diff --git a/middleware/cors/cors.go b/middleware/cors/cors.go
index e27e74cba8..9159a1340c 100644
--- a/middleware/cors/cors.go
+++ b/middleware/cors/cors.go
@@ -172,8 +172,9 @@ func New(config ...Config) fiber.Handler {
 		// Get originHeader header
 		originHeader := strings.ToLower(c.Get(fiber.HeaderOrigin))
 
-		// If the request does not have an Origin header, the request is outside the scope of CORS
-		if originHeader == "" {
+		// If the request does not have Origin and Access-Control-Request-Method
+		// headers, the request is outside the scope of CORS
+		if originHeader == "" || c.Get(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestMethod) == "" {
 			return c.Next()
 		}
 
@@ -211,8 +212,9 @@ func New(config ...Config) fiber.Handler {
 		}
 
 		// Simple request
+		// Ommit allowMethods and allowHeaders, only used for pre-flight requests
 		if c.Method() != fiber.MethodOptions {
-			setCORSHeaders(c, allowOrigin, allowMethods, allowHeaders, exposeHeaders, maxAge, cfg)
+			setCORSHeaders(c, allowOrigin, "", "", exposeHeaders, maxAge, cfg)
 			return c.Next()
 		}
 
@@ -233,14 +235,14 @@ func setCORSHeaders(c *fiber.Ctx, allowOrigin, allowMethods, allowHeaders, expos
 
 	if cfg.AllowCredentials {
 		// When AllowCredentials is true, set the Access-Control-Allow-Origin to the specific origin instead of '*'
-		if allowOrigin != "*" && allowOrigin != "" {
-			c.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlAllowOrigin, allowOrigin)
-			c.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlAllowCredentials, "true")
-		} else if allowOrigin == "*" {
+		if allowOrigin == "*" {
 			c.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlAllowOrigin, allowOrigin)
 			log.Warn("[CORS] 'AllowCredentials' is true, but 'AllowOrigins' cannot be set to '*'.")
+		} else if allowOrigin != "" {
+			c.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlAllowOrigin, allowOrigin)
+			c.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlAllowCredentials, "true")
 		}
-	} else if len(allowOrigin) > 0 {
+	} else if allowOrigin != "" {
 		// For non-credential requests, it's safe to set to '*' or specific origins
 		c.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlAllowOrigin, allowOrigin)
 	}
diff --git a/middleware/cors/cors_test.go b/middleware/cors/cors_test.go
index ff5cdd7c25..c56d3c503b 100644
--- a/middleware/cors/cors_test.go
+++ b/middleware/cors/cors_test.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ func Test_CORS_Negative_MaxAge(t *testing.T) {
 
 	ctx := &fasthttp.RequestCtx{}
 	ctx.Request.Header.SetMethod(fiber.MethodOptions)
+	ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestMethod, fiber.MethodGet)
 	ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderOrigin, "http://localhost")
 	app.Handler()(ctx)
 
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ func testDefaultOrEmptyConfig(t *testing.T, app *fiber.App) {
 	// Test default GET response headers
 	ctx := &fasthttp.RequestCtx{}
 	ctx.Request.Header.SetMethod(fiber.MethodGet)
+	ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestMethod, fiber.MethodGet)
 	ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderOrigin, "http://localhost")
 	h(ctx)
 
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ func testDefaultOrEmptyConfig(t *testing.T, app *fiber.App) {
 	// Test default OPTIONS (preflight) response headers
 	ctx = &fasthttp.RequestCtx{}
 	ctx.Request.Header.SetMethod(fiber.MethodOptions)
+	ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestMethod, fiber.MethodGet)
 	ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderOrigin, "http://localhost")
 	h(ctx)
 
@@ -87,6 +90,7 @@ func Test_CORS_Wildcard(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx.Request.SetRequestURI("/")
 	ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderOrigin, "http://localhost")
 	ctx.Request.Header.SetMethod(fiber.MethodOptions)
+	ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestMethod, fiber.MethodGet)
 
 	// Perform request
 	handler(ctx)
@@ -101,6 +105,7 @@ func Test_CORS_Wildcard(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx = &fasthttp.RequestCtx{}
 	ctx.Request.Header.SetMethod(fiber.MethodGet)
 	ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderOrigin, "http://localhost")
+	ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestMethod, fiber.MethodGet)
 	handler(ctx)
 
 	utils.AssertEqual(t, "", string(ctx.Response.Header.Peek(fiber.HeaderAccessControlAllowCredentials)))
@@ -128,6 +133,7 @@ func Test_CORS_Origin_AllowCredentials(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx.Request.SetRequestURI("/")
 	ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderOrigin, "http://localhost")
 	ctx.Request.Header.SetMethod(fiber.MethodOptions)
+	ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestMethod, fiber.MethodGet)
 
