diff --git a/packages/api/src/adapter-aws/AwsApiGatewayAdapter.test.ts b/packages/api/src/adapter-aws/AwsApiGatewayAdapter.test.ts
index e7f8d1d..6c2cf50 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/adapter-aws/AwsApiGatewayAdapter.test.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/adapter-aws/AwsApiGatewayAdapter.test.ts
@@ -310,6 +310,24 @@ describe('AwsApiGatewayAdapter', () => {
         expect((lambdaCommands[0] as RemovePermissionCommand).input).toMatchObject({FunctionName: 'hello', StatementId: 'apigateway-a1b2c3-dev-POST-hello'})
     })
 
+    test('deletes a CORS OPTIONS method and redeploys its stage', async () => {
+        const commands: unknown[] = []
+        const adapter = new AwsApiGatewayAdapter(fakeClient((command) => {
+            commands.push(command)
+            if (command instanceof GetMethodCommand) {
+                return {methodIntegration: {type: 'MOCK'}}
+            }
+            return {}
+        }), fakeLambda(() => ({})))
+
+        await adapter.deleteApiGatewayRoute('a1b2c3', {resourceId: 'resource456', path: '/hello', method: 'OPTIONS', stage: 'dev'})
+
+        expect(commands.map((command) => (command as {constructor: {name: string}}).constructor.name)).toEqual([
+            'GetMethodCommand', 'DeleteMethodCommand', 'CreateDeploymentCommand',
+        ])
+        expect((commands[1] as DeleteMethodCommand).input).toMatchObject({httpMethod: 'OPTIONS'})
+    })
+
     test('enables CORS for non-proxy methods, creates OPTIONS, and reports proxy methods', async () => {
         const commands: unknown[] = []
         const adapter = new AwsApiGatewayAdapter(fakeClient((command) => {
diff --git a/packages/api/src/adapter-aws/AwsApiGatewayAdapter.ts b/packages/api/src/adapter-aws/AwsApiGatewayAdapter.ts
index 95f85cf..052703b 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/adapter-aws/AwsApiGatewayAdapter.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/adapter-aws/AwsApiGatewayAdapter.ts
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ export class AwsApiGatewayAdapter implements CloudServiceAdapter {
     async deleteApiGatewayRoute(apiId: string, input: ApiGatewayDeleteRouteInput): Promise<void> {
         const method = input.method.toUpperCase()
         const stage = stageName(input.stage)
-        if (!['GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'DELETE'].includes(method)) throw new ValidationError('method must be GET, POST, PUT, or DELETE')
+        if (!CORS_METHODS.includes(method)) throw new ValidationError('method must be GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, or OPTIONS')
         if (!stringValue(input.resourceId)) throw new ValidationError('resourceId is required')
 
         const route = await this.apiGateway.send(new GetMethodCommand({