diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/headers/observation/ObservedResponseHttpHeadersFilter.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/headers/observation/ObservedResponseHttpHeadersFilter.java
index 135bd560..1902b6e5 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/headers/observation/ObservedResponseHttpHeadersFilter.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/headers/observation/ObservedResponseHttpHeadersFilter.java
@@ -44,13 +44,15 @@ public class ObservedResponseHttpHeadersFilter implements HttpHeadersFilter {
 		if (childObservation == null) {
 			return input;
 		}
-		GatewayContext context = (GatewayContext) childObservation.getContext();
-		if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
-			log.debug("Will instrument the response");
-		}
-		context.setResponse(exchange.getResponse());
-		if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
-			log.debug("The response was handled for observation " + childObservation);
+		Observation.Context childObservationContext = childObservation.getContext();
+		if (childObservationContext instanceof GatewayContext context) {
+			if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
+				log.debug("Will instrument the response");
+			}
+			context.setResponse(exchange.getResponse());
+			if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
+				log.debug("The response was handled for observation " + childObservation);
+			}
 		}
 		childObservation.stop();
 		exchange.getAttributes().put(OBSERVATION_STOPPED, "true");
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/headers/observation/ObservedResponseHttpHeadersFilterTests.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/headers/observation/ObservedResponseHttpHeadersFilterTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..64ba0135
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/headers/observation/ObservedResponseHttpHeadersFilterTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013-2022 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.cloud.gateway.filter.headers.observation;
+
+import io.micrometer.observation.Observation;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import org.springframework.cloud.gateway.support.ServerWebExchangeUtils;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
+import org.springframework.mock.http.server.reactive.MockServerHttpRequest;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.server.MockServerWebExchange;
+import org.springframework.web.server.ServerWebExchange;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.BDDAssertions.thenNoException;
+
+class ObservedResponseHttpHeadersFilterTests {
+
+	@Test
+	void shouldDoNothingWhenObservationIsNoOp() {
+		MockServerHttpRequest request = MockServerHttpRequest.get("/get").build();
+		ServerWebExchange exchange = MockServerWebExchange.from(request);
+		exchange.getAttributes().put(ServerWebExchangeUtils.GATEWAY_OBSERVATION_ATTR, Observation.NOOP);
+		ObservedResponseHttpHeadersFilter filter = new ObservedResponseHttpHeadersFilter();
+
+		thenNoException().isThrownBy(() -> filter.filter(new HttpHeaders(), exchange));
+	}
+
+}