diff --git a/packages/abstractions/kiota_abstractions/method.py b/packages/abstractions/kiota_abstractions/method.py
index 461c8567..a1d3500c 100644
--- a/packages/abstractions/kiota_abstractions/method.py
+++ b/packages/abstractions/kiota_abstractions/method.py
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@ class Method(Enum):
     HEAD = "HEAD"
     # The HTTP PUT method
     PUT = "PUT"
+    # The HTTP QUERY method
+    QUERY = "QUERY"
diff --git a/packages/http/httpx/kiota_http/middleware/retry_handler.py b/packages/http/httpx/kiota_http/middleware/retry_handler.py
index 37ef9b12..87dc1840 100644
--- a/packages/http/httpx/kiota_http/middleware/retry_handler.py
+++ b/packages/http/httpx/kiota_http/middleware/retry_handler.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class RetryHandler(BaseMiddleware):
     DEFAULT_RETRY_STATUS_CODES: set[int] = {429, 503, 504}
 
     DEFAULT_ALLOWED_METHODS: frozenset[str] = frozenset(
-        ['HEAD', 'GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'PATCH', 'DELETE', 'OPTIONS']
+        ['HEAD', 'GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'PATCH', 'DELETE', 'OPTIONS', 'QUERY']
     )
 
     def __init__(self, options: RetryHandlerOption = RetryHandlerOption()) -> None:
diff --git a/packages/http/httpx/tests/middleware_tests/test_retry_handler.py b/packages/http/httpx/tests/middleware_tests/test_retry_handler.py
index e45a12b1..78bf92ee 100644
--- a/packages/http/httpx/tests/middleware_tests/test_retry_handler.py
+++ b/packages/http/httpx/tests/middleware_tests/test_retry_handler.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def test_no_config():
     assert retry_handler.options.max_retry == options.max_retry
     assert retry_handler.options.max_delay == options.max_delay
     assert retry_handler.allowed_methods == frozenset(
-        ['HEAD', 'GET', 'PUT', 'POST', 'PATCH', 'DELETE', 'OPTIONS']
+        ['HEAD', 'GET', 'PUT', 'POST', 'PATCH', 'DELETE', 'OPTIONS', 'QUERY']
     )
     assert retry_handler.respect_retry_after_header