 	// Perform request
 	handler(ctx)
@@ -141,6 +147,7 @@ func Test_CORS_Origin_AllowCredentials(t *testing.T) {
 	// Test non OPTIONS (preflight) response headers
 	ctx = &fasthttp.RequestCtx{}
 	ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderOrigin, "http://localhost")
+	ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestMethod, fiber.MethodGet)
 	ctx.Request.Header.SetMethod(fiber.MethodGet)
 	handler(ctx)
 
@@ -226,6 +233,7 @@ func Test_CORS_Subdomain(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := &fasthttp.RequestCtx{}
 	ctx.Request.SetRequestURI("/")
 	ctx.Request.Header.SetMethod(fiber.MethodOptions)
+	ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestMethod, fiber.MethodGet)
 	ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderOrigin, "http://google.com")
 
 	// Perform request
@@ -240,6 +248,7 @@ func Test_CORS_Subdomain(t *testing.T) {
 	// Make request with domain only (disallowed)
 	ctx.Request.SetRequestURI("/")
 	ctx.Request.Header.SetMethod(fiber.MethodOptions)
+	ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestMethod, fiber.MethodGet)
 	ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderOrigin, "http://example.com")
 
 	handler(ctx)
@@ -252,6 +261,7 @@ func Test_CORS_Subdomain(t *testing.T) {
 	// Make request with allowed origin
 	ctx.Request.SetRequestURI("/")
 	ctx.Request.Header.SetMethod(fiber.MethodOptions)
+	ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestMethod, fiber.MethodGet)
 	ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderOrigin, "http://test.example.com")
 
 	handler(ctx)
@@ -366,6 +376,7 @@ func Test_CORS_AllowOriginScheme(t *testing.T) {
 		ctx := &fasthttp.RequestCtx{}
 		ctx.Request.SetRequestURI("/")
 		ctx.Request.Header.SetMethod(fiber.MethodOptions)
+		ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestMethod, fiber.MethodGet)
 		ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderOrigin, tt.reqOrigin)
 
 		handler(ctx)
@@ -422,6 +433,90 @@ func Test_CORS_Next(t *testing.T) {
 	utils.AssertEqual(t, fiber.StatusNotFound, resp.StatusCode)
 }
 
