diff --git a/hedera-mirror-rest/__tests__/middleware/responseCacheHandler.test.js b/hedera-mirror-rest/__tests__/middleware/responseCacheHandler.test.js
index dc7494c8de..a8e0b5ad9e 100644
--- a/hedera-mirror-rest/__tests__/middleware/responseCacheHandler.test.js
+++ b/hedera-mirror-rest/__tests__/middleware/responseCacheHandler.test.js
@@ -81,13 +81,13 @@ describe('Response cache middleware', () => {
       getHeaders: jest.fn(),
       headers: {
         'cache-control': `public, max-age=${cacheControlMaxAge}`,
-        'content-encoding': 'gzip'
       },
       locals: [],
       removeHeader: jest.fn(),
       send: jest.fn(),
       set: jest.fn(),
       status: jest.fn(),
+      setHeader: jest.fn(),
     };
   });
 
@@ -246,7 +246,8 @@ describe('Response cache middleware', () => {
 
         await responseCacheCheckHandler(mockRequest, mockResponse, null);
         expect(mockResponse.send).toBeCalledWith(cachedBody);
-        expect(mockResponse.set).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, Object.assign(cachedHeaders, {'content-encoding': 'gzip'}));
+        expect(mockResponse.set).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, cachedHeaders);
+        expect(mockResponse.setHeader).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, 'content-encoding', 'gzip');
         expect(mockResponse.status).toBeCalledWith(httpStatusCodes.OK.code);
       });
 
@@ -264,6 +265,7 @@ describe('Response cache middleware', () => {
         await responseCacheCheckHandler(mockRequest, mockResponse, null);
         expect(mockResponse.send).toBeCalledWith(cachedBody);
         expect(mockResponse.set).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, cachedHeaders);
+        expect(mockResponse.setHeader).not.toBeCalled();
         expect(mockResponse.status).toBeCalledWith(httpStatusCodes.OK.code);
       });
     });
diff --git a/hedera-mirror-rest/middleware/responseCacheHandler.js b/hedera-mirror-rest/middleware/responseCacheHandler.js
index 1c570cb15c..87876d20eb 100644
--- a/hedera-mirror-rest/middleware/responseCacheHandler.js
+++ b/hedera-mirror-rest/middleware/responseCacheHandler.js
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ const responseCacheCheckHandler = async (req, res, next) => {
     res.status(statusCode);
 
     if (isHead || clientCached) {
-        res.set(cachedResponse.headers);
-        res.status(statusCode);
         res.end();
     } else {
       if (cachedResponse.compressed) {
@@ -60,9 +58,10 @@ const responseCacheCheckHandler = async (req, res, next) => {
         if (!acceptsGzip) {
           cachedResponse.body = unzipSync(cachedResponse.body).toString();
         } else {
-          cachedResponse.headers[CONTENT_ENCODING_HEADER] = 'gzip';
+          res.setHeader(CONTENT_ENCODING_HEADER, 'gzip');
         }
       }
+      
       res.send(cachedResponse.body);
     }