diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a77bbdda9..190dc4eba 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Unreleased changes are available as `coupergateway/couper:edge` container.
   * Selecting of appropriate [error handler](https://docs.couper.io/configuration/block/error_handler) in two cases ([#753](https://github.com/coupergateway/couper/pull/753))
   * Storing of digit-starting string object keys in [request context](https://docs.couper.io/configuration/variables#request) and of digit-starting string header field names in [request](https://docs.couper.io/configuration/variables#request) variable ([#799](https://github.com/coupergateway/couper/pull/799))
   * Use of boolean values for the `headers` attribute or [modifiers](https://docs.couper.io/configuration/modifiers) ([#805](https://github.com/coupergateway/couper/pull/805))
+  * Duplicate [CORS](https://docs.couper.io/configuration/block/cors) response headers (with backend sending CORS response headers, too) ([#804](https://github.com/coupergateway/couper/pull/804))
 
 * **Dependencies**
   * build with go 1.21 ([#800](https://github.com/coupergateway/couper/pull/800))
diff --git a/handler/endpoint.go b/handler/endpoint.go
index cc84b0579..9939d464d 100644
--- a/handler/endpoint.go
+++ b/handler/endpoint.go
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func (e *Endpoint) ServeHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 			return
 		}
 
-		w.AddModifier(httpCtx, e.modifier...)
+		w.AddModifier(e.modifier...)
 		rw = w
 	}
 
diff --git a/handler/file.go b/handler/file.go
index c5993b23a..a6a9aaf09 100644
--- a/handler/file.go
+++ b/handler/file.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/coupergateway/couper/config/runtime/server"
 	"github.com/coupergateway/couper/errors"
-	"github.com/coupergateway/couper/eval"
 	"github.com/coupergateway/couper/server/writer"
 	"github.com/coupergateway/couper/utils"
 )
@@ -82,8 +81,7 @@ func (f *File) ServeHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	}
 
 	if r, ok := rw.(*writer.Response); ok {
-		evalContext := eval.ContextFromRequest(req)
-		r.AddModifier(evalContext.HCLContext(), f.modifier...)
+		r.AddModifier(f.modifier...)
 	}
 
 	http.ServeContent(rw, req, reqPath, info.ModTime(), file)
@@ -97,8 +95,7 @@ func (f *File) serveDirectory(reqPath string, rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.
 
 	if !strings.HasSuffix(reqPath, "/") {
 		if r, ok := rw.(*writer.Response); ok {
-			evalContext := eval.ContextFromRequest(req)
-			r.AddModifier(evalContext.HCLContext(), f.modifier...)
+			r.AddModifier(f.modifier...)
 		}
 
 		rw.Header().Set("Location", utils.JoinPath(req.URL.Path, "/"))
@@ -116,8 +113,7 @@ func (f *File) serveDirectory(reqPath string, rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.
 	defer file.Close()
 
 	if r, ok := rw.(*writer.Response); ok {
-		evalContext := eval.ContextFromRequest(req)
-		r.AddModifier(evalContext.HCLContext(), f.modifier...)
+		r.AddModifier(f.modifier...)
 	}
 
 	http.ServeContent(rw, req, reqPath, info.ModTime(), file)
diff --git a/handler/health_test.go b/handler/health_test.go
index 2347adec6..c09e5e17c 100644
--- a/handler/health_test.go
+++ b/handler/health_test.go
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/coupergateway/couper/server/writer"
-
 	"github.com/coupergateway/couper/handler"
+	"github.com/coupergateway/couper/server/writer"
 )
 
 func TestHealth_ServeHTTP(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/handler/middleware/cors.go b/handler/middleware/cors.go
index 7a05f5066..b591225f2 100644
--- a/handler/middleware/cors.go
+++ b/handler/middleware/cors.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/coupergateway/couper/config"
 	"github.com/coupergateway/couper/errors"
 	"github.com/coupergateway/couper/internal/seetie"
+	"github.com/coupergateway/couper/server/writer"
 )
 
 var _ http.Handler = &CORS{}
@@ -79,7 +80,11 @@ func NewCORSHandler(opts *CORSOptions, nextHandler http.Handler) http.Handler {
 }
 
 func (c *CORS) ServeNextHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter, nextHandler http.Handler, req *http.Request) {
-	c.setCorsRespHeaders(rw.Header(), req)
+	if response, ok := rw.(*writer.Response); ok {
+		response.AddHeaderModifier(func(header http.Header) {
+			c.setCorsRespHeaders(header, req)
+		})
+	}
 
