diff --git a/PKG-INFO b/PKG-INFO
index 2ddb4cc23cc908e24699928763bee1d836f2de46..15e14c0468b58633340533ec41b0757b1728b197 100644
--- a/PKG-INFO
+++ b/PKG-INFO
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 2.1
 Name: swh.deposit
-Version: 0.0.18
+Version: 0.0.19
 Summary: Software Heritage Deposit Server
 Home-page: https://forge.softwareheritage.org/source/swh-deposit/
 Author: Software Heritage developers
diff --git a/swh.deposit.egg-info/PKG-INFO b/swh.deposit.egg-info/PKG-INFO
index 2ddb4cc23cc908e24699928763bee1d836f2de46..15e14c0468b58633340533ec41b0757b1728b197 100644
--- a/swh.deposit.egg-info/PKG-INFO
+++ b/swh.deposit.egg-info/PKG-INFO
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 2.1
 Name: swh.deposit
-Version: 0.0.18
+Version: 0.0.19
 Summary: Software Heritage Deposit Server
 Home-page: https://forge.softwareheritage.org/source/swh-deposit/
 Author: Software Heritage developers
diff --git a/swh/deposit/api/common.py b/swh/deposit/api/common.py
index dc49772c0f52f89195d093a5f567a7da89e2689e..1b16dcfb792d25677b07c883f9824239c35e1660 100644
--- a/swh/deposit/api/common.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/api/common.py
@@ -661,17 +661,22 @@ class SWHBaseDeposit(SWHDefaultConfig, SWHAPIView, metaclass=ABCMeta):
                     BAD_REQUEST, summary=summary,
                     verbose_description=description)
 
+    def _basic_not_allowed_method(self, req, method):
+        return make_error_response(
+            req, METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED,
+            '%s method is not supported on this endpoint' % method)
+
     def get(self, req, *args, **kwargs):
-        return make_error_response(req, METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED)
+        return self._basic_not_allowed_method(req, 'GET')
 
     def post(self, req, *args, **kwargs):
-        return make_error_response(req, METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED)
+        return self._basic_not_allowed_method(req, 'POST')
 
     def put(self, req, *args, **kwargs):
-        return make_error_response(req, METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED)
+        return self._basic_not_allowed_method(req, 'PUT')
 
     def delete(self, req, *args, **kwargs):
-        return make_error_response(req, METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED)
+        return self._basic_not_allowed_method(req, 'DELETE')
 
 
 class SWHGetDepositAPI(SWHBaseDeposit, metaclass=ABCMeta):
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 48fea91c17130f8326bfd3bf5c41fc45aaa9d5ac..0305ff4f3f011cd4a65e4c92e4f58a0d341cb006 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v0.0.18-0-gceb38e9
\ No newline at end of file
+v0.0.19-0-g662215d
\ No newline at end of file