diff --git a/commons-fileupload2-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/fileupload2/core/AbstractFileUpload.java b/commons-fileupload2-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/fileupload2/core/AbstractFileUpload.java
index 5695ceeb6..a6cb45a00 100644
--- a/commons-fileupload2-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/fileupload2/core/AbstractFileUpload.java
+++ b/commons-fileupload2-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/fileupload2/core/AbstractFileUpload.java
@@ -61,6 +61,21 @@ public abstract class AbstractFileUpload<R, I extends FileItem<I>, F extends Fil
      */
     private static final String FILENAME_KEY = "filename";
 
+    /**
+     * Constant for HTTP POST method.
+     */
+    private static final String POST_METHOD = "POST";
+
+    /**
+     * Constant for HTTP PUT method.
+     */
+    private static final String PUT_METHOD = "PUT";
+
+    /**
+     * Constant for HTTP PATCH method.
+     */
+    private static final String PATCH_METHOD = "PATCH";
+
     /**
      * HTTP content type header name.
      */
@@ -119,6 +134,16 @@ public static final boolean isMultipartContent(final RequestContext ctx) {
         return contentType.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).startsWith(MULTIPART);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Checks if a given request method is a valid multipart request method.
+     *
+     * @param method The request method verb.
+     * @return {@code true} if the request method supports multipart request payloads; {@code false} otherwise.
+     */
+    protected static boolean isMultipartRequestMethod(final String method) {
+        return POST_METHOD.equalsIgnoreCase(method) || PUT_METHOD.equalsIgnoreCase(method) || PATCH_METHOD.equalsIgnoreCase(method);
+    }
+
     /**
      * The maximum size permitted for the complete request, as opposed to {@link #maxFileSize}. A value of -1 indicates no maximum.
      */
diff --git a/commons-fileupload2-core/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/fileupload2/core/AbstractFileUploadTest.java b/commons-fileupload2-core/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/fileupload2/core/AbstractFileUploadTest.java
index abc1aa397..93268d8de 100644
--- a/commons-fileupload2-core/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/fileupload2/core/AbstractFileUploadTest.java
+++ b/commons-fileupload2-core/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/fileupload2/core/AbstractFileUploadTest.java
@@ -55,6 +55,16 @@ private void assertHeaders(final String[] headerNames, final String[] headerValu
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testIsMultipartRequestMethod() {
+        for (String allowed : new String[]{"POST", "PUT", "PATCH"}) {
+            assertTrue(AbstractFileUpload.isMultipartRequestMethod(allowed));
+        }
+        for (String disallowed : new String[]{"GET", "HEAD", "DELETE", "CONNECT", "OPTIONS", "TRACE"}) {
+            assertFalse(AbstractFileUpload.isMultipartRequestMethod(disallowed));
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Tests <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FILEUPLOAD-239">FILEUPLOAD-239</a>
      *
diff --git a/commons-fileupload2-jakarta-servlet5/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/fileupload2/jakarta/servlet5/JakartaServletFileUpload.java b/commons-fileupload2-jakarta-servlet5/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/fileupload2/jakarta/servlet5/JakartaServletFileUpload.java
index c28b00b42..539ad9cfe 100644
--- a/commons-fileupload2-jakarta-servlet5/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/fileupload2/jakarta/servlet5/JakartaServletFileUpload.java
+++ b/commons-fileupload2-jakarta-servlet5/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/fileupload2/jakarta/servlet5/JakartaServletFileUpload.java
@@ -44,11 +44,6 @@
  */
 public class JakartaServletFileUpload<I extends FileItem<I>, F extends FileItemFactory<I>> extends AbstractFileUpload<HttpServletRequest, I, F> {
 
-    /**
-     * Constant for HTTP POST method.
-     */
-    private static final String POST_METHOD = "POST";
-
     /**
      * Tests whether the request contains multipart content.
      *
@@ -56,7 +51,7 @@ public class JakartaServletFileUpload<I extends FileItem<I>, F extends FileItemF
      * @return {@code true} if the request is multipart; {@code false} otherwise.
      */
     public static final boolean isMultipartContent(final HttpServletRequest request) {
-        return POST_METHOD.equalsIgnoreCase(request.getMethod()) && AbstractFileUpload.isMultipartContent(new JakartaServletRequestContext(request));
+        return AbstractFileUpload.isMultipartRequestMethod(request.getMethod()) && AbstractFileUpload.isMultipartContent(new JakartaServletRequestContext(request));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/commons-fileupload2-jakarta-servlet6/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/fileupload2/jakarta/servlet6/JakartaServletFileUpload.java b/commons-fileupload2-jakarta-servlet6/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/fileupload2/jakarta/servlet6/JakartaServletFileUpload.java
index 60b525002..502b0ec3e 100644
--- a/commons-fileupload2-jakarta-servlet6/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/fileupload2/jakarta/servlet6/JakartaServletFileUpload.java
+++ b/commons-fileupload2-jakarta-servlet6/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/fileupload2/jakarta/servlet6/JakartaServletFileUpload.java
@@ -44,11 +44,6 @@
  */
 public class JakartaServletFileUpload<I extends FileItem<I>, F extends FileItemFactory<I>> extends AbstractFileUpload<HttpServletRequest, I, F> {
 
-    /**
-     * Constant for HTTP POST method.
-     */
-    private static final String POST_METHOD = "POST";
-
     /**
      * Tests whether the request contains multipart content.
      *
@@ -56,7 +51,7 @@ public class JakartaServletFileUpload<I extends FileItem<I>, F extends FileItemF
      * @return {@code true} if the request is multipart; {@code false} otherwise.
      */
     public static final boolean isMultipartContent(final HttpServletRequest request) {
-        return POST_METHOD.equalsIgnoreCase(request.getMethod()) && AbstractFileUpload.isMultipartContent(new JakartaServletRequestContext(request));
+        return AbstractFileUpload.isMultipartRequestMethod(request.getMethod()) && AbstractFileUpload.isMultipartContent(new JakartaServletRequestContext(request));
     }
 
     /**