diff --git a/changes/2635.fix.md b/changes/2635.fix.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..290f65684e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/2635.fix.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix a regression of #2483 in the session-download API used by the `backend.ai ssh` command
diff --git a/src/ai/backend/client/func/session.py b/src/ai/backend/client/func/session.py
index a5dd416fee..082b1074e0 100644
--- a/src/ai/backend/client/func/session.py
+++ b/src/ai/backend/client/func/session.py
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ async def download(
             params["owner_access_key"] = self.owner_access_key
         prefix = get_naming(api_session.get().api_version, "path")
         rqst = Request(
-            "GET",
+            "POST",
             f"/{prefix}/{self.name}/download",
             params=params,
         )
diff --git a/src/ai/backend/manager/api/exceptions.py b/src/ai/backend/manager/api/exceptions.py
index fb57b925a3..639a90b0d3 100644
--- a/src/ai/backend/manager/api/exceptions.py
+++ b/src/ai/backend/manager/api/exceptions.py
@@ -159,9 +159,14 @@ class ServiceUnavailable(BackendError, web.HTTPServiceUnavailable):
     error_title = "Serivce unavailable."
 
 
-class QueryNotImplemented(BackendError, web.HTTPServiceUnavailable):
+class NotImplementedAPI(BackendError, web.HTTPBadRequest):
     error_type = "https://api.backend.ai/probs/not-implemented"
-    error_title = "This API query is not implemented."
+    error_title = "This API is not implemented."
+
+
+class DeprecatedAPI(BackendError, web.HTTPBadRequest):
+    error_type = "https://api.backend.ai/probs/deprecated"
+    error_title = "This API is deprecated."
 
 
 class InvalidAuthParameters(BackendError, web.HTTPBadRequest):
diff --git a/src/ai/backend/manager/api/session.py b/src/ai/backend/manager/api/session.py
index 9446381372..032be7457d 100644
--- a/src/ai/backend/manager/api/session.py
+++ b/src/ai/backend/manager/api/session.py
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@
     BaseResponseModel,
     catch_unexpected,
     check_api_params,
+    deprecated_stub,
     get_access_key_scopes,
     pydantic_params_api_handler,
     undefined,
@@ -2302,6 +2303,9 @@ def create_app(
     app["api_versions"] = (1, 2, 3, 4)
     app["session.context"] = PrivateContext()
     app["prefix"] = "session"
+    deprecated_get_stub = deprecated_stub(
+        "Use the HTTP POST method to invoke this API with parameters in the request body."
+    )
     cors = aiohttp_cors.setup(app, defaults=default_cors_options)
     cors.add(app.router.add_route("POST", "", create_from_params))
     cors.add(app.router.add_route("POST", "/_/create", create_from_params))
@@ -2326,8 +2330,10 @@ def create_app(
     cors.add(app.router.add_route("POST", "/{session_name}/complete", complete))
     cors.add(app.router.add_route("POST", "/{session_name}/shutdown-service", shutdown_service))
     cors.add(app.router.add_route("POST", "/{session_name}/upload", upload_files))
-    cors.add(app.router.add_route("GET", "/{session_name}/download", download_files))
-    cors.add(app.router.add_route("GET", "/{session_name}/download_single", download_single))
+    cors.add(app.router.add_route("GET", "/{session_name}/download", deprecated_get_stub))
+    cors.add(app.router.add_route("GET", "/{session_name}/download_single", deprecated_get_stub))
+    cors.add(app.router.add_route("POST", "/{session_name}/download", download_files))
+    cors.add(app.router.add_route("POST", "/{session_name}/download_single", download_single))
     cors.add(app.router.add_route("GET", "/{session_name}/files", list_files))
     cors.add(app.router.add_route("POST", "/{session_name}/start-service", start_service))
     cors.add(app.router.add_route("POST", "/{session_name}/commit", commit_session))
diff --git a/src/ai/backend/manager/api/utils.py b/src/ai/backend/manager/api/utils.py
index 176e2da2ee..aea221b122 100644
--- a/src/ai/backend/manager/api/utils.py
+++ b/src/ai/backend/manager/api/utils.py
@@ -45,9 +45,10 @@
     check_if_requester_is_eligible_to_act_as_target_user_uuid,
 )
 from .exceptions import (
+    DeprecatedAPI,
     GenericForbidden,
     InvalidAPIParameters,
-    QueryNotImplemented,
+    NotImplementedAPI,
 )
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -414,8 +415,15 @@ def get_handler_attr(request, key, default=None):
     return default
 
 
-async def not_impl_stub(request) -> web.Response:
-    raise QueryNotImplemented
+async def not_impl_stub(request: web.Request) -> web.Response:
+    raise NotImplementedAPI
+
+
+def deprecated_stub(msg: str) -> Callable[[web.Request], Awaitable[web.StreamResponse]]:
+    async def deprecated_stub_impl(request: web.Request) -> web.Response:
+        raise DeprecatedAPI(extra_msg=msg)
+
+    return deprecated_stub_impl
 
 
 def chunked(iterable, n):