diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 7dd5763bea..02749c267d 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -323,6 +323,11 @@ linters:
         text: 'SA1019: cfg.(SSLRedirect|SSLTemporaryRedirect|SSLHost|SSLForceHost|FeaturePolicy) is deprecated'
       - path: (.+)\.go$
         text: 'SA1019: c.Providers.(ConsulCatalog|Consul|Nomad).Namespace is deprecated'
+      - path: pkg/middlewares/auth/basic_auth_test.go
+        text: 'SA1008: keys in http.Header are canonicalized, "x-user" is not canonical; fix the constant or use http.CanonicalHeaderKey'
+      - path: pkg/middlewares/auth/digest_auth_test.go
+        text: 'SA1008: keys in http.Header are canonicalized, "x-user" is not canonical; fix the constant or use http.CanonicalHeaderKey'
+
     paths:
       - pkg/provider/kubernetes/crd/generated/
 
diff --git a/pkg/middlewares/auth/basic_auth.go b/pkg/middlewares/auth/basic_auth.go
index 944900ef1f..2dce9775c0 100644
--- a/pkg/middlewares/auth/basic_auth.go
+++ b/pkg/middlewares/auth/basic_auth.go
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ func (b *basicAuth) ServeHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	req.URL.User = url.User(user)
 
 	if b.headerField != "" {
+		// TODO Deprecated we should add the header with canonical key.
+		req.Header.Del(b.headerField)
 		req.Header[b.headerField] = []string{user}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/middlewares/auth/basic_auth_test.go b/pkg/middlewares/auth/basic_auth_test.go
index f3f98df73b..e70aa38d8a 100644
--- a/pkg/middlewares/auth/basic_auth_test.go
+++ b/pkg/middlewares/auth/basic_auth_test.go
@@ -103,6 +103,30 @@ func TestBasicAuthUserHeader(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "traefik\n", string(body))
 }
 
+func TestBasicAuthUserHeaderCanonical(t *testing.T) {
+	var nextCalled bool
+	next := http.HandlerFunc(func(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+		nextCalled = true
+		assert.Empty(t, req.Header.Get("X-User"))
+		assert.Equal(t, []string{"test"}, req.Header["x-user"])
+	})
+	auth := dynamic.BasicAuth{
+		Users:       []string{"test:$apr1$H6uskkkW$IgXLP6ewTrSuBkTrqE8wj/"},
+		HeaderField: "x-user",
+	}
+	m, err := NewBasic(t.Context(), next, auth, "test")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "http://localhost/", nil)
+	req.SetBasicAuth("test", "test")
+	req.Header.Set("X-User", "admin")
+	rw := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	m.ServeHTTP(rw, req)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, rw.Result().StatusCode)
+	assert.True(t, nextCalled)
+}
+
 func TestBasicAuthHeaderRemoved(t *testing.T) {
 	next := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		assert.Empty(t, r.Header.Get(authorizationHeader))
diff --git a/pkg/middlewares/auth/digest_auth.go b/pkg/middlewares/auth/digest_auth.go
index 454a972951..7ff7633ca4 100644
--- a/pkg/middlewares/auth/digest_auth.go
+++ b/pkg/middlewares/auth/digest_auth.go
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ func (d *digestAuth) ServeHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	}
 
 	if d.headerField != "" {
+		// TODO Deprecated we should add the header with canonical key.
+		req.Header.Del(d.headerField)
 		req.Header[d.headerField] = []string{username}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/middlewares/auth/digest_auth_test.go b/pkg/middlewares/auth/digest_auth_test.go
index 8987fe0998..ae922f305c 100644
--- a/pkg/middlewares/auth/digest_auth_test.go
+++ b/pkg/middlewares/auth/digest_auth_test.go
@@ -151,3 +151,30 @@ func TestDigestAuthUsersFromFile(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestDigestAuthUserHeaderCanonical(t *testing.T) {
+	var nextCalled bool
+	next := http.HandlerFunc(func(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+		nextCalled = true
+		assert.Empty(t, req.Header.Get("X-User"))
+		assert.Equal(t, []string{"test"}, req.Header["x-user"])
+	})
+	auth := dynamic.DigestAuth{
+		Users:       []string{"test:traefik:a2688e031edb4be6a3797f3882655c05"},
+		HeaderField: "x-user",
+	}
+	m, err := NewDigest(t.Context(), next, auth, "test")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(m)
+	t.Cleanup(srv.Close)
+
+	req := testhelpers.MustNewRequest(http.MethodGet, srv.URL, nil)
+	req.Header.Set("X-User", "admin")
+	digestReq := newDigestRequest("test", "test", http.DefaultClient)
+	res, err := digestReq.Do(req)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, res.StatusCode)
+	assert.True(t, nextCalled)
+}