diff --git a/dotnet-etcd/watchClient.cs b/dotnet-etcd/watchClient.cs
index 3cc32ab..2fff8cc 100644
--- a/dotnet-etcd/watchClient.cs
+++ b/dotnet-etcd/watchClient.cs
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public async Task WatchV2(WatchRequest request, Action<WatchResponse> method, Gr
                     }
                 }, cancellationToken);
 
-                await watcher.RequestStream.WriteAsync(request, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                await watcher.RequestStream.WriteAsync(request).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 await watcherTask.ConfigureAwait(false);
                 await watcher.RequestStream.CompleteAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
             }