diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5d4f264ca..d35724d7d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2125,6 +2125,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "derive_more 2.1.0",
  "docs_rs_types",
  "docs_rs_uri",
+ "headers",
  "http 1.4.0",
  "itertools 0.14.0",
  "md5",
diff --git a/crates/lib/docs_rs_headers/Cargo.toml b/crates/lib/docs_rs_headers/Cargo.toml
index 35c2cfd92..52be78e36 100644
--- a/crates/lib/docs_rs_headers/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/lib/docs_rs_headers/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,18 +5,19 @@ edition = "2024"
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
-axum-core = "0.5.5"
-axum-extra = { workspace = true }
 askama = { workspace = true }
+axum-core = "0.5.5"
 derive_more = { workspace = true }
 docs_rs_types = { path = "../docs_rs_types" }
 docs_rs_uri = { path = "../docs_rs_uri" }
+headers = "0.4.1"
 http = { workspace = true }
 itertools = { workspace = true }
 md5 = "0.8.0"
 serde = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+axum-extra = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 test-case = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/lib/docs_rs_headers/src/canonical_url.rs b/crates/lib/docs_rs_headers/src/canonical_url.rs
index 23fbc3ca7..ff8bf5dd3 100644
--- a/crates/lib/docs_rs_headers/src/canonical_url.rs
+++ b/crates/lib/docs_rs_headers/src/canonical_url.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use anyhow::Result;
 use askama::filters::HtmlSafe;
-use axum_extra::headers::{Header, HeaderName, HeaderValue};
 use docs_rs_uri::EscapedURI;
+use headers::{Header, HeaderName, HeaderValue};
 use http::uri::Uri;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use std::{fmt, ops::Deref};
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ impl Header for CanonicalUrl {
         &http::header::LINK
     }
 
-    fn decode<'i, I>(_values: &mut I) -> Result<Self, axum_extra::headers::Error>
+    fn decode<'i, I>(_values: &mut I) -> Result<Self, headers::Error>
     where
         I: Iterator<Item = &'i HeaderValue>,
     {
diff --git a/crates/lib/docs_rs_headers/src/etag.rs b/crates/lib/docs_rs_headers/src/etag.rs
index 84addda21..5ea14de63 100644
--- a/crates/lib/docs_rs_headers/src/etag.rs
+++ b/crates/lib/docs_rs_headers/src/etag.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use axum_extra::headers::ETag;
+use headers::ETag;
 use std::io::{self, Write};
 
 /// compute our etag header value from some content
diff --git a/crates/lib/docs_rs_headers/src/if_none_match.rs b/crates/lib/docs_rs_headers/src/if_none_match.rs
index b190b5f3f..141aa53f7 100644
--- a/crates/lib/docs_rs_headers/src/if_none_match.rs
+++ b/crates/lib/docs_rs_headers/src/if_none_match.rs
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
 
 #[allow(clippy::disallowed_types)]
 mod header_impl {
-    use axum_extra::headers::{self, ETag, Header, IfNoneMatch as OriginalIfNoneMatch};
     use derive_more::Deref;
+    use headers::{self, ETag, Header, IfNoneMatch as OriginalIfNoneMatch};
 
     #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Deref)]
-    pub struct IfNoneMatch(pub axum_extra::headers::IfNoneMatch);
+    pub struct IfNoneMatch(pub headers::IfNoneMatch);
 
     impl Header for IfNoneMatch {
         fn name() -> &'static http::HeaderName {
diff --git a/crates/lib/docs_rs_headers/src/lib.rs b/crates/lib/docs_rs_headers/src/lib.rs
index a163678f1..faee9f21b 100644
--- a/crates/lib/docs_rs_headers/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/lib/docs_rs_headers/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ mod surrogate_key;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod testing;
 
-pub use axum_extra::headers::ETag;
 pub use canonical_url::CanonicalUrl;
 pub use etag::{ETagComputer, compute_etag};
+pub use headers::ETag;
 pub use if_none_match::IfNoneMatch;
 pub use surrogate_key::{SURROGATE_KEY, SurrogateKey, SurrogateKeys};
 
diff --git a/crates/lib/docs_rs_headers/src/surrogate_key.rs b/crates/lib/docs_rs_headers/src/surrogate_key.rs
index 217ecec9b..ee8c9af44 100644
--- a/crates/lib/docs_rs_headers/src/surrogate_key.rs
+++ b/crates/lib/docs_rs_headers/src/surrogate_key.rs
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 //! https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/http/http-headers/Surrogate-Key/haeders.surrogate keys
 
 use anyhow::{Context as _, bail};
-use axum_extra::headers::{self, Header};
 use derive_more::Deref;
 use docs_rs_types::KrateName;
+use headers::{self, Header};
 use http::{HeaderName, HeaderValue};
 use itertools::Itertools as _;
 use std::{collections::BTreeSet, fmt::Display, iter, str::FromStr};
diff --git a/crates/lib/docs_rs_headers/src/testing.rs b/crates/lib/docs_rs_headers/src/testing.rs
index e67c1a57f..6cc273bc2 100644
--- a/crates/lib/docs_rs_headers/src/testing.rs
+++ b/crates/lib/docs_rs_headers/src/testing.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use axum_extra::headers::{self, Header, HeaderMapExt};
+use headers::{self, Header, HeaderMapExt};
 use http::{HeaderMap, HeaderValue};
 
 pub(crate) fn test_typed_decode<H, V>(value: V) -> Result<Option<H>, headers::Error>