 	if c.isCorsPreflightRequest(req) {
 		rw.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
@@ -100,6 +105,11 @@ func (c *CORS) isCorsPreflightRequest(req *http.Request) bool {
 }
 
 func (c *CORS) setCorsRespHeaders(headers http.Header, req *http.Request) {
+	headers.Del("Access-Control-Allow-Origin")
+	headers.Del("Access-Control-Allow-Credentials")
+	headers.Del("Access-Control-Allow-Headers")
+	headers.Del("Access-Control-Allow-Methods")
+	headers.Del("Access-Control-Max-Age")
 	// see https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#http-responses
 	allowSpecificOrigin := false
 	if c.options.AllowsOrigin("*") && !c.options.AllowCredentials {
diff --git a/handler/middleware/cors_test.go b/handler/middleware/cors_test.go
index d83deed54..75904afd7 100644
--- a/handler/middleware/cors_test.go
+++ b/handler/middleware/cors_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/coupergateway/couper/server/writer"
 )
 
 func TestCORSOptions_AllowsOrigin(t *testing.T) {
@@ -330,7 +332,8 @@ func TestCORS_ServeHTTP(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
-			corsHandler.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+			r := writer.NewResponseWriter(rec, "")
+			corsHandler.ServeHTTP(r, req)
 
 			if !rec.Flushed {
 				rec.Flush()
@@ -547,8 +550,8 @@ func TestProxy_ServeHTTP_CORS_PFC(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
-
-			corsHandler.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+			r := writer.NewResponseWriter(rec, "")
+			corsHandler.ServeHTTP(r, req)
 
 			if !rec.Flushed {
 				rec.Flush()
diff --git a/handler/proxy.go b/handler/proxy.go
index 12f17c5f6..cace2196a 100644
--- a/handler/proxy.go
+++ b/handler/proxy.go
@@ -195,10 +195,9 @@ func (p *Proxy) registerWebsocketsResponse(req *http.Request) error {
 	}
 
 	wsBody := p.getWebsocketsBody()
-	evalCtx := eval.ContextFromRequest(req)
 
 	if rw, ok := req.Context().Value(request.ResponseWriter).(*writer.Response); ok {
-		rw.AddModifier(evalCtx.HCLContextSync(), wsBody, p.context)
+		rw.AddModifier(wsBody, p.context)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/handler/spa.go b/handler/spa.go
index da08fe9f1..0acc99c53 100644
--- a/handler/spa.go
+++ b/handler/spa.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/coupergateway/couper/config"
 	"github.com/coupergateway/couper/config/runtime/server"
 	"github.com/coupergateway/couper/errors"
-	"github.com/coupergateway/couper/eval"
 	"github.com/coupergateway/couper/server/writer"
 )
 
@@ -78,9 +77,8 @@ func (s *Spa) ServeHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	var content io.ReadSeeker
 	var modTime time.Time
 
-	evalContext := eval.ContextFromRequest(req)
 	if r, ok := rw.(*writer.Response); ok {
-		r.AddModifier(evalContext.HCLContext(), s.modifier...)
+		r.AddModifier(s.modifier...)
 	}
 
 	if l := len(s.bootstrapContent); l > 0 {
diff --git a/server/http.go b/server/http.go
index 82652c627..325b9cb66 100644
--- a/server/http.go
+++ b/server/http.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/coupergateway/couper/handler"
 	"github.com/coupergateway/couper/handler/middleware"
 	"github.com/coupergateway/couper/logging"
+	"github.com/coupergateway/couper/server/writer"
 	"github.com/coupergateway/couper/telemetry/instrumentation"
 	"github.com/coupergateway/couper/telemetry/provider"
 )
@@ -309,7 +310,11 @@ func (s *HTTPServer) ServeHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	// due to the middleware callee stack we have to update the 'req' value.
 	*req = *req.WithContext(s.evalCtx.WithClientRequest(req.WithContext(ctx)))
 
