diff --git a/src/client.ts b/src/client.ts
index 70900ed..1d1e535 100644
--- a/src/client.ts
+++ b/src/client.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,21 @@ export class GiteaClient {
 	}
 
 	async delete(endpoint: string, body?: unknown): Promise<ApiResponse> {
-		return this.request(this.buildUrl(endpoint), 'DELETE', body);
+		if (body === undefined) {
+			return this.request(this.buildUrl(endpoint), 'DELETE');
+		}
+		// Use fetch for DELETE+body — node:https drops the body on some
+		// proxy/TLS configurations, causing the server to see an empty request.
+		const url = this.buildUrl(endpoint);
+		const resp = await fetch(url, {
+			method: 'DELETE',
+			headers: { ...this.headers },
+			body: JSON.stringify(body),
+		});
+		const raw = await resp.text();
+		let data: unknown;
+		try { data = JSON.parse(raw); } catch { data = raw; }
+		return { status: resp.status, data };
 	}
 
 	private buildUrl(endpoint: string, params?: Record<string, string>): string {