diff --git a/.ci/.matrix_exclude.yml b/.ci/.matrix_exclude.yml
index 8df06914d..0349959a1 100644
--- a/.ci/.matrix_exclude.yml
+++ b/.ci/.matrix_exclude.yml
@@ -217,6 +217,8 @@ exclude:
     FRAMEWORK: sanic-20.12
   - VERSION: python-3.6
     FRAMEWORK: sanic-newest
+  - VERSION: python-3.8
+    FRAMEWORK: sanic-newest
   - VERSION: pypy-3
     # aioredis
     FRAMEWORK: aioredis-newest
diff --git a/elasticapm/contrib/sanic/utils.py b/elasticapm/contrib/sanic/utils.py
index 91cb986e3..9744bf89b 100644
--- a/elasticapm/contrib/sanic/utils.py
+++ b/elasticapm/contrib/sanic/utils.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 from sanic import Sanic
 from sanic import __version__ as version
-from sanic.cookies import CookieJar
+from sanic.cookies import Cookie, CookieJar
 from sanic.request import Request
 from sanic.response import HTTPResponse
 
@@ -120,7 +120,14 @@ async def get_response_info(config: Config, response: HTTPResponse, event_type:
         result["status_code"] = response.status
 
     if config.capture_headers:
-        result["headers"] = dict(response.headers)
+
+        def normalize(v):
+            # we are getting entries for Set-Cookie headers as Cookie instances
+            if isinstance(v, Cookie):
+                return str(v)
+            return v
+
+        result["headers"] = {k: normalize(v) for k, v in response.headers.items()}
 
     if config.capture_body in ("all", event_type) and "octet-stream" not in response.content_type:
         result["body"] = response.body.decode("utf-8")
diff --git a/tests/contrib/sanic/fixtures.py b/tests/contrib/sanic/fixtures.py
index 0f231243c..e21bb00b9 100644
--- a/tests/contrib/sanic/fixtures.py
+++ b/tests/contrib/sanic/fixtures.py
@@ -158,7 +158,10 @@ async def custom_headers(request):
         @app.get("/add-cookies")
         async def add_cookies(request):
             response = json({"data": "message"}, headers={"sessionid": 1234555})
-            response.add_cookie("some", "cookie")
+            if hasattr(response, "add_cookie"):
+                response.add_cookie("some", "cookie")
+            else:
+                response.cookies["some"] = "cookie"
             return response
 
         try:
diff --git a/tests/contrib/sanic/sanic_tests.py b/tests/contrib/sanic/sanic_tests.py
index 291ceae7c..a59d508a1 100644
--- a/tests/contrib/sanic/sanic_tests.py
+++ b/tests/contrib/sanic/sanic_tests.py
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ def test_cookies_normalization(sanic_elastic_app, elasticapm_client):
     _, resp = sanic_app.test_client.get(
         "/add-cookies",
     )
+    assert resp.status_code == 200
     assert len(apm._client.events[constants.TRANSACTION]) == 1
     transaction = apm._client.events[constants.TRANSACTION][0]
     assert transaction["context"]["response"]["cookies"] == {"some": {"value": "cookie", "path": "/"}}