diff --git a/arangoasync/connection.py b/arangoasync/connection.py
index 21fa756..5fa6363 100644
--- a/arangoasync/connection.py
+++ b/arangoasync/connection.py
@@ -163,13 +163,11 @@ def compress_request(self, request: Request) -> bool:
     async def process_request(
         self,
         request: Request,
-        skip_db_prefix: bool = False,
     ) -> Response:
         """Process request, potentially trying multiple hosts.
 
         Args:
             request (Request): Request object.
-            skip_db_prefix (bool): If `True`, do not prepend the database endpoint.
 
         Returns:
             Response: Response object.
@@ -178,7 +176,7 @@ async def process_request(
             ConnectionAbortedError: If it can't connect to host(s) within limit.
         """
 
-        if not skip_db_prefix:
+        if request.prefix_needed:
             request.endpoint = f"{self._db_endpoint}{request.endpoint}"
         host_index = self._host_resolver.get_host_index()
         for tries in range(self._host_resolver.max_tries):
@@ -379,10 +377,11 @@ async def refresh_token(self) -> None:
             method=Method.POST,
             endpoint="/_open/auth",
             data=auth.encode("utf-8"),
+            prefix_needed=False,
         )
 
         try:
-            resp = await self.process_request(request, skip_db_prefix=True)
+            resp = await self.process_request(request)
         except ClientConnectionAbortedError as e:
             raise JWTRefreshError(str(e)) from e
         except ServerConnectionError as e:
diff --git a/arangoasync/database.py b/arangoasync/database.py
index dbcc319..c188290 100644
--- a/arangoasync/database.py
+++ b/arangoasync/database.py
@@ -2022,7 +2022,9 @@ async def reload_jwt_secrets(self) -> Result[Json]:
         References:
             - `hot-reload-the-jwt-secrets-from-disk <https://docs.arangodb.com/stable/develop/http-api/authentication/#hot-reload-the-jwt-secrets-from-disk>`__
         """  # noqa: 501
-        request = Request(method=Method.POST, endpoint="/_admin/server/jwt")
+        request = Request(
+            method=Method.POST, endpoint="/_admin/server/jwt", prefix_needed=False
+        )
 
         def response_handler(resp: Response) -> Json:
             if not resp.is_success:
diff --git a/arangoasync/request.py b/arangoasync/request.py
index 951c9e9..6bd629d 100644
--- a/arangoasync/request.py
+++ b/arangoasync/request.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class Request:
         params (dict | None): URL parameters.
         data (bytes | None): Request payload.
         auth (Auth | None): Authentication.
+        prefix_needed (bool): Whether the request needs a prefix (e.g., database name).
 
     Attributes:
         method (Method): HTTP method.
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ class Request:
         params (dict | None): URL parameters.
         data (bytes | None): Request payload.
         auth (Auth | None): Authentication.
+        prefix_needed (bool): Whether the request needs a prefix (e.g., database name).
     """
 
     __slots__ = (
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ class Request:
         "params",
         "data",
         "auth",
+        "prefix_needed",
     )
 
     def __init__(
@@ -60,6 +63,7 @@ def __init__(
         params: Optional[Params] = None,
         data: Optional[bytes | str] = None,
         auth: Optional[Auth] = None,
+        prefix_needed: bool = True,
     ) -> None:
         self.method: Method = method
         self.endpoint: str = endpoint
@@ -67,6 +71,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.params: Params = params or dict()
         self.data: Optional[bytes | str] = data
         self.auth: Optional[Auth] = auth
+        self.prefix_needed = prefix_needed
 
     def normalized_headers(self) -> RequestHeaders:
         """Normalize request headers.