diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gitlab4j/api/PipelineApi.java b/src/main/java/org/gitlab4j/api/PipelineApi.java
index 795551c887721426aa129dc93bdaadfd2e63b626..def90f4632ed498e691c6ef25498a66fe172b29a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gitlab4j/api/PipelineApi.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gitlab4j/api/PipelineApi.java
@@ -192,8 +192,7 @@ public class PipelineApi extends AbstractApi implements Constants {
      */
     public Pipeline createPipeline(int projectId, String ref) throws GitLabApiException {
         GitLabApiForm formData = new GitLabApiForm().withParam("ref", ref);
-
-        Response response = post(Response.Status.OK, formData.asMap(), "projects", projectId, "pipelines");
+        Response response = post(Response.Status.CREATED, formData.asMap(), "projects", projectId, "pipelines");
         return (response.readEntity(Pipeline.class));
     }