diff --git a/src/IO.Ably.Shared/AblyRest.cs b/src/IO.Ably.Shared/AblyRest.cs
index 4b7e74a53..452114685 100644
--- a/src/IO.Ably.Shared/AblyRest.cs
+++ b/src/IO.Ably.Shared/AblyRest.cs
@@ -308,6 +308,13 @@ internal async Task<HttpPaginatedResponse> HttpPaginatedRequestInternal(Paginate
             return await ExecuteHttpPaginatedRequest(request, requestParams, HttpPaginatedRequestInternal);
         }
 
+        [Obsolete("Use RequestV2 instead")]
+        public async Task<HttpPaginatedResponse> Request(string method, string path, Dictionary<string, string> requestParams = null, JToken body = null, Dictionary<string, string> headers = null)
+        {
+            var httpMethod = new HttpMethod(method);
+            return await Request(httpMethod, path, requestParams, body, headers);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Make a generic HTTP request against an endpoint representing a collection
         /// of some type; this is to provide a forward compatibility path for new APIs.
@@ -318,7 +325,7 @@ internal async Task<HttpPaginatedResponse> HttpPaginatedRequestInternal(Paginate
         /// <param name="body">(optional; may be null): a json string RequestBody. It will be sent as a json object.</param>
         /// <param name="headers">(optional; may be null): any additional headers to send; see API-specific documentation.</param>
         /// <returns>a page of results.</returns>
-        public async Task<HttpPaginatedResponse> Request(string method, string path, Dictionary<string, string> requestParams = null, string body = null, Dictionary<string, string> headers = null)
+        public async Task<HttpPaginatedResponse> RequestV2(string method, string path, Dictionary<string, string> requestParams = null, string body = null, Dictionary<string, string> headers = null)
         {
             var httpMethod = new HttpMethod(method);
             JToken requestBody = null;
diff --git a/src/IO.Ably.Tests.Shared/Rest/RequestSandBoxSpecs.cs b/src/IO.Ably.Tests.Shared/Rest/RequestSandBoxSpecs.cs
index 69e714edb..78369caf8 100644
--- a/src/IO.Ably.Tests.Shared/Rest/RequestSandBoxSpecs.cs
+++ b/src/IO.Ably.Tests.Shared/Rest/RequestSandBoxSpecs.cs
@@ -76,12 +76,12 @@ public async Task Request_ShouldAcceptCorrectHttpVerbs(Protocol protocol)
                 mockHttp.When(new HttpMethod(verb), "https://localhost/*").Respond(HttpStatusCode.OK, "application/json", "{ \"verb\": \"" + verb + "\" }");
                 client.HttpClient.Client = mockHttp.ToHttpClient();
 
-                var response = await client.Request(verb, "/");
+                var response = await client.RequestV2(verb, "/");
                 response.Success.Should().BeTrue($"'{verb}' verb should be supported ");
                 response.StatusCode.Should().Be(HttpStatusCode.OK);
                 response.Items.First()["verb"].ToString().Should().Be(verb);
 
-                var failedResponse = await client.Request("INVALID_HTTP_VERB", "/");
+                var failedResponse = await client.RequestV2("INVALID_HTTP_VERB", "/");
                 failedResponse.Success.Should().BeFalse($"'INVALID_HTTP_VERB' should fail because '{verb}' verb is expected by mock HTTP server.");
             }
         }
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public async Task Request_SimpleGet(Protocol protocol)
             var testParams = new Dictionary<string, string> { { "testParams", "testParamValue" } };
             var testHeaders = new Dictionary<string, string> { { "X-Test-Header", "testHeaderValue" } };
 
-            var paginatedResponse = await client.Request(HttpMethod.Get.Method, _channelPath, testParams, null, testHeaders);
+            var paginatedResponse = await client.RequestV2(HttpMethod.Get.Method, _channelPath, testParams, null, testHeaders);
 
             _lastRequest.Headers.Should().ContainKey("Authorization");
             _lastRequest.Headers.Should().ContainKey("X-Test-Header");
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ await ValidateMessages(channel, (message, messageIndex) =>
                         }
                     ]
                   }";
-            paginatedResponse = await client.Request(HttpMethod.Post.Method, "/messages", null, jsonPayload, null);
+            paginatedResponse = await client.RequestV2(HttpMethod.Post.Method, "/messages", null, jsonPayload, null);
 
             ValidateResponse(paginatedResponse, 5);
 
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ public async Task RequestFails_Non200StatusResponseShouldNotRaiseException(Proto
             }));
 
             client.HttpClient.SetPreferredHost("echo.ably.io/respondwith?status=400");
-            var response = await client.Request(HttpMethod.Post.Method, "/");
+            var response = await client.RequestV2(HttpMethod.Post.Method, "/");
             response.Success.Should().BeFalse();
             response.StatusCode.Should().Be(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest);