diff --git a/kong/plugins/request-transformer/access.lua b/kong/plugins/request-transformer/access.lua
index 441cb6b80cd..76c7c5dc0fd 100644
--- a/kong/plugins/request-transformer/access.lua
+++ b/kong/plugins/request-transformer/access.lua
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ local function transform_headers(conf, template_env)
     old_name = old_name:lower()
     local value = headers[old_name]
     if value then
-      headers[new_name] = value
+      headers[new_name:lower()] = value
       headers[old_name] = nil
       headers_to_remove[old_name] = true
     end