diff --git a/routers/web/web.go b/routers/web/web.go
index bf9bb9be6e..b23ab738bf 100644
--- a/routers/web/web.go
+++ b/routers/web/web.go
@@ -1743,7 +1743,7 @@ func registerRoutes(m *web.Route) {
 		m.Post("/sync_fork", context.RepoMustNotBeArchived(), repo.MustBeNotEmpty, reqRepoCodeWriter, repo.SyncFork)
 	}, ignSignIn, context.RepoAssignment, context.UnitTypes())
 
-	m.Post("/{username}/{reponame}/lastcommit/*", ignSignIn, context.RepoAssignment, context.UnitTypes(), context.RepoRefByType(context.RepoRefCommit), reqRepoCodeReader, repo.LastCommit)
+	m.Get("/{username}/{reponame}/lastcommit/*", ignSignIn, context.RepoAssignment, context.UnitTypes(), context.RepoRefByType(context.RepoRefCommit), reqRepoCodeReader, repo.LastCommit)
 
 	m.Group("/{username}/{reponame}", func() {
 		if !setting.Repository.DisableStars {
diff --git a/templates/repo/view_list.tmpl b/templates/repo/view_list.tmpl
index cc583d18c7..038c3d6d3b 100644
--- a/templates/repo/view_list.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/view_list.tmpl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<table id="repo-files-table" class="ui single line table tw-mt-0" {{if .HasFilesWithoutLatestCommit}}hx-indicator="tr.notready td.message span" hx-trigger="load" hx-swap="morph" hx-post="{{.LastCommitLoaderURL}}"{{end}}>
+<table id="repo-files-table" class="ui single line table tw-mt-0" {{if .HasFilesWithoutLatestCommit}}hx-indicator="tr.notready td.message span" hx-trigger="load" hx-swap="morph" hx-get="{{.LastCommitLoaderURL}}"{{end}}>
 	<caption class="tw-sr-only">
 		{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.files.caption"}}
 	</caption>
diff --git a/tests/integration/repo_commit_test.go b/tests/integration/repo_commit_test.go
index 0975e48c0c..6a1fbbaf56 100644
--- a/tests/integration/repo_commit_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/repo_commit_test.go
@@ -87,14 +87,14 @@ func TestLastCommit(t *testing.T) {
 	defer tests.PrepareTestEnv(t)()
 
 	t.Run("Anonymous", func(t *testing.T) {
-		req := NewRequest(t, "POST", "/user2/repo1/lastcommit/65f1bf27bc3bf70f64657658635e66094edbcb4d")
+		req := NewRequest(t, "GET", "/user2/repo1/lastcommit/65f1bf27bc3bf70f64657658635e66094edbcb4d")
 		MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusOK)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("Signed in", func(t *testing.T) {
 		session := loginUser(t, "user2")
 
-		req := NewRequest(t, "POST", "/user2/repo1/lastcommit/65f1bf27bc3bf70f64657658635e66094edbcb4d")
+		req := NewRequest(t, "GET", "/user2/repo1/lastcommit/65f1bf27bc3bf70f64657658635e66094edbcb4d")
 		session.MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusOK)
 	})
 }