diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Rocketchat/GenericFunctions.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Rocketchat/GenericFunctions.ts
index 0d4d1c4a0d..ec19527085 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Rocketchat/GenericFunctions.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Rocketchat/GenericFunctions.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@ import {
 
 import {
 	IExecuteFunctions,
-	IHookFunctions,
 	ILoadOptionsFunctions,
 } from 'n8n-core';
-import { NodeApiError, NodeOperationError, } from 'n8n-workflow';
+import { NodeApiError } from 'n8n-workflow';
 
 export async function rocketchatApiRequest(this: IExecuteFunctions | ILoadOptionsFunctions, resource: string, method: string, operation: string, body: any = {}, headers?: object): Promise<any> { // tslint:disable-line:no-any
 	const credentials = await this.getCredentials('rocketchatApi');
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ export async function rocketchatApiRequest(this: IExecuteFunctions | ILoadOption
 		delete options.body;
 	}
 	try {
-		return await this.helpers.request!(options);
+		return await this.helpers.requestWithAuthentication.call(this, 'rocketchatApi', options);
 	} catch (error) {
 		throw new NodeApiError(this.getNode(), error);
 	}