diff --git a/babel/messages/catalog.py b/babel/messages/catalog.py
index 564b2c7c8..e43a28c02 100644
--- a/babel/messages/catalog.py
+++ b/babel/messages/catalog.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 import re
 
-from cgi import parse_header
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from datetime import datetime, time as time_
 from difflib import get_close_matches
@@ -225,6 +224,13 @@ class TranslationError(Exception):
 # FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
 #"""
 
+def parse_separated_header(value: str):
+    # Adapted from https://peps.python.org/pep-0594/#cgi
+    from email.message import Message
+    m = Message()
+    m['content-type'] = value
+    return dict(m.get_params())
+
 
 class Catalog:
     """Representation of a message catalog."""
@@ -424,11 +430,11 @@ def _set_mime_headers(self, headers):
             elif name == 'language-team':
                 self.language_team = value
             elif name == 'content-type':
-                mimetype, params = parse_header(value)
+                params = parse_separated_header(value)
                 if 'charset' in params:
                     self.charset = params['charset'].lower()
             elif name == 'plural-forms':
-                _, params = parse_header(' ;' + value)
+                params = parse_separated_header(' ;' + value)
                 self._num_plurals = int(params.get('nplurals', 2))
                 self._plural_expr = params.get('plural', '(n != 1)')
             elif name == 'pot-creation-date':
diff --git a/tests/messages/test_pofile.py b/tests/messages/test_pofile.py
index 73a7b0ebb..99e59babc 100644
--- a/tests/messages/test_pofile.py
+++ b/tests/messages/test_pofile.py
@@ -69,6 +69,17 @@ def test_applies_specified_encoding_during_read(self):
         catalog = pofile.read_po(buf, locale='de_DE')
         assert catalog.get('foo').string == 'bär'
 
+    def test_encoding_header_read(self):
+        buf = BytesIO(b'msgid ""\nmsgstr ""\n"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=mac_roman\\n"\n')
+        catalog = pofile.read_po(buf, locale='xx_XX')
+        assert catalog.charset == 'mac_roman'
+
+    def test_plural_forms_header_parsed(self):
+        buf = BytesIO(b'msgid ""\nmsgstr ""\n"Plural-Forms: nplurals=42; plural=(n % 11);\\n"\n')
+        catalog = pofile.read_po(buf, locale='xx_XX')
+        assert catalog.plural_expr == '(n % 11)'
+        assert catalog.num_plurals == 42
+
     def test_read_multiline(self):
         buf = StringIO(r'''msgid ""
 "Here's some text that\n"