-	h.ServeHTTP(rw, req)
+	w := rw
+	if respW, is := rw.(*writer.Response); is {
+		w = respW.WithEvalContext(eval.ContextFromRequest(req))
+	}
+	h.ServeHTTP(w, req)
 }
 
 func (s *HTTPServer) setGetBody(h http.Handler, req *http.Request) (opt buffer.Option, err error) {
diff --git a/server/http_integration_test.go b/server/http_integration_test.go
index ad07ab46a..da0075a18 100644
--- a/server/http_integration_test.go
+++ b/server/http_integration_test.go
@@ -4611,6 +4611,7 @@ func TestCORS_Configuration(t *testing.T) {
 			acam, acamExists := res.Header["Access-Control-Allow-Methods"]
 			acah, acahExists := res.Header["Access-Control-Allow-Headers"]
 			acac, acacExists := res.Header["Access-Control-Allow-Credentials"]
+			acax, acaxExists := res.Header["Access-Control-Max-Age"]
 			if tc.expAllowed {
 				if !acaoExists || acao[0] != tc.origin {
 					subT.Errorf("Expected allowed origin, got: %v", acao)
@@ -4624,6 +4625,9 @@ func TestCORS_Configuration(t *testing.T) {
 				if !acacExists || acac[0] != "true" {
 					subT.Errorf("Expected allowed credentials, got: %v", acac)
 				}
+				if !acaxExists || acax[0] != "200" {
+					subT.Errorf("Expected max-age 200, got: %v", acax)
+				}
 			} else {
 				if acaoExists {
 					subT.Errorf("Expected not allowed origin, got: %v", acao)
@@ -4634,6 +4638,9 @@ func TestCORS_Configuration(t *testing.T) {
 				if acahExists {
 					subT.Errorf("Expected not allowed headers, got: %v", acah)
 				}
+				if acaxExists {
+					subT.Errorf("Expected not max-age, got: %v", acax)
+				}
 				if acacExists {
 					subT.Errorf("Expected not allowed credentials, got: %v", acac)
 				}
@@ -4660,6 +4667,9 @@ func TestCORS_Configuration(t *testing.T) {
 
 			acao, acaoExists = res.Header["Access-Control-Allow-Origin"]
 			acac, acacExists = res.Header["Access-Control-Allow-Credentials"]
+			acam, acamExists = res.Header["Access-Control-Allow-Methods"]
+			acah, acahExists = res.Header["Access-Control-Allow-Headers"]
+			acax, acaxExists = res.Header["Access-Control-Max-Age"]
 			if tc.expAllowed {
 				if !acaoExists || acao[0] != tc.origin {
 					subT.Errorf("Expected allowed origin, got: %v", acao)
@@ -4675,6 +4685,15 @@ func TestCORS_Configuration(t *testing.T) {
 					subT.Errorf("Expected not allowed credentials, got: %v", acac)
 				}
 			}
+			if acamExists {
+				subT.Errorf("Expected not allowed methods, got: %v", acam)
+			}
+			if acahExists {
+				subT.Errorf("Expected not allowed headers, got: %v", acah)
+			}
+			if acaxExists {
+				subT.Errorf("Expected not max-age, got: %v", acax)
+			}
 			vary, varyExists = res.Header["Vary"]
 			if !varyExists || strings.Join(vary, ",") != tc.expVary {
 				subT.Errorf("Expected vary %q, got: %q", tc.expVary, strings.Join(vary, ","))
@@ -4698,6 +4717,9 @@ func TestCORS_Configuration(t *testing.T) {
 
 			acao, acaoExists = res.Header["Access-Control-Allow-Origin"]
 			acac, acacExists = res.Header["Access-Control-Allow-Credentials"]
+			acam, acamExists = res.Header["Access-Control-Allow-Methods"]
+			acah, acahExists = res.Header["Access-Control-Allow-Headers"]
+			acax, acaxExists = res.Header["Access-Control-Max-Age"]
 			if tc.expAllowed {
 				if !acaoExists || acao[0] != tc.origin {
 					subT.Errorf("Expected allowed origin, got: %v", acao)
@@ -4713,6 +4735,15 @@ func TestCORS_Configuration(t *testing.T) {
 					subT.Errorf("Expected not allowed credentials, got: %v", acac)
 				}
 			}
+			if acamExists {
+				subT.Errorf("Expected not allowed methods, got: %v", acam)
+			}
+			if acahExists {
+				subT.Errorf("Expected not allowed headers, got: %v", acah)
+			}
+			if acaxExists {
+				subT.Errorf("Expected not max-age, got: %v", acax)
+			}
 			vary, varyExists = res.Header["Vary"]
 			if !varyExists || strings.Join(vary, ",") != tc.expVaryCred {
 				subT.Errorf("Expected vary %q, got: %q", tc.expVaryCred, strings.Join(vary, ","))
diff --git a/server/testdata/integration/config/06_couper.hcl b/server/testdata/integration/config/06_couper.hcl
index a04b86018..1264bc215 100644
--- a/server/testdata/integration/config/06_couper.hcl
+++ b/server/testdata/integration/config/06_couper.hcl
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ server "cors" {
     cors {
       allowed_origins = "a.com"
       allow_credentials = true
+      max_age = "200s"
     }
   }
 
