diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.collector.core/Rfc6265Cookie.scala b/core/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.collector.core/Rfc6265Cookie.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..983f2087d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.collector.core/Rfc6265Cookie.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/**
+  * Copyright (c) 2013-present Snowplow Analytics Ltd.
+  * All rights reserved.
+  *
+  * This software is made available by Snowplow Analytics, Ltd.,
+  * under the terms of the Snowplow Limited Use License Agreement, Version 1.0
+  * located at https://docs.snowplow.io/limited-use-license-1.0
+  * BY INSTALLING, DOWNLOADING, ACCESSING, USING OR DISTRIBUTING ANY PORTION
+  * OF THE SOFTWARE, YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF SUCH LICENSE AGREEMENT.
+  */
+package com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.collector.core
+
+object Rfc6265Cookie {
+
+  // See https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc6265.txt
+  private val allowedChars = Set(0x21.toChar) ++
+    Set(0x23.toChar to 0x2b.toChar: _*) ++
+    Set(0x2d.toChar to 0x3a.toChar: _*) ++
+    Set(0x3c.toChar to 0x5b.toChar: _*) ++
+    Set(0x5d.toChar to 0x7e.toChar: _*)
+
+  // Remove all the sub-parts (between two ';') that contain unauthorized characters
+  def parse(rawCookie: String): Option[String] =
+    rawCookie.replaceAll(" ", "").split(";").filter(_.forall(allowedChars.contains)).mkString(";") match {
+      case s if s.nonEmpty => Some(s)
+      case _               => None
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.collector.core/Service.scala b/core/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.collector.core/Service.scala
index 9acff5b66..78121d16d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.collector.core/Service.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.collector.core/Service.scala
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ class Service[F[_]: Sync](
         case ci"X-Forwarded-For" | ci"X-Real-Ip" | ci"Cookie" if spAnonymous.isDefined => None
         // FIXME: This is a temporary backport of old akka behaviour we will remove by
         //        adapting enrich to support a CIString header names as per RFC7230#Section-3.2
-        case ci"Cookie" => Some(s"Cookie: ${h.value}")
+        case ci"Cookie" => Rfc6265Cookie.parse(h.value).map(c => s"Cookie: $c")
         case _          => Some(h.toString())
       }
     }
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.collector.core/Rfc6265CookieSpec.scala b/core/src/test/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.collector.core/Rfc6265CookieSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..59950e9a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.collector.core/Rfc6265CookieSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.collector.core
+
+import org.specs2.mutable.Specification
+
+class Rfc6265CookieSpec extends Specification {
+  val valid1    = "name=value"
+  val valid2    = "name1=value2"
+  val bothValid = s"$valid1;$valid2"
+  val invalid   = "{\"key\": \"value\"}"
+
+  "Rfc6265Cookie.parse" should {
+    "leave a valid cookie as is" in {
+      Rfc6265Cookie.parse(valid1) must beSome(valid1)
+      Rfc6265Cookie.parse(bothValid) must beSome(bothValid)
+    }
+
+    "remove whitespaces" in {
+      Rfc6265Cookie.parse(s" $valid1 ") must beSome(valid1)
+      Rfc6265Cookie.parse("name = value") must beSome(valid1)
+    }
+
+    "remove invalid parts" in {
+      Rfc6265Cookie.parse(s"$invalid;$valid1;$valid2") must beSome(bothValid)
+      Rfc6265Cookie.parse(s"$valid1;$invalid;$valid2") must beSome(bothValid)
+      Rfc6265Cookie.parse(s"$valid1;$valid2;$invalid") must beSome(bothValid)
+    }
+
+    "return None if no valid part is left" in {
+      Rfc6265Cookie.parse(invalid) must beNone
+      Rfc6265Cookie.parse(s";$invalid;") must beNone
+      Rfc6265Cookie.parse(";") must beNone
+      Rfc6265Cookie.parse(";;") must beNone
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.collector.core/ServiceSpec.scala b/core/src/test/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.collector.core/ServiceSpec.scala
index 164b30cf5..a40f1ba52 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.collector.core/ServiceSpec.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.collector.core/ServiceSpec.scala
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ class ServiceSpec extends Specification {
           "Content-Type: application/json",
           "X-Forwarded-For: 192.0.2.3",
           "Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true",
-          "Cookie: cookie=value; sp=dfdb716e-ecf9-4d00-8b10-44edfbc8a108",
+          "Cookie: cookie=value;sp=dfdb716e-ecf9-4d00-8b10-44edfbc8a108",
           "image/gif"
         ).asJava
         e.contentType shouldEqual "image/gif"