diff --git a/controllers/login.js b/controllers/login.js
index bcdd9e79e3..7e52b7f0f4 100644
--- a/controllers/login.js
+++ b/controllers/login.js
@@ -463,8 +463,8 @@ const sessionDestroyer = (req, res, rej, next) => {
 };
 
 router.get('/logout/', (req, res, next) => {
-	api(req)
-		.del('/authentication') // async, ignore result
+	api(req, { version: 'v3' })
+		.post('/logout') // async, ignore result
 		.catch((err) => {
 			logger.error('error during logout.', formatError(err));
 		});