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ server "cors" {
     cors {
       allowed_origins = "b.com"
       allow_credentials = true
+      max_age = "200s"
     }
   }
 
@@ -23,9 +25,18 @@ server "cors" {
     cors {
       allowed_origins = "c.com"
       allow_credentials = true
+      max_age = "200s"
     }
     endpoint "/" {
-      response {}
+      response {
+        headers = {
+          access-control-allow-origin = "foo"
+          access-control-allow-credentials = "bar"
+          access-control-allow-methods = "BREW"
+          access-control-allow-headers = "Auth"
+          access-control-max-age = 300
+        }
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/server/writer/response.go b/server/writer/response.go
index f0653f090..84da3d945 100644
--- a/server/writer/response.go
+++ b/server/writer/response.go
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ type writer interface {
 }
 
 type modifier interface {
-	AddModifier(*hcl.EvalContext, ...hcl.Body)
+	AddModifier(...hcl.Body)
+	AddHeaderModifier(HeaderModifier)
 }
 
 var (
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ var (
 	endOfLine   = []byte("\r\n")
 )
 
+type HeaderModifier func(header http.Header)
+
 // Response wraps the http.ResponseWriter.
 type Response struct {
 	hijackedConn     net.Conn
@@ -45,14 +48,15 @@ type Response struct {
 	statusCode      int
 	rawBytesWritten int
 	bytesWritten    int
-	// modifier
-	evalCtx  *hcl.EvalContext
-	modifier []hcl.Body
+	// modifiers
+	evalCtx         *eval.Context
+	modifiers       []hcl.Body
+	headerModifiers []HeaderModifier
 	// security
 	addPrivateCC bool
 }
 
-// NewResponseWriter creates a new Response object.
+// NewResponseWriter creates a new ResponseWriter. It wraps the http.ResponseWriter.
 func NewResponseWriter(rw http.ResponseWriter, secureCookies string) *Response {
 	return &Response{
 		rw:            rw,
@@ -60,6 +64,12 @@ func NewResponseWriter(rw http.ResponseWriter, secureCookies string) *Response {
 	}
 }
 
+// WithEvalContext sets the eval context for the response modifiers.
+func (r *Response) WithEvalContext(ctx *eval.Context) *Response {
+	r.evalCtx = ctx
+	return r
+}
+
 // Header wraps the Header method of the <http.ResponseWriter>.
 func (r *Response) Header() http.Header {
 	return r.rw.Header()
@@ -135,9 +145,10 @@ func (r *Response) WriteHeader(statusCode int) {
 	}
 
 	r.configureHeader()
-	r.applyModifier()
+	r.applyHeaderModifiers()
+	r.applyModifiers() // hcl body modifiers
 
-	// !!! Execute after modifier !!!
+	// execute after modifiers
 	if r.addPrivateCC {
 		r.Header().Add("Cache-Control", "private")
 	}
@@ -193,17 +204,29 @@ func (r *Response) AddPrivateCC() {
 	r.addPrivateCC = true
 }
 
-func (r *Response) AddModifier(evalCtx *hcl.EvalContext, modifier ...hcl.Body) {
-	r.evalCtx = evalCtx
-	r.modifier = append(r.modifier, modifier...)
+func (r *Response) AddModifier(modifier ...hcl.Body) {
+	r.modifiers = append(r.modifiers, modifier...)
 }
 
-func (r *Response) applyModifier() {
-	if r.evalCtx == nil || r.modifier == nil {
+// applyModifiers applies the hcl body modifiers to the response.
+func (r *Response) applyModifiers() {
+	if r.evalCtx == nil || r.modifiers == nil {
 		return
 	}
 
-	for _, body := range r.modifier {
-		_ = eval.ApplyResponseHeaderOps(r.evalCtx, body, r.Header())
+	hctx := r.evalCtx.HCLContextSync()
+	for _, body := range r.modifiers {
+		_ = eval.ApplyResponseHeaderOps(hctx, body, r.Header())
+	}
+}
+
+func (r *Response) AddHeaderModifier(headerModifier HeaderModifier) {
+	r.headerModifiers = append(r.headerModifiers, headerModifier)
+}
+
+// applyHeaderModifiers applies the http.Header modifiers to the response.
+func (r *Response) applyHeaderModifiers() {
+	for _, modifierFn := range r.headerModifiers {
+		modifierFn(r.Header())
 	}
 }