diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 518d6d4..cbcae2d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 
 ## 0.5.0 (unreleased)
 
+- Changed way of passing user ID and party ID on status updates from
+  URL parameters to JSON payload.
+
 - Raised minimum supported Rust version to 1.78.0.
 
 - Updated clap to v4.5.11.
diff --git a/src/api.rs b/src/api.rs
index 82355be..fe6c025 100644
--- a/src/api.rs
+++ b/src/api.rs
@@ -58,13 +58,17 @@ impl ApiClient {
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn update_status(&self, user_id: &str, whereabouts_name: &str) -> Result<()> {
-        let url = format!("{}/statuses/{}/{}", self.base_url, user_id, self.party_id);
+        let url = format!("{}/statuses", self.base_url);
         let authz_value = format!("Bearer {}", self.auth_token);
 
         ureq::post(&url)
             .timeout(self.timeout)
             .set("Authorization", &authz_value)
-            .send_json(ureq::json!({"whereabouts_name": whereabouts_name}))
+            .send_json(ureq::json!({
+                "user_id": user_id,
+                "party_id": self.party_id,
+                "whereabouts_name": whereabouts_name,
+            }))
             .map_err(|e| anyhow!("Network error: {}", e))
             .map(|_| Ok(()))?
     }