diff --git a/src/ReC.Application/Common/HttpExtensions.cs b/src/ReC.Application/Common/HttpExtensions.cs
index 6f3b4b0..f00ba3f 100644
--- a/src/ReC.Application/Common/HttpExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/ReC.Application/Common/HttpExtensions.cs
@@ -2,16 +2,20 @@
 
 public static class HttpExtensions
 {
-    public static HttpMethod ToHttpMethod(this string method) => method.ToUpper() switch
+    private static readonly Dictionary<string, HttpMethod> _methods = new(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
     {
-        "GET" => HttpMethod.Get,
-        "POST" => HttpMethod.Post,
-        "PUT" => HttpMethod.Put,
-        "DELETE" => HttpMethod.Delete,
-        "PATCH" => HttpMethod.Patch,
-        "HEAD" => HttpMethod.Head,
-        "OPTIONS" => HttpMethod.Options,
-        "TRACE" => HttpMethod.Trace,
-        _ => throw new ArgumentException($"Invalid HTTP method: {method}", nameof(method)),
+        ["GET"] = HttpMethod.Get,
+        ["POST"] = HttpMethod.Post,
+        ["PUT"] = HttpMethod.Put,
+        ["DELETE"] = HttpMethod.Delete,
+        ["PATCH"] = HttpMethod.Patch,
+        ["HEAD"] = HttpMethod.Head,
+        ["OPTIONS"] = HttpMethod.Options,
+        ["TRACE"] = HttpMethod.Trace,
+        ["CONNECT"] = HttpMethod.Connect
     };
+
+    public static HttpMethod ToHttpMethod(this string method) => _methods.TryGetValue(method, out var httpMethod) 
+        ? httpMethod 
+        : new HttpMethod(method);
 }