diff --git a/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/state/internals/RocksDBTimeOrderedKeyValueBuffer.java b/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/state/internals/RocksDBTimeOrderedKeyValueBuffer.java
index 956d72f5ffa0b..cf7eb3912d119 100644
--- a/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/state/internals/RocksDBTimeOrderedKeyValueBuffer.java
+++ b/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/state/internals/RocksDBTimeOrderedKeyValueBuffer.java
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ public void evictWhile(final Supplier<Boolean> predicate, final Consumer<Evictio
 
                     final BufferValue bufferValue = BufferValue.deserialize(ByteBuffer.wrap(keyValue.value));
                     final K key = keySerde.deserializer().deserialize(topic,
-                        iternalContext.headers(),
+                        bufferValue.context().headers(),
                         PrefixedWindowKeySchemas.TimeFirstWindowKeySchema.extractStoreKeyBytes(keyValue.key.get()));
 
                     if (bufferValue.context().timestamp() < minTimestamp && minValid) {
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ public void evictWhile(final Supplier<Boolean> predicate, final Consumer<Evictio
                     minTimestamp = bufferValue.context().timestamp();
                     minValid = true;
 
-                    final V value = valueSerde.deserializer().deserialize(topic, iternalContext.headers(), bufferValue.newValue());
+                    final V value = valueSerde.deserializer().deserialize(topic, bufferValue.context().headers(), bufferValue.newValue());
 
                     callback.accept(new Eviction<>(key, value, bufferValue.context()));
 
diff --git a/streams/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/state/internals/RocksDBTimeOrderedKeyValueBufferTest.java b/streams/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/state/internals/RocksDBTimeOrderedKeyValueBufferTest.java
index e288c04517e27..1dbdd5fbdbb63 100644
--- a/streams/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/state/internals/RocksDBTimeOrderedKeyValueBufferTest.java
+++ b/streams/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/state/internals/RocksDBTimeOrderedKeyValueBufferTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
  */
 package org.apache.kafka.streams.state.internals;
 
+import org.apache.kafka.common.header.Header;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.header.internals.RecordHeader;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.header.internals.RecordHeaders;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.Metrics;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.Sensor;
@@ -40,11 +42,15 @@
 import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoSettings;
 import org.mockito.quality.Strictness;
 
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 @ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
@@ -205,6 +211,49 @@ public void shouldHandleCollidingKeys() {
         assertNumSizeAndTimestamp(buffer, 1, 7, 42);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void shouldPropagateHeadersThroughEviction() {
+        createBuffer(Duration.ZERO, Serdes.String());
+        final RecordHeaders headers = new RecordHeaders(new Header[]{
+            new RecordHeader("h1", "v1".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8))
+        });
+        context.setRecordContext(new ProcessorRecordContext(0L, offset++, 0, "testing", headers));
+        buffer.put(0L, new Record<>("k", "v", 0L, headers), context.recordContext());
+
+        final List<TimeOrderedKeyValueBuffer.Eviction<String, String>> evicted = new ArrayList<>();
+        buffer.evictWhile(() -> buffer.numRecords() > 0, evicted::add);
+
+        assertThat(evicted.size(), is(1));
+        assertThat(evicted.get(0).recordContext().headers(), is(headers));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldNotBeAffectedByProcessorContextHeaderMutationBetweenPutAndEvict() {
+        createBuffer(Duration.ofMillis(1), Serdes.String());
+        final RecordHeaders putHeaders = new RecordHeaders(new Header[]{
+            new RecordHeader("at-put", "first".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8))
+        });
+        context.setRecordContext(new ProcessorRecordContext(0L, offset++, 0, "testing", putHeaders));
+        buffer.put(0L, new Record<>("k", "v", 0L, putHeaders), context.recordContext());
+
+        // Simulate the processor moving on to handle a different record with different headers
+        // before the grace period expires and eviction runs.
+        final RecordHeaders laterHeaders = new RecordHeaders(new Header[]{
+            new RecordHeader("at-evict", "second".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8))
+        });
+        context.setRecordContext(new ProcessorRecordContext(10L, offset++, 0, "testing", laterHeaders));
+        // Advance stream time past the grace period for the original record.
+        buffer.put(10L, new Record<>("trigger", "v", 10L, laterHeaders), context.recordContext());
+
+        final List<TimeOrderedKeyValueBuffer.Eviction<String, String>> evicted = new ArrayList<>();
+        buffer.evictWhile(() -> true, evicted::add);
+
+        // Only the original "k" record at t=0 falls outside the grace window of t=10.
+        assertThat(evicted.size(), is(1));
+        assertThat(evicted.get(0).key(), is("k"));
+        assertThat(evicted.get(0).recordContext().headers(), is(putHeaders));
+    }
+
     private void assertNumSizeAndTimestamp(final TimeOrderedKeyValueBuffer<String, String, String> buffer,
                                            final int num,
                                            final long time,