diff --git a/src/HotChocolate/AspNetCore/src/AspNetCore/Serialization/DefaultHttpResponseFormatter.cs b/src/HotChocolate/AspNetCore/src/AspNetCore/Serialization/DefaultHttpResponseFormatter.cs
index dd3b6150003..ebda46135a2 100644
--- a/src/HotChocolate/AspNetCore/src/AspNetCore/Serialization/DefaultHttpResponseFormatter.cs
+++ b/src/HotChocolate/AspNetCore/src/AspNetCore/Serialization/DefaultHttpResponseFormatter.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using System.Text.Json;
 using HotChocolate.Execution.Serialization;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
+using Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers;
 #if !NET6_0_OR_GREATER
 using Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers;
 #endif
@@ -168,10 +169,10 @@ public async ValueTask FormatAsync(
             response.StatusCode = statusCode;
 
             if (result.ContextData is not null &&
-                result.ContextData.TryGetValue(CacheControlHeaderValue, out var value) &&
-                value is string cacheControlHeaderValue)
+                result.ContextData.TryGetValue(WellKnownContextData.CacheControlHeaderValue, out var value) &&
+                value is CacheControlHeaderValue cacheControlHeaderValue)
             {
-                response.Headers.CacheControl = cacheControlHeaderValue;
+                response.GetTypedHeaders().CacheControl = cacheControlHeaderValue;
             }
 
             OnWriteResponseHeaders(queryResult, format, response.Headers);
diff --git a/src/HotChocolate/Caching/src/Caching/CacheControlConstraintsOptimizer.cs b/src/HotChocolate/Caching/src/Caching/CacheControlConstraintsOptimizer.cs
index c5ab0c77759..5fc510342f4 100644
--- a/src/HotChocolate/Caching/src/Caching/CacheControlConstraintsOptimizer.cs
+++ b/src/HotChocolate/Caching/src/Caching/CacheControlConstraintsOptimizer.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+using System;
+using System.Net.Http.Headers;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using HotChocolate.Execution.Processing;
 using HotChocolate.Language;
@@ -13,10 +15,6 @@ namespace HotChocolate.Caching;
 /// </summary>
 internal sealed class CacheControlConstraintsOptimizer : IOperationOptimizer
 {
-    private const string _cacheControlValueTemplate = "{0}, max-age={1}";
-    private const string _cacheControlPrivateScope = "private";
-    private const string _cacheControlPublicScope = "public";
-
     public void OptimizeOperation(OperationOptimizerContext context)
     {
         if (context.Definition.Operation is not OperationType.Query ||
@@ -31,18 +29,12 @@ public void OptimizeOperation(OperationOptimizerContext context)
 
         if (constraints.MaxAge is not null)
         {
-            var cacheType = constraints.Scope switch
+            var headerValue = new CacheControlHeaderValue
             {
-                CacheControlScope.Private => _cacheControlPrivateScope,
-                CacheControlScope.Public => _cacheControlPublicScope,
-                _ => throw ThrowHelper.UnexpectedCacheControlScopeValue(constraints.Scope),
+                Private = constraints.Scope == CacheControlScope.Private,
+                MaxAge = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(constraints.MaxAge.Value),
             };
 
-            var headerValue = string.Format(
-                _cacheControlValueTemplate,
-                cacheType,
-                constraints.MaxAge);
-
             context.ContextData.Add(
                 WellKnownContextData.CacheControlConstraints,
                 new ImmutableCacheConstraints(
diff --git a/src/HotChocolate/Caching/src/Caching/QueryCacheMiddleware.cs b/src/HotChocolate/Caching/src/Caching/QueryCacheMiddleware.cs
index 53aa4f54fcd..a7ac945e308 100644
--- a/src/HotChocolate/Caching/src/Caching/QueryCacheMiddleware.cs
+++ b/src/HotChocolate/Caching/src/Caching/QueryCacheMiddleware.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System.Net.Http.Headers;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using HotChocolate.Execution;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
@@ -30,8 +31,8 @@ public async ValueTask InvokeAsync(IRequestContext context)
         }
 
         if (context.Operation?.ContextData is null ||
-            !context.Operation.ContextData.TryGetValue(CacheControlHeaderValue, out var value) ||
-            value is not string cacheControlHeaderValue)
+            !context.Operation.ContextData.TryGetValue(WellKnownContextData.CacheControlHeaderValue, out var value) ||
+            value is not CacheControlHeaderValue cacheControlHeaderValue)
         {
             return;
         }
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ queryResult.ContextData is not null
                     ? new ExtensionData(queryResult.ContextData)
                     : new ExtensionData();
 
-            contextData.Add(CacheControlHeaderValue, cacheControlHeaderValue);
+            contextData.Add(WellKnownContextData.CacheControlHeaderValue, cacheControlHeaderValue);
 
             context.Result = new QueryResult(
                 data: queryResult.Data,