diff --git a/bottlecap/src/appsec/processor/response.rs b/bottlecap/src/appsec/processor/response.rs
index d3b8d15d0..17194b86d 100644
--- a/bottlecap/src/appsec/processor/response.rs
+++ b/bottlecap/src/appsec/processor/response.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::io::Cursor;
 
-use serde::Deserialize;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer};
 
 use crate::appsec::processor::InvocationPayload;
-use crate::lifecycle::invocation::triggers::{body::Body, lowercase_key};
+use crate::lifecycle::invocation::triggers::body::Body;
 
 /// The expected payload of a response. This is different from trigger to trigger.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ impl Default for ExpectedResponseFormat {
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 struct ApiGatewayResponse {
     status_code: i64,
-    #[serde(deserialize_with = "lowercase_key", default)]
+    #[serde(deserialize_with = "nullable_lowercase_key", default)]
     headers: HashMap<String, String>,
-    #[serde(deserialize_with = "lowercase_key", default)]
+    #[serde(deserialize_with = "nullable_lowercase_key", default)]
     multi_value_headers: HashMap<String, Vec<String>>,
     #[serde(flatten)]
     body: Body,
@@ -101,3 +101,39 @@ impl InvocationPayload for RawPayload {
         Some(Box::new(Cursor::new(&self.data)))
     }
 }
+
+fn nullable_lowercase_key<'de, D, V>(deserializer: D) -> Result<HashMap<String, V>, D::Error>
+where
+    D: Deserializer<'de>,
+    V: Deserialize<'de>,
+{
+    let Some(map) = Option::<HashMap<String, V>>::deserialize(deserializer)? else {
+        return Ok(HashMap::default());
+    };
+    Ok(map
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|(key, value)| (key.to_lowercase(), value))
+        .collect())
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_null_fields_in_apigw_response() {
+        let response = r#"{
+            "statusCode": 0,
+            "headers": null,
+            "multiValueHeaders": null,
+            "body": null
+        }"#;
+        let response = ExpectedResponseFormat::ApiGatewayResponse
+            .parse(response.as_bytes())
+            .expect("response should have parsed cleanly")
+            .expect("response should have been Some");
+        assert!(response.response_body().is_none());
+        assert!(response.response_headers_no_cookies().is_empty());
+        assert_eq!(response.response_status_code(), Some(0));
+    }
+}