diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 995fc35a..b91541fb 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Release History
 
+## 2.5.5 (2020-01-06)
+
+**Fixed**
+
+- fix: HTTP method missed "CONNECT", "TRACE"
+
+**Changed**
+
+- change: remove method validation from runner.Runner
+
 ## 2.5.4 (2020-01-03)
 
 **Added**
diff --git a/httprunner/__init__.py b/httprunner/__init__.py
index 748f3812..97bfb536 100644
--- a/httprunner/__init__.py
+++ b/httprunner/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "2.5.4"
+__version__ = "2.5.5"
 __description__ = "One-stop solution for HTTP(S) testing."
 
 __all__ = ["__version__", "__description__"]
diff --git a/httprunner/loader/schemas/common.schema.json b/httprunner/loader/schemas/common.schema.json
index 67a33961..8986240c 100644
--- a/httprunner/loader/schemas/common.schema.json
+++ b/httprunner/loader/schemas/common.schema.json
@@ -136,7 +136,9 @@
                         "HEAD",
                         "PUT",
                         "PATCH",
-                        "DELETE"
+                        "DELETE",
+                        "CONNECT",
+                        "TRACE"
                     ]
                 },
                 "url": {
diff --git a/httprunner/runner.py b/httprunner/runner.py
index 7f24f1b5..aa163f52 100644
--- a/httprunner/runner.py
+++ b/httprunner/runner.py
@@ -230,14 +230,6 @@ class Runner(object):
         except KeyError:
             raise exceptions.ParamsError("URL or METHOD missed!")
 
-        # TODO: move method validation to json schema
-        valid_methods = ["GET", "HEAD", "POST", "PUT", "PATCH", "DELETE", "OPTIONS"]
-        if method.upper() not in valid_methods:
-            err_msg = u"Invalid HTTP method! => {}\n".format(method)
-            err_msg += "Available HTTP methods: {}".format("/".join(valid_methods))
-            logger.log_error(err_msg)
-            raise exceptions.ParamsError(err_msg)
-
         logger.log_info("{method} {url}".format(method=method, url=parsed_url))
         logger.log_debug(
             "request kwargs(raw): {kwargs}".format(kwargs=parsed_test_request))
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2b8d9212..bdcec61b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "httprunner"
-version = "2.5.4"
+version = "2.5.5"
 description = "One-stop solution for HTTP(S) testing."
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"