+// go test -run Test_CORS_Headers_BasedOnRequestType
+func Test_CORS_Headers_BasedOnRequestType(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	app := fiber.New()
+	app.Use(New(Config{}))
+
+	methods := []string{
+		fiber.MethodGet,
+		fiber.MethodPost,
+		fiber.MethodPut,
+		fiber.MethodDelete,
+		fiber.MethodPatch,
+		fiber.MethodHead,
+	}
+
+	// Get handler pointer
+	handler := app.Handler()
+
+	t.Run("Without origin and Access-Control-Request-Method headers", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// Make request without origin header, and without Access-Control-Request-Method
+		for _, method := range methods {
+			ctx := &fasthttp.RequestCtx{}
+			ctx.Request.Header.SetMethod(method)
+			ctx.Request.SetRequestURI("https://example.com/")
+			handler(ctx)
+			utils.AssertEqual(t, "", string(ctx.Response.Header.Peek(fiber.HeaderAccessControlAllowOrigin)), "Access-Control-Allow-Origin header should not be set")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("With origin but without Access-Control-Request-Method header", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// Make request with origin header, but without Access-Control-Request-Method
+		for _, method := range methods {
+			ctx := &fasthttp.RequestCtx{}
+			ctx.Request.Header.SetMethod(method)
+			ctx.Request.SetRequestURI("https://example.com/")
+			ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderOrigin, "http://example.com")
+			handler(ctx)
+			utils.AssertEqual(t, "", string(ctx.Response.Header.Peek(fiber.HeaderAccessControlAllowOrigin)), "Access-Control-Allow-Origin header should not be set")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Without origin but with Access-Control-Request-Method header", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// Make request without origin header, but with Access-Control-Request-Method
+		for _, method := range methods {
+			ctx := &fasthttp.RequestCtx{}
+			ctx.Request.Header.SetMethod(method)
+			ctx.Request.SetRequestURI("https://example.com/")
+			ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestMethod, fiber.MethodGet)
+			handler(ctx)
+			utils.AssertEqual(t, "", string(ctx.Response.Header.Peek(fiber.HeaderAccessControlAllowOrigin)), "Access-Control-Allow-Origin header should not be set")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Preflight request with origin and Access-Control-Request-Method headers", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// Make preflight request with origin header and with Access-Control-Request-Method
+		for _, method := range methods {
+			ctx := &fasthttp.RequestCtx{}
+			ctx.Request.Header.SetMethod(fiber.MethodOptions)
+			ctx.Request.SetRequestURI("https://example.com/")
+			ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderOrigin, "http://example.com")
+			ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestMethod, method)
+			handler(ctx)
+			utils.AssertEqual(t, "*", string(ctx.Response.Header.Peek(fiber.HeaderAccessControlAllowOrigin)), "Access-Control-Allow-Origin header should be set")
+			utils.AssertEqual(t, "GET,POST,HEAD,PUT,DELETE,PATCH", string(ctx.Response.Header.Peek(fiber.HeaderAccessControlAllowMethods)), "Access-Control-Allow-Methods header should be set (preflight request)")
+			utils.AssertEqual(t, "", string(ctx.Response.Header.Peek(fiber.HeaderAccessControlAllowHeaders)), "Access-Control-Allow-Headers header should be set (preflight request)")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Non-preflight request with origin and Access-Control-Request-Method headers", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// Make non-preflight request with origin header and with Access-Control-Request-Method
+		for _, method := range methods {
+			ctx := &fasthttp.RequestCtx{}
+			ctx.Request.Header.SetMethod(method)
+			ctx.Request.SetRequestURI("https://example.com/api/action")
+			ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderOrigin, "http://example.com")
+			ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestMethod, method)
+			handler(ctx)
+			utils.AssertEqual(t, "*", string(ctx.Response.Header.Peek(fiber.HeaderAccessControlAllowOrigin)), "Access-Control-Allow-Origin header should be set")
+			utils.AssertEqual(t, "", string(ctx.Response.Header.Peek(fiber.HeaderAccessControlAllowMethods)), "Access-Control-Allow-Methods header should not be set (non-preflight request)")
+			utils.AssertEqual(t, "", string(ctx.Response.Header.Peek(fiber.HeaderAccessControlAllowHeaders)), "Access-Control-Allow-Headers header should not be set (non-preflight request)")
+		}
+	})
+}
+
 func Test_CORS_AllowOriginsAndAllowOriginsFunc(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	// New fiber instance
@@ -440,6 +535,7 @@ func Test_CORS_AllowOriginsAndAllowOriginsFunc(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := &fasthttp.RequestCtx{}
 	ctx.Request.SetRequestURI("/")
 	ctx.Request.Header.SetMethod(fiber.MethodOptions)
+	ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestMethod, fiber.MethodGet)
 	ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderOrigin, "http://google.com")
 
 	// Perform request
@@ -454,6 +550,7 @@ func Test_CORS_AllowOriginsAndAllowOriginsFunc(t *testing.T) {
 	// Make request with allowed origin
 	ctx.Request.SetRequestURI("/")
 	ctx.Request.Header.SetMethod(fiber.MethodOptions)
+	ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestMethod, fiber.MethodGet)
 	ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderOrigin, "http://example-1.com")
 
 	handler(ctx)
@@ -466,6 +563,7 @@ func Test_CORS_AllowOriginsAndAllowOriginsFunc(t *testing.T) {
 	// Make request with allowed origin
 	ctx.Request.SetRequestURI("/")
 	ctx.Request.Header.SetMethod(fiber.MethodOptions)
+	ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestMethod, fiber.MethodGet)
 	ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderOrigin, "http://example-2.com")
 
 	handler(ctx)
@@ -505,6 +603,7 @@ func Test_CORS_AllowOriginsFunc(t *testing.T) {
 	// Make request with allowed origin
 	ctx.Request.SetRequestURI("/")
 	ctx.Request.Header.SetMethod(fiber.MethodOptions)
+	ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestMethod, fiber.MethodGet)
 	ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderOrigin, "http://example-2.com")
 
 	handler(ctx)
@@ -652,6 +751,7 @@ func Test_CORS_AllowOriginsAndAllowOriginsFunc_AllUseCases(t *testing.T) {
 			ctx := &fasthttp.RequestCtx{}
 			ctx.Request.SetRequestURI("/")
 			ctx.Request.Header.SetMethod(fiber.MethodOptions)
+			ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestMethod, fiber.MethodGet)
 			ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderOrigin, tc.RequestOrigin)
 
 			handler(ctx)
@@ -742,6 +842,7 @@ func Test_CORS_AllowCredentials(t *testing.T) {
 			ctx := &fasthttp.RequestCtx{}
 			ctx.Request.SetRequestURI("/")
 			ctx.Request.Header.SetMethod(fiber.MethodOptions)
+			ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestMethod, fiber.MethodGet)
 			ctx.Request.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderOrigin, tc.RequestOrigin)
 
 			handler(ctx)