diff --git a/internal/pipeline/errorhandlers/matcher/header_matcher.go b/internal/pipeline/errorhandlers/matcher/header_matcher.go
index 3613d5aba..8596812bf 100644
--- a/internal/pipeline/errorhandlers/matcher/header_matcher.go
+++ b/internal/pipeline/errorhandlers/matcher/header_matcher.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package matcher
 
 import (
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 type HeaderMatcher map[string][]string
@@ -9,8 +9,12 @@ type HeaderMatcher map[string][]string
 func (hm HeaderMatcher) Match(headers map[string]string) bool {
 	for name, valueList := range hm {
 		headerVal, found := headers[name]
-		if found && slices.Contains(valueList, headerVal) {
-			return true
+		if found {
+			for _, val := range valueList {
+				if strings.Contains(headerVal, val) {
+					return true
+				}
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/pipeline/errorhandlers/matcher/header_matcher_test.go b/internal/pipeline/errorhandlers/matcher/header_matcher_test.go
index 251bc9764..1d13d97bf 100644
--- a/internal/pipeline/errorhandlers/matcher/header_matcher_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipeline/errorhandlers/matcher/header_matcher_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func TestHeaderMatcher(t *testing.T) {
 			headers: map[string][]string{
 				"foobar": {"foo", "bar"},
 			},
-			match:    map[string]string{"foobar": "bar"},
+			match:    map[string]string{"foobar": "bar,baz"},
 			matching: true,
 		},
 		{
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ func TestHeaderMatcher(t *testing.T) {
 				"some-header": {"value1", "value2"},
 			},
 			match: map[string]string{
-				"foobar":      "bar",
-				"some-header": "value1",
+				"foobar":      "bar,foo",
+				"some-header": "value1,val3",
 			},
 			matching: true,
 		},