diff --git a/connection/connection.go b/connection/connection.go
index 6140e3db..e089483b 100644
--- a/connection/connection.go
+++ b/connection/connection.go
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ func (h *HTTPResponseReadWriteAcker) AckConnection(tracePropagation string) erro
 type ResponseWriter interface {
 	WriteRespHeaders(status int, header http.Header) error
 	AddTrailer(trailerName, trailerValue string)
+	http.ResponseWriter
 	io.Writer
 }
 
diff --git a/connection/http2.go b/connection/http2.go
index b895b7db..98bcbfbc 100644
--- a/connection/http2.go
+++ b/connection/http2.go
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ type http2RespWriter struct {
 	flusher       http.Flusher
 	shouldFlush   bool
 	statusWritten bool
+	respHeaders   http.Header
 	log           *zerolog.Logger
 }
 
@@ -276,6 +277,14 @@ func (rp *http2RespWriter) WriteRespHeaders(status int, header http.Header) erro
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (rp *http2RespWriter) Header() http.Header {
+	return rp.respHeaders
+}
+
+func (rp *http2RespWriter) WriteHeader(status int) {
+	rp.WriteRespHeaders(status, rp.respHeaders)
+}
+
 func (rp *http2RespWriter) WriteErrorResponse() bool {
 	if rp.statusWritten {
 		return false
diff --git a/connection/quic.go b/connection/quic.go
index 49f77e49..328a42c0 100644
--- a/connection/quic.go
+++ b/connection/quic.go
@@ -402,6 +402,7 @@ func (s *streamReadWriteAcker) AckConnection(tracePropagation string) error {
 // httpResponseAdapter translates responses written by the HTTP Proxy into ones that can be used in QUIC.
 type httpResponseAdapter struct {
 	*quicpogs.RequestServerStream
+	headers             http.Header
 	connectResponseSent bool
 }
 
@@ -426,6 +427,14 @@ func (hrw *httpResponseAdapter) WriteRespHeaders(status int, header http.Header)
 	return hrw.WriteConnectResponseData(nil, metadata...)
 }
 
+func (hrw *httpResponseAdapter) Header() http.Header {
+	return hrw.headers
+}
+
+func (hrw *httpResponseAdapter) WriteHeader(status int) {
+	hrw.WriteRespHeaders(status, hrw.headers)
+}
+
 func (hrw *httpResponseAdapter) WriteErrorResponse(err error) {
 	hrw.WriteConnectResponseData(err, quicpogs.Metadata{Key: "HttpStatus", Val: strconv.Itoa(http.StatusBadGateway)})
 }
diff --git a/proxy/proxy_test.go b/proxy/proxy_test.go
index 8277eeaa..81e351e5 100644
--- a/proxy/proxy_test.go
+++ b/proxy/proxy_test.go
@@ -700,8 +700,7 @@ func TestConnections(t *testing.T) {
 			cancel()
 			assert.Equal(t, test.want.err, err != nil)
 			assert.Equal(t, test.want.message, replayer.Bytes())
-			respPrinter := respWriter.(responsePrinter)
-			assert.Equal(t, test.want.headers, respPrinter.headers())
+			assert.Equal(t, test.want.headers, respWriter.Header())
 			replayer.rw.Reset()
 		})
 	}
@@ -794,10 +793,6 @@ func (p *pipedRequestBody) Close() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-type responsePrinter interface {
-	headers() http.Header
-}
-
 type wsRespWriter struct {
 	w               io.Writer
 	responseHeaders http.Header
@@ -836,12 +831,16 @@ func (w *wsRespWriter) AddTrailer(trailerName, trailerValue string) {
 }
 
 // respHeaders is a test function to read respHeaders
-func (w *wsRespWriter) headers() http.Header {
+func (w *wsRespWriter) Header() http.Header {
 	// Removing indeterminstic header because it cannot be asserted.
 	w.responseHeaders.Del("Date")
 	return w.responseHeaders
 }
 
+func (w *wsRespWriter) WriteHeader(status int) {
+	// unused
+}
+
 type mockTCPRespWriter struct {
 	w               io.Writer
 	responseHeaders http.Header
@@ -862,7 +861,7 @@ func (m *mockTCPRespWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	return m.w.Write(p)
 }
 
-func (w *mockTCPRespWriter) AddTrailer(trailerName, trailerValue string) {
+func (m *mockTCPRespWriter) AddTrailer(trailerName, trailerValue string) {
 	// do nothing
 }
 
@@ -873,10 +872,14 @@ func (m *mockTCPRespWriter) WriteRespHeaders(status int, header http.Header) err
 }
 
 // respHeaders is a test function to read respHeaders
-func (m *mockTCPRespWriter) headers() http.Header {
+func (m *mockTCPRespWriter) Header() http.Header {
 	return m.responseHeaders
 }
 
+func (m *mockTCPRespWriter) WriteHeader(status int) {
+	// do nothing
+}
+
 func createSingleIngressConfig(t *testing.T, service string) ingress.Ingress {
 	ingressConfig := &config.Configuration{
 		Ingress: []config.UnvalidatedIngressRule{