diff --git a/src/lib/run-dev.js b/src/lib/run-dev.js
index 190173b..70dbb05 100644
--- a/src/lib/run-dev.js
+++ b/src/lib/run-dev.js
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ function createActionParametersFromRequest ({ req, contextItem, actionInputs = {
   const isFormData = req.is('application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
   const isRaw = isRawWebAction(contextItem)
 
-  if (params.__ow_method === 'post' && req.body !== null) {
+  if (['post', 'put', 'patch', 'delete'].includes(params.__ow_method?.toLowerCase()) && req.body !== null) {
     if (isRaw) {
       if (isFormData) {
         params.__ow_body = new URLSearchParams(req.body).toString() // convert json back to query string
diff --git a/test/lib/run-dev.test.js b/test/lib/run-dev.test.js
index 5eb0ce7..a60248f 100644
--- a/test/lib/run-dev.test.js
+++ b/test/lib/run-dev.test.js
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ test('exports', () => {
 })
 
 describe('createActionParametersFromRequest', () => {
+  const methodsWithBody = ['PUT', 'PATCH', 'DELETE']
+
   /** @private */
   async function createAsyncFnCall ({ isRaw, mimeType, body, method }) {
     const is = jest.fn((_type) => _type === mimeType)
@@ -243,6 +245,16 @@ describe('createActionParametersFromRequest', () => {
     expect(actionParams.__ow_body).not.toBeDefined()
   })
 
+  test.each(methodsWithBody)('non-raw: %s application/json', async (method) => {
+    const isRaw = false
+    const mimeType = 'application/json'
+    const body = { some: 'json' }
+
+    const actionParams = await createAsyncFnCall({ isRaw, mimeType, body, method })
+    expect(actionParams).toMatchObject(body)
+    expect(actionParams.__ow_body).not.toBeDefined()
+  })
+
   test('non-raw: POST application/x-www-form-urlencoded', async () => {
     const isRaw = false
     const method = 'POST'
@@ -295,6 +307,15 @@ describe('createActionParametersFromRequest', () => {
     expect(actionParams.__ow_body).toEqual(Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(body)).toString('base64')) // raw body will be base64'ed
   })
 
+  test.each(methodsWithBody)('raw: %s application/json', async (method) => {
+    const isRaw = true
+    const mimeType = 'application/json'
+    const body = { some: 'json' } // simulate middleware processing
+
+    const actionParams = await createAsyncFnCall({ isRaw, mimeType, body, method })
+    expect(actionParams.__ow_body).toEqual(Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(body)).toString('base64')) // raw body will be base64'ed
+  })
+
   test('raw: POST application/x-www-form-urlencoded', async () => {
     const isRaw = true
     const method = 'POST'