diff --git a/crates/net/src/client.rs b/crates/net/src/client.rs
index 90f6f27..11ecae9 100644
--- a/crates/net/src/client.rs
+++ b/crates/net/src/client.rs
@@ -477,6 +477,16 @@ enum BodyStrategy {
     ReadUntilClose,
 }
 
+/// Extract the value for a header name (case-insensitive match).
+fn header_value<'a>(line: &'a str, name: &str) -> Option<&'a str> {
+    let colon = line.find(':')?;
+    if line[..colon].eq_ignore_ascii_case(name) {
+        Some(line[colon + 1..].trim())
+    } else {
+        None
+    }
+}
+
 /// Determine how to read the body from headers.
 fn determine_body_strategy(headers: &str, status_code: u16) -> BodyStrategy {
     // 1xx, 204, 304 have no body
@@ -486,11 +496,8 @@ fn determine_body_strategy(headers: &str, status_code: u16) -> BodyStrategy {
 
     // Check for Transfer-Encoding: chunked
     for line in headers.split("\r\n").skip(1) {
-        if let Some(val) = line
-            .strip_prefix("Transfer-Encoding:")
-            .or_else(|| line.strip_prefix("transfer-encoding:"))
-        {
-            if val.trim().eq_ignore_ascii_case("chunked") {
+        if let Some(val) = header_value(line, "transfer-encoding") {
+            if val.eq_ignore_ascii_case("chunked") {
                 return BodyStrategy::Chunked;
             }
         }
@@ -498,11 +505,8 @@ fn determine_body_strategy(headers: &str, status_code: u16) -> BodyStrategy {
 
     // Check for Content-Length
     for line in headers.split("\r\n").skip(1) {
-        if let Some(val) = line
-            .strip_prefix("Content-Length:")
-            .or_else(|| line.strip_prefix("content-length:"))
-        {
-            if let Ok(len) = val.trim().parse::<usize>() {
+        if let Some(val) = header_value(line, "content-length") {
+            if let Ok(len) = val.parse::<usize>() {
                 return BodyStrategy::ContentLength(len);
             }
         }
@@ -846,6 +850,24 @@ mod tests {
         ));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn strategy_content_length_mixed_case() {
+        let headers = "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nCONTENT-LENGTH: 99";
+        match determine_body_strategy(headers, 200) {
+            BodyStrategy::ContentLength(99) => {}
+            _ => panic!("expected ContentLength(99)"),
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn strategy_chunked_mixed_case_name() {
+        let headers = "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nTRANSFER-ENCODING: chunked";
+        assert!(matches!(
+            determine_body_strategy(headers, 200),
+            BodyStrategy::Chunked
+        ));
+    }
+
     // -- URL scheme handling --
 
     #[test]