diff --git a/app/controllers/auth/sessions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/auth/sessions_controller.rb
index 6210e4dbf9a..a2fed644fe7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/auth/sessions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/auth/sessions_controller.rb
@@ -187,4 +187,15 @@ class Auth::SessionsController < Devise::SessionsController
   def second_factor_attempts_key(user)
     "2fa_auth_attempts:#{user.id}:#{Time.now.utc.hour}"
   end
+
+  def respond_to_on_destroy
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.json do
+        render json: {
+          redirect_to: after_sign_out_path_for(resource_name),
+        }, status: 200
+      end
+      format.all { super }
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/confirmation_modals/log_out.tsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/confirmation_modals/log_out.tsx
index 48d24182ed6..ec61146877e 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/confirmation_modals/log_out.tsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/confirmation_modals/log_out.tsx
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export const ConfirmLogOutModal: React.FC<BaseConfirmationModalProps> = ({
   const intl = useIntl();
 
   const onConfirm = useCallback(() => {
-    logOut();
+    void logOut();
   }, []);
 
   return (
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/utils/log_out.ts b/app/javascript/mastodon/utils/log_out.ts
index b08a61a6a28..f8e98f1be96 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/utils/log_out.ts
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/utils/log_out.ts
@@ -1,36 +1,20 @@
-export const logOut = () => {
-  const form = document.createElement('form');
+import api from 'mastodon/api';
 
-  const methodInput = document.createElement('input');
-  methodInput.setAttribute('name', '_method');
-  methodInput.setAttribute('value', 'delete');
-  methodInput.setAttribute('type', 'hidden');
-  form.appendChild(methodInput);
+export async function logOut() {
+  try {
+    const response = await api(false).delete<{ redirect_to?: string }>(
+      '/auth/sign_out',
+      { headers: { Accept: 'application/json' }, withCredentials: true },
+    );
 
-  const csrfToken = document.querySelector<HTMLMetaElement>(
-    'meta[name=csrf-token]',
-  );
-
-  const csrfParam = document.querySelector<HTMLMetaElement>(
-    'meta[name=csrf-param]',
-  );
-
-  if (csrfParam && csrfToken) {
-    const csrfInput = document.createElement('input');
-    csrfInput.setAttribute('name', csrfParam.content);
-    csrfInput.setAttribute('value', csrfToken.content);
-    csrfInput.setAttribute('type', 'hidden');
-    form.appendChild(csrfInput);
+    if (response.status === 200 && response.data.redirect_to)
+      window.location.href = response.data.redirect_to;
+    else
+      console.error(
+        'Failed to log out, got an unexpected non-redirect response from the server',
+        response,
+      );
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Failed to log out, response was an error', error);
   }
-
-  const submitButton = document.createElement('input');
-  submitButton.setAttribute('type', 'submit');
-  form.appendChild(submitButton);
-
-  form.method = 'post';
-  form.action = '/auth/sign_out';
-  form.style.display = 'none';
-
-  document.body.appendChild(form);
-  submitButton.click();
-};
+}
diff --git a/spec/requests/log_out_spec.rb b/spec/requests/log_out_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..62ca1ac5472
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/requests/log_out_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+describe 'Log Out' do
+  include RoutingHelper
+
+  describe 'DELETE /auth/sign_out' do
+    let(:user) { Fabricate(:user) }
+
+    before do
+      sign_in user
+    end
+
+    it 'Logs out the user and redirect' do
+      delete '/auth/sign_out'
+
+      expect(response).to redirect_to('/auth/sign_in')
+    end
+
+    it 'Logs out the user and return a page to redirect to with a JSON request' do
+      delete '/auth/sign_out', headers: { 'HTTP_ACCEPT' => 'application/json' }
+
+      expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
+      expect(response.media_type).to eq 'application/json'
+
+      expect(body_as_json[:redirect_to]).to eq '/auth/sign_in'
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/system/log_out_spec.rb b/spec/system/log_out_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..376f19712e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/system/log_out_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+describe 'Log out' do
+  include ProfileStories
+
+  before do
+    as_a_logged_in_user
+  end
+
+  describe 'Logging out from the preferences' do
+    it 'logs the user out' do
+      visit settings_path
+
+      within '.sidebar' do
+        click_on 'Logout'
+      end
+
+      expect(page).to have_title(I18n.t('auth.login'))
+      expect(page).to have_current_path('/auth/sign_in')
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe 'Logging out from the JS app', :js, :streaming do
+    it 'logs the user out' do
+      visit root_path
+
+      within '.navigation-bar' do
+        click_on 'Menu'
+      end
+
+      within '.dropdown-menu' do
+        click_on 'Logout'
+      end
+
+      click_on 'Log out'
+
+      expect(page).to have_title(I18n.t('auth.login'))
+      expect(page).to have_current_path('/auth/sign_in')
+    end
+  end
+end