diff --git a/reports/constants.py b/reports/constants.py
index 4549caf83..06501eeeb 100644
--- a/reports/constants.py
+++ b/reports/constants.py
@@ -4,3 +4,23 @@
     f"https://plausible.io/api/stats/{WEB_ANALYTICS_DOMAIN}/top-stats/?period=custom"
     "&from={:%Y-%m-%d}&to={:%Y-%m-%d}"
 )
+WEB_ANALYTICS_API_URL_V2 = "https://plausible.io/api/v2/query"
+WEB_ANALYSTICS_API_TOP_STATS_PAYLOAD = {
+    "site_id": WEB_ANALYTICS_DOMAIN,
+    "metrics": [
+        "visitors",
+        "pageviews",
+        "bounce_rate",
+        "visit_duration",
+        "views_per_visit",
+        "visits",
+    ],
+}
+WEB_ANALYTICS_CODENAME_MAPPING = {
+    "visitors": "Unique Visitors",
+    "pageviews": "Total Page pageviews",
+    "bounce_rate": "Bounce Rate",
+    "visit_duration": "Visit Duration",
+    "views_per_visit": "Views per visit",
+    "visits": "Total visits",
+}
diff --git a/reports/models.py b/reports/models.py
index af5f302e7..8470edca6 100644
--- a/reports/models.py
+++ b/reports/models.py
@@ -1,16 +1,24 @@
 from datetime import timedelta
 
 import requests
+import structlog
 from django.contrib.postgres.fields import DateRangeField
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import models
 from django.db.backends.postgresql.psycopg_any import DateRange
 from django_extensions.db.models import TimeStampedModel
 
-from reports.constants import WEB_ANALYTICS_API_URL
+from reports.constants import (
+    WEB_ANALYTICS_API_URL_V2,
+    WEB_ANALYSTICS_API_TOP_STATS_PAYLOAD,
+    WEB_ANALYTICS_CODENAME_MAPPING,
+)
 from versions.models import Version
 
 INCLUSIVE = "[]"
 
+logger = structlog.get_logger()
+
 
 class WebsiteStatReport(TimeStampedModel):
     version = models.OneToOneField(Version, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
@@ -36,16 +44,30 @@ def save(self, **kwargs):
         super().save(**kwargs)
 
     @property
-    def analytics_api_url(self) -> str:
-        return WEB_ANALYTICS_API_URL.format(self.period.lower, self.period.upper)
+    def analytics_api_payload(self):
+        base_payload = WEB_ANALYSTICS_API_TOP_STATS_PAYLOAD
+        base_payload["date_range"] = [str(self.period.lower), str(self.period.upper)]
+        return base_payload
 
     def populate_from_api(self):
         """Fetch stats from API and generate child WebsiteStatItem instances."""
 
-        response = requests.get(self.analytics_api_url)
+        if not settings.PLAUSIBLE_STATS_KEY:
+            logger.info("Plausible API key not set, skipping")
+            return
+
+        headers = {
+            "Content-Type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
+            "Authorization": f"Bearer {settings.PLAUSIBLE_STATS_KEY}",
+        }
+        response = requests.post(
+            url=WEB_ANALYTICS_API_URL_V2,
+            json=self.analytics_api_payload,
+            headers=headers,
+        )
         data = response.json()
 
-        if not data or "top_stats" not in data:
+        if not data or "results" not in data or "query" not in data:
             raise ValueError(f"Invalid Plausible API response: {data}")
 
         # Clear existing stat items
@@ -53,12 +75,16 @@ def populate_from_api(self):
 
         stat_items = []
 
-        for stat_data in data["top_stats"]:
+        for i, value in enumerate(data["query"]["metrics"]):
+            code_name = value
+            name = WEB_ANALYTICS_CODENAME_MAPPING.get(code_name, "")
+            met_value = data["results"][0]["metrics"][i]
+
             stat = WebsiteStatItem(
                 report=self,
-                name=stat_data["name"],
-                value=stat_data["value"],
-                code_name=stat_data["graph_metric"],
+                name=name,
+                value=met_value,
+                code_name=code_name,
             )
             stat_items.append(stat)