diff --git a/pkg/uhttp/wrapper.go b/pkg/uhttp/wrapper.go
index 9093baa54..9b1fc4faf 100644
--- a/pkg/uhttp/wrapper.go
+++ b/pkg/uhttp/wrapper.go
@@ -617,7 +617,24 @@ func (c *BaseHttpClient) NewRequest(ctx context.Context, method string, url *url
 		}
 
 		for k, v := range h {
-			headers[k] = v
+			switch {
+			// special check for Content-Type and Accept header
+			case strings.EqualFold(k, "content-type") || strings.EqualFold(k, "accept"):
+				current := headers[k]
+				if current == "" {
+					headers[k] = v
+					continue
+				}
+				// if the incoming value carries extra information
+				// we respect that and set it as the new value for that
+				// header
+				split := strings.Split(v, ";")
+				if len(split) > 1 {
+					headers[k] = v
+				}
+			default:
+				headers[k] = v
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/uhttp/wrapper_test.go b/pkg/uhttp/wrapper_test.go
index e429ace3c..6f9e0ba96 100644
--- a/pkg/uhttp/wrapper_test.go
+++ b/pkg/uhttp/wrapper_test.go
@@ -414,6 +414,32 @@ func TestWrapper_NewRequest(t *testing.T) {
 				err:     nil,
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name:    "POST request with JSON body with specific content-type header value",
+			method:  http.MethodPost,
+			url:     "http://example.com",
+			options: []RequestOption{WithHeader("Content-Type", "application/json;odata=verbose"), WithJSONBody(exampleBody), WithAcceptJSONHeader()},
+			expected: expected{
+				method:  http.MethodPost,
+				url:     "http://example.com",
+				headers: http.Header{"Accept": []string{"application/json"}, "Content-Type": []string{"application/json;odata=verbose"}},
+				body:    io.NopCloser(exampleBodyBuffer),
+				err:     nil,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "POST request with JSON body with specific Accept header value",
+			method:  http.MethodPost,
+			url:     "http://example.com",
+			options: []RequestOption{WithHeader("Accept", "application/json;odata=verbose"), WithJSONBody(exampleBody), WithAcceptJSONHeader()},
+			expected: expected{
+				method:  http.MethodPost,
+				url:     "http://example.com",
+				headers: http.Header{"Accept": []string{"application/json;odata=verbose"}, "Content-Type": []string{"application/json"}},
+				body:    io.NopCloser(exampleBodyBuffer),
+				err:     nil,
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range test {