diff --git a/lib/Cron/CronHelper.php b/lib/Cron/CronHelper.php
index 7866fb6ef4..b08174ccf4 100644
--- a/lib/Cron/CronHelper.php
+++ b/lib/Cron/CronHelper.php
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class CronHelper {
         'user-agent' => 'MailPoet Cron'
       )
     );
-    return WPFunctions::wpRemoteGet($url, $args);
+    return WPFunctions::wpRemotePost($url, $args);
   }
 
   static function getCronUrl($action, $data = false) {
diff --git a/tests/unit/Cron/CronHelperTest.php b/tests/unit/Cron/CronHelperTest.php
index eceb29afb5..a23fc1aa49 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Cron/CronHelperTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Cron/CronHelperTest.php
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ class CronHelperTest extends \MailPoetTest {
       return $request_args;
     };
     $wp_remote_get_args = array();
-    WPHelper::interceptFunction('wp_remote_get', function() use (&$wp_remote_get_args) {
+    WPHelper::interceptFunction('wp_remote_post', function() use (&$wp_remote_get_args) {
       $wp_remote_get_args = func_get_args();
     });
     WPHooks::addFilter('mailpoet_cron_request_args', $filter);