diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/ServerPropertiesTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/ServerPropertiesTests.java
index bf00a27d935..6ad3b20bc70 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/ServerPropertiesTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/ServerPropertiesTests.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine;
 import org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve;
 import org.apache.catalina.valves.RemoteIpValve;
 import org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol;
+import org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Nio2Protocol;
 import org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AbstractEndpoint;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.ee10.servlet.ServletContextHandler;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server;
@@ -220,6 +221,12 @@ class ServerPropertiesTests {
 		assertThat(this.properties.getMaxHttpRequestHeaderSize()).isEqualTo(DataSize.ofKilobytes(1));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void defaultMaxHttpRequestHeaderSizeMatchesTomcatsDefault() {
+		assertThat(this.properties.getMaxHttpRequestHeaderSize().toBytes())
+			.isEqualTo(new Http11Nio2Protocol().getMaxHttpRequestHeaderSize());
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void testCustomizeTomcatMaxThreads() {
 		bind("server.tomcat.threads.max", "10");