diff --git a/src/run/headers.ts b/src/run/headers.ts
index c93c0a605..7d0ab3522 100644
--- a/src/run/headers.ts
+++ b/src/run/headers.ts
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ export const setCacheControlHeaders = (
 
   if (
     cacheControl === null &&
+    ['GET', 'HEAD'].includes(request.method) &&
     !headers.has('cdn-cache-control') &&
     !headers.has('netlify-cdn-cache-control') &&
     requestContext.usedFsReadForNonFallback