diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-adapter-azure-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/adapter/azure/web/PetData.java b/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-adapter-azure-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/adapter/azure/web/PetData.java
index 59989bf8a..7bfeb5241 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-adapter-azure-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/adapter/azure/web/PetData.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-adapter-azure-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/adapter/azure/web/PetData.java
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom;
 
-public class PetData {
+public final class PetData {
+	private PetData() {
+
+	}
 	private static List<String> breeds = new ArrayList<>();
 	static {
 		breeds.add("Afghan Hound");
diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-adapter-gcp/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/adapter/gcp/FunctionInvoker.java b/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-adapter-gcp/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/adapter/gcp/FunctionInvoker.java
index 062787d84..7c3f512ab 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-adapter-gcp/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/adapter/gcp/FunctionInvoker.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-adapter-gcp/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/adapter/gcp/FunctionInvoker.java
@@ -121,7 +121,15 @@ public class FunctionInvoker implements HttpFunction, RawBackgroundFunction {
 
 		if (result != null) {
 			MessageHeaders headers = result.getHeaders();
-			httpResponse.setContentType(result.getHeaders().get(MessageHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE).toString());
+			if (result.getHeaders().containsKey(MessageHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE)) {
+				httpResponse.setContentType(result.getHeaders().get(MessageHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE).toString());
+			}
+			else if (result.getHeaders().containsKey("Content-Type")) {
+				httpResponse.setContentType(result.getHeaders().get("Content-Type").toString());
+			}
+			else {
+				httpRequest.getContentType().ifPresent(contentType -> httpResponse.setContentType(contentType));
+			}
 			httpResponse.getWriter().write(new String(result.getPayload(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
 			for (Entry<String, Object> header : headers.entrySet()) {
 				Object values = header.getValue();
@@ -133,7 +141,6 @@ public class FunctionInvoker implements HttpFunction, RawBackgroundFunction {
 					httpResponse.appendHeader(header.getKey(), header.getValue().toString());
 				}
 			}
-			httpRequest.getContentType().ifPresent(contentType -> httpResponse.setContentType(contentType));
 
 			if (headers.containsKey(HTTP_STATUS_CODE)) {
 				if (headers.get(HTTP_STATUS_CODE) instanceof Integer) {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-adapter-gcp/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/adapter/gcp/FunctionInvokerHttpTests.java b/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-adapter-gcp/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/adapter/gcp/FunctionInvokerHttpTests.java
index c178414ae..d02d322eb 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-adapter-gcp/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/adapter/gcp/FunctionInvokerHttpTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-adapter-gcp/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/adapter/gcp/FunctionInvokerHttpTests.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
 import org.springframework.messaging.Message;
+import org.springframework.messaging.MessageHeaders;
 import org.springframework.messaging.support.MessageBuilder;
 
 import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ public class FunctionInvokerHttpTests {
 		bufferedWriter.close();
 
 		verify(response).setStatusCode(404);
-
+		verify(response).setContentType("text/plain");
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -200,7 +201,7 @@ public class FunctionInvokerHttpTests {
 
 			String payload = "hello";
 
-			Message<String> msg = MessageBuilder.withPayload(payload).setHeader("statusCode", 404)
+			Message<String> msg = MessageBuilder.withPayload(payload).setHeader("statusCode", 404).setHeader(MessageHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, "text/plain")
 				.build();
 
 			return x -> msg;
diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-grpc-cloudevent-ext/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-grpc-cloudevent-ext/pom.xml
index e784e5ea4..b8e77fb60 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-grpc-cloudevent-ext/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-grpc-cloudevent-ext/pom.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@
 		</extensions>
 		<plugins>
 			<plugin>
+	            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+	            <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+	            <executions>
+	                <execution>
+	                    <id>checkstyle-validation</id>
+	                    <phase>none</phase>
+	                </execution>
+	            </executions>
+	        </plugin>
+			<plugin>
 		      <groupId>org.xolstice.maven.plugins</groupId>
 		      <artifactId>protobuf-maven-plugin</artifactId>
 		      <version>0.6.1</version>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-serverless-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/test/app/PetData.java b/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-serverless-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/test/app/PetData.java
index 90b2a736f..ac00af9ef 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-serverless-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/test/app/PetData.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-serverless-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/test/app/PetData.java
@@ -24,8 +24,13 @@ import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom;
 
-public class PetData {
+public final class PetData {
 	private static List<String> breeds = new ArrayList<>();
+
+	private PetData() {
+
+	}
+
 	static {
 		breeds.add("Afghan Hound");
 		breeds.add("Beagle");
diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-serverless-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/test/app/PetStoreSpringAppConfig.java b/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-serverless-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/test/app/PetStoreSpringAppConfig.java
index 2cd6d734b..2a02c3267 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-serverless-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/test/app/PetStoreSpringAppConfig.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-serverless-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/test/app/PetStoreSpringAppConfig.java
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ public class PetStoreSpringAppConfig {
 	}
 
 	public static class SimpleFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {
+		/**
+		 *
+		 */
 		public boolean invoked;
 
 		@Override
@@ -146,6 +149,10 @@ public class PetStoreSpringAppConfig {
 	}
 
 	public static class AnotherFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {
+
+		/**
+		 *
+		 */
 		public boolean invoked;
 		@Override
 		protected void doFilterInternal(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response,
diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/SimpleFunctionRegistry.java b/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/SimpleFunctionRegistry.java
index cba41a6a4..4a9317a8f 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/SimpleFunctionRegistry.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/SimpleFunctionRegistry.java
@@ -1438,9 +1438,15 @@ public class SimpleFunctionRegistry implements FunctionRegistry {
 		 */
 		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 		private Object convertOutputMessageIfNecessary(Object output, String expectedOutputContetntType) {
-			String contentType = ((Message) output).getHeaders().containsKey(FunctionProperties.EXPECT_CONTENT_TYPE_HEADER)
-					? (String) ((Message) output).getHeaders().get(FunctionProperties.EXPECT_CONTENT_TYPE_HEADER)
-							: expectedOutputContetntType;
+			String contentType;
+			if (((Message) output).getHeaders().containsKey(MessageHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE)) {
+				contentType = ((Message) output).getHeaders().get(MessageHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE).toString();
+			}
+			else {
+				contentType = ((Message) output).getHeaders().containsKey(FunctionProperties.EXPECT_CONTENT_TYPE_HEADER)
+						? (String) ((Message) output).getHeaders().get(FunctionProperties.EXPECT_CONTENT_TYPE_HEADER)
+								: expectedOutputContetntType;
+			}
 
 			if (StringUtils.hasText(contentType)) {
 				Map<String, Object> headersMap = new HashMap(((Message) output).getHeaders());