diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/error/AbstractErrorWebExceptionHandler.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/error/AbstractErrorWebExceptionHandler.java
index 0399bbcdc2c2..030efea08e10 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/error/AbstractErrorWebExceptionHandler.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/error/AbstractErrorWebExceptionHandler.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.core.NestedExceptionUtils;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpLogging;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.codec.HttpMessageReader;
@@ -71,6 +72,20 @@ public abstract class AbstractErrorWebExceptionHandler implements ErrorWebExcept
 		DISCONNECTED_CLIENT_EXCEPTIONS = Collections.unmodifiableSet(exceptions);
 	}
 
+	private static final Set<String> RESPONSE_CONTENT_HEADERS;
+
+	static {
+		Set<String> headers = new HashSet<>();
+		headers.add(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_ENCODING);
+		headers.add(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_DISPOSITION);
+		headers.add(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_LANGUAGE);
+		headers.add(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_LENGTH);
+		headers.add(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_LOCATION);
+		headers.add(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_RANGE);
+		headers.add(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE);
+		RESPONSE_CONTENT_HEADERS = Collections.unmodifiableSet(headers);
+	}
+
 	private static final Log logger = HttpLogging.forLogName(AbstractErrorWebExceptionHandler.class);
 
 	private final ApplicationContext applicationContext;
@@ -293,11 +308,16 @@ private String formatRequest(ServerRequest request) {
 	}
 
 	private Mono<? extends Void> write(ServerWebExchange exchange, ServerResponse response) {
-		// force content-type since writeTo won't overwrite response header values
-		exchange.getResponse().getHeaders().setContentType(response.headers().getContentType());
+		clearResponseContentHeaders(exchange.getResponse().getHeaders());
 		return response.writeTo(exchange, new ResponseContext());
 	}
 
+	private void clearResponseContentHeaders(HttpHeaders headers) {
+		for (String contentHeader : RESPONSE_CONTENT_HEADERS) {
+			headers.remove(contentHeader);
+		}
+	}
+
 	private class ResponseContext implements ServerResponse.Context {
 
 		@Override
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/error/DefaultErrorWebExceptionHandlerIntegrationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/error/DefaultErrorWebExceptionHandlerIntegrationTests.java
index 9d9bbd4d411f..803fc799a97b 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/error/DefaultErrorWebExceptionHandlerIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/error/DefaultErrorWebExceptionHandlerIntegrationTests.java
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.reactive.error;
 
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+
 import javax.validation.Valid;
 
 import org.hamcrest.Matchers;
@@ -32,8 +36,10 @@
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.runner.ReactiveWebApplicationContextRunner;
 import org.springframework.boot.testsupport.rule.OutputCapture;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
+import org.springframework.test.web.reactive.server.HeaderAssertions;
 import org.springframework.test.web.reactive.server.WebTestClient;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
@@ -54,6 +60,20 @@
  */
 public class DefaultErrorWebExceptionHandlerIntegrationTests {
 
+	private static final Set<String> RESPONSE_CONTENT_HEADERS;
+
+	static {
+		Set<String> headers = new HashSet<>();
+		headers.add(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_ENCODING);
+		headers.add(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_DISPOSITION);
+		headers.add(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_LANGUAGE);
+		headers.add(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_LENGTH);
+		headers.add(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_LOCATION);
+		headers.add(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_RANGE);
+		headers.add(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE);
+		RESPONSE_CONTENT_HEADERS = Collections.unmodifiableSet(headers);
+	}
+
 	@Rule
 	public OutputCapture outputCapture = new OutputCapture();
 
@@ -256,6 +276,18 @@ public void invalidAcceptMediaType() {
 		});
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void contentHeadersWasCleared() {
+		this.contextRunner.run((context) -> {
+			WebTestClient client = WebTestClient.bindToApplicationContext(context).build();
+			HeaderAssertions headerAssertions = client.get().uri("/contentHeader").exchange().expectStatus()
+					.isEqualTo(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).expectHeader();
+			RESPONSE_CONTENT_HEADERS.stream()
+					.filter(h -> !h.equals(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE) && !h.equals(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_LENGTH))
+					.forEach(headerAssertions::doesNotExist);
+		});
+	}
+
 	@Configuration
 	public static class Application {
 
@@ -278,6 +310,15 @@ public Mono<Void> commit(ServerWebExchange exchange) {
 						.then(Mono.error(new IllegalStateException("already committed!")));
 			}
 
+			@GetMapping("/contentHeader")
+			public Mono<Void> contentHeader(ServerWebExchange exchange) {
+				HttpHeaders headers = exchange.getResponse().getHeaders();
+				for (String contentHeader : RESPONSE_CONTENT_HEADERS) {
+					headers.set(contentHeader, "value");
+				}
+				throw new IllegalStateException("Expected!");
+			}
+
 			@GetMapping("/html")
 			public String htmlEscape() {
 				throw new IllegalStateException("<script>");