/heartbeat/monitors/active/http/config.go
index 157585d968e6..976e4612d876 100644
--- a/heartbeat/monitors/active/http/config.go
+++ b/heartbeat/monitors/active/http/config.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package http
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ func (r *responseConfig) Validate() error {
 // Validate validates of the requestParameters object is valid or not
 func (r *requestParameters) Validate() error {
 	switch strings.ToUpper(r.Method) {
-	case "HEAD", "GET", "POST", "OPTIONS":
+	case http.MethodOptions, http.MethodHead, http.MethodGet, http.MethodPost, http.MethodPut, http.MethodDelete, http.MethodConnect, http.MethodTrace:
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf("HTTP method '%v' not supported", r.Method)
 	}
diff --git a/heartbeat/tests/system/heartbeat.py b/heartbeat/tests/system/heartbeat.py
index 85d00b2ba4d4..cea700cb39a7 100644
--- a/heartbeat/tests/system/heartbeat.py
+++ b/heartbeat/tests/system/heartbeat.py
@@ -12,14 +12,15 @@ class BaseTest(TestCase):
     def setUpClass(self):
         self.beat_name = "heartbeat"
         self.beat_path = os.path.abspath(
-            os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "../../"))
+            os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "../../")
+        )
         super(BaseTest, self).setUpClass()
 
     def start_server(self, content, status_code, **kwargs):
         class HTTPHandler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
             def do_GET(self):
                 self.send_response(status_code)
-                self.send_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
+                self.send_header("Content-Type", "application/json")
                 self.end_headers()
                 if "write_delay" in kwargs:
                     sleep(float(kwargs["write_delay"]))
@@ -30,16 +31,19 @@ def do_GET(self):
         class HTTPHandlerEnabledOPTIONS(HTTPHandler):
             def do_OPTIONS(self):
                 self.send_response(status_code)
-                self.send_header('Access-Control-Allow-Credentials', 'true')
-                self.send_header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*')
-                self.send_header('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'HEAD, GET, POST, OPTIONS')
+                self.send_header("Access-Control-Allow-Credentials", "true")
+                self.send_header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*")
+                self.send_header(
+                    "Access-Control-Allow-Methods",
+                    "HEAD, GET, POST, OPTIONS, PUT, DELETE, CONNECT, TRACE",
+                )
                 self.end_headers()
 
         # initialize http server based on if it needs to support OPTIONS method
-        server = http.server.HTTPServer(('localhost', 0), HTTPHandler)
+        server = http.server.HTTPServer(("localhost", 0), HTTPHandler)
         # setup enable_options_method as False if it's not set
         if kwargs.get("enable_options_method", False):
-            server = http.server.HTTPServer(('localhost', 0), HTTPHandlerEnabledOPTIONS)
+            server = http.server.HTTPServer(("localhost", 0), HTTPHandlerEnabledOPTIONS)
 
         thread = threading.Thread(target=server.serve_forever)
         thread.start()
@@ -54,7 +58,11 @@ def http_cfg(id, url):
   schedule: "@every 1s"
   timeout: 3s
   urls: ["{url}"]
-        """[1:-1].format(id=id, url=url)
+        """[
+            1:-1
+        ].format(
+            id=id, url=url
+        )
 
     @staticmethod
     def tcp_cfg(*hosts):
@@ -64,13 +72,17 @@ def tcp_cfg(*hosts):
   schedule: "@every 1s"
   timeout: 3s
   hosts: [{host_str}]
-        """[1:-1].format(host_str=host_str)
+        """[
+            1:-1
+        ].format(
+            host_str=host_str
+        )
 
     def last_output_line(self):
         return self.read_output()[-1]
 
     def write_dyn_config(self, filename, cfg):
-        with open(self.monitors_dir() + filename, 'w') as f:
+        with open(self.monitors_dir() + filename, "w") as f:
             f.write(cfg)
 
     def monitors_dir(self):