diff --git a/pyiceberg/catalog/rest.py b/pyiceberg/catalog/rest.py
index c824e69133..53b93565c7 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/catalog/rest.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/catalog/rest.py
@@ -292,8 +292,9 @@ def _fetch_access_token(self, session: Session, credential: str) -> str:
         else:
             client_id, client_secret = None, credential
         data = {GRANT_TYPE: CLIENT_CREDENTIALS, CLIENT_ID: client_id, CLIENT_SECRET: client_secret, SCOPE: CATALOG_SCOPE}
-        # Uses application/x-www-form-urlencoded by default
-        response = session.post(url=self.auth_url, data=data)
+        response = session.post(
+            url=self.auth_url, data=data, headers={**session.headers, "Content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"}
+        )
         try:
             response.raise_for_status()
         except HTTPError as exc: