diff --git a/moto/apigateway/responses.py b/moto/apigateway/responses.py
index 65a92276f..93ea5d4ff 100644
--- a/moto/apigateway/responses.py
+++ b/moto/apigateway/responses.py
@@ -454,11 +454,10 @@ class APIGatewayResponse(BaseResponse):
                         error.message, error.error_type
                     ),
                 )
-
+            return 201, {}, json.dumps(apikey_response)
         elif self.method == "GET":
             apikeys_response = self.backend.get_apikeys()
             return 200, {}, json.dumps({"item": apikeys_response})
-        return 200, {}, json.dumps(apikey_response)
 
     def apikey_individual(self, request, full_url, headers):
         self.setup_class(request, full_url, headers)
diff --git a/tests/test_apigateway/test_apigateway.py b/tests/test_apigateway/test_apigateway.py
index 210efd9f8..756da76e9 100644
--- a/tests/test_apigateway/test_apigateway.py
+++ b/tests/test_apigateway/test_apigateway.py
@@ -1846,6 +1846,7 @@ def test_create_api_key():
     payload = {"value": apikey_value, "name": apikey_name}
 
     response = client.create_api_key(**payload)
+    response["ResponseMetadata"]["HTTPStatusCode"].should.equal(201)
     response["name"].should.equal(apikey_name)
     response["value"].should.equal(apikey_value)
     response["enabled"].should.equal(False)