diff --git a/odoo/addons/test_http/tests/test_echo_reply.py b/odoo/addons/test_http/tests/test_echo_reply.py
index fe9c4458280..291c5f9aee9 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/test_http/tests/test_echo_reply.py
+++ b/odoo/addons/test_http/tests/test_echo_reply.py
@@ -170,4 +170,6 @@ class TestHttpEchoReplyJsonWithDB(TestHttpBase):
         })
         res = self.db_url_open("/test_http/echo-json-context", data=payload, headers=CT_JSON)
         self.assertEqual(res.status_code, 200)
-        self.assertEqual(res.text, '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 0, "result": {"name": "Thor"}}')
+        self.assertEqual(res.text, '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 0, "result": '
+            f'{{"lang": "en_US", "tz": false, "uid": {self.jackoneill.id}, "name": "Thor"}}'
+            '}')
diff --git a/odoo/http.py b/odoo/http.py
index 1d1fa290b94..20f286136c8 100644
--- a/odoo/http.py
+++ b/odoo/http.py
@@ -1798,7 +1798,7 @@ class JsonRPCDispatcher(Dispatcher):
         self.request.params = dict(self.jsonrequest.get('params', {}), **args)
         ctx = self.request.params.pop('context', None)
         if ctx is not None and self.request.db:
-            self.request.update_env(context=ctx)
+            self.request.update_context(**ctx)
 
         if self.request.db:
             result = self.request.registry['ir.http']._dispatch(endpoint)