diff --git a/lib/_http_server.js b/lib/_http_server.js
index 1d1bc37c47e109..0c0f61b2aa1316 100644
--- a/lib/_http_server.js
+++ b/lib/_http_server.js
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ const {
   kUniqueHeaders,
   parseUniqueHeadersOption,
   OutgoingMessage,
+  validateHeaderName,
+  validateHeaderValue,
 } = require('_http_outgoing');
 const {
   kOutHeaders,
@@ -339,6 +341,8 @@ ServerResponse.prototype.writeEarlyHints = function writeEarlyHints(hints, cb) {
   for (let i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
     const key = keys[i];
     if (key !== 'link') {
+      validateHeaderName(key);
+      validateHeaderValue(key, hints[key]);
       head += key + ': ' + hints[key] + '\r\n';
     }
   }
diff --git a/lib/internal/http2/compat.js b/lib/internal/http2/compat.js
index d1728278713fad..64eefcfb91eba8 100644
--- a/lib/internal/http2/compat.js
+++ b/lib/internal/http2/compat.js
@@ -913,7 +913,11 @@ class Http2ServerResponse extends Stream {
 
     for (const key of ObjectKeys(hints)) {
       if (key !== 'link') {
-        headers[key] = hints[key];
+        const name = key.trim().toLowerCase();
+        assertValidHeader(name, hints[key]);
+        if (!checkIsHttpToken(name))
+          throw new ERR_INVALID_HTTP_TOKEN('Header name', name);
+        headers[name] = hints[key];
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-early-hints-invalid-argument.js b/test/parallel/test-http-early-hints-invalid-argument.js
index f776bcafa40ed3..f494dfae8323f3 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-early-hints-invalid-argument.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-early-hints-invalid-argument.js
@@ -31,6 +31,20 @@ const testResBody = 'response content\n';
       });
     }, (err) => err.code === 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE');
 
+    assert.throws(() => {
+      res.writeEarlyHints({
+        'link': '</styles.css>; rel=preload; as=style',
+        'x-bad\r\n': 'value',
+      });
+    }, (err) => err.code === 'ERR_INVALID_HTTP_TOKEN');
+
+    assert.throws(() => {
+      res.writeEarlyHints({
+        'link': '</styles.css>; rel=preload; as=style',
+        'x-custom': 'bad\r\nvalue',
+      });
+    }, (err) => err.code === 'ERR_INVALID_CHAR');
+
     debug('Server sending full response...');
     res.end(testResBody);
     server.close();
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http2-compat-write-early-hints-invalid-header.js b/test/parallel/test-http2-compat-write-early-hints-invalid-header.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..222c8e997cfb72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http2-compat-write-early-hints-invalid-header.js
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+if (!common.hasCrypto) common.skip('missing crypto');
+
+const assert = require('node:assert');
+const http2 = require('node:http2');
+const debug = require('node:util').debuglog('test');
+
+const testResBody = 'response content';
+
+{
+  const server = http2.createServer();
+
+  server.on('request', common.mustCall((req, res) => {
+    debug('Server sending early hints...');
+
+    assert.throws(() => {
+      res.writeEarlyHints({
+        'link': '</styles.css>; rel=preload; as=style',
+        'x\rbad': 'value',
+      });
+    }, (err) => err.code === 'ERR_INVALID_HTTP_TOKEN');
+
+    assert.throws(() => {
+      res.writeEarlyHints({
+        'link': '</styles.css>; rel=preload; as=style',
+        'x-custom': undefined,
+      });
+    }, (err) => err.code === 'ERR_HTTP2_INVALID_HEADER_VALUE');
+
+    debug('Server sending full response...');
+    res.end(testResBody);
+  }));
+
+  server.listen(0);
+
+  server.on('listening', common.mustCall(() => {
+    const client = http2.connect(`http://localhost:${server.address().port}`);
+    const req = client.request();
+
+    debug('Client sending request...');
+
+    req.on('headers', common.mustNotCall());
+
+    req.on('response', common.mustCall((headers) => {
+      assert.strictEqual(headers[':status'], 200);
+    }));
+
+    let data = '';
+    req.on('data', common.mustCallAtLeast((d) => data += d));
+
+    req.on('end', common.mustCall(() => {
+      debug('Got full response.');
+      assert.strictEqual(data, testResBody);
+      client.close();
+      server.close();
+    }));
+  }));
+}