diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 96a17cce..3077dd04 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
         "c9.ide.language.javascript.tern": "#7aab8b0b6a",
         "c9.ide.language.javascript.infer": "#cfec494a3c",
         "c9.ide.language.jsonalyzer": "#c253f093a0",
-        "c9.ide.collab": "#aeaa248d54",
+        "c9.ide.collab": "#f0e96dd2cf",
         "c9.ide.local": "#a9703b630c",
         "c9.ide.find": "#6cc6d3379d",
         "c9.ide.find.infiles": "#72582de3cd",
diff --git a/plugins/c9.core/api.js b/plugins/c9.core/api.js
index 4a29a4b0..65e049f0 100644
--- a/plugins/c9.core/api.js
+++ b/plugins/c9.core/api.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ define(function(require, exports, module) {
 
         /***** Methods *****/
 
-        var REST_METHODS = ["get", "post", "put", "delete"];
+        var REST_METHODS = ["get", "post", "put", "delete", "patch"];
 
         function wrapMethod(urlPrefix, method) {
             return function(url, options, callback) {
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ define(function(require, exports, module) {
                 }
                 var headers = options.headers = options.headers || {};
                 headers.Accept = headers.Accept || "application/json";
-                options.method = method;
+                options.method = method.toUpperCase();
                 if (!options.timeout)
                     options.timeout = 60000;