diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Synchronization.Test/ForwardHeaderProviderTests.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Synchronization.Test/ForwardHeaderProviderTests.cs
index 8fdee4f9018a..78df4b4c558d 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Synchronization.Test/ForwardHeaderProviderTests.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Synchronization.Test/ForwardHeaderProviderTests.cs
@@ -248,6 +248,31 @@ public async Task Cache_block_headers_unless_peer_changed()
         await newSyncPeer.Received(1).GetBlockHeaders(Arg.Any<long>(), Arg.Any<int>(), Arg.Any<int>(), Arg.Any<CancellationToken>());
     }
 
+    [Test]
+    public async Task Cache_block_headers_with_disposal()
+    {
+        await using IContainer node = CreateNode();
+        Context ctx = node.Resolve<Context>();
+
+        ISyncPeer syncPeer = Substitute.For<ISyncPeer>();
+        syncPeer.TotalDifficulty.Returns(UInt256.MaxValue);
+        syncPeer.GetBlockHeaders(Arg.Any<long>(), Arg.Any<int>(), Arg.Any<int>(), Arg.Any<CancellationToken>())
+            .Returns(ci => ctx.ResponseBuilder.BuildHeaderResponse(ci.ArgAt<long>(0), ci.ArgAt<int>(1), Response.AllCorrect));
+
+        PeerInfo peerInfo = new(syncPeer);
+        syncPeer.HeadNumber.Returns(1000);
+        ctx.ConfigureBestPeer(peerInfo);
+
+        IForwardHeaderProvider forwardHeader = ctx.ForwardHeaderProvider;
+
+        using IOwnedReadOnlyList<BlockHeader?>? headers1 = await forwardHeader.GetBlockHeaders(0, 128, CancellationToken.None);
+        headers1.Should().NotBeNull();
+        using IOwnedReadOnlyList<BlockHeader?>? headers2 = await forwardHeader.GetBlockHeaders(0, 128, CancellationToken.None);
+        headers2.Should().NotBeNull();
+
+        await syncPeer.Received(1).GetBlockHeaders(Arg.Any<long>(), Arg.Any<int>(), Arg.Any<int>(), Arg.Any<CancellationToken>());
+    }
+
     private class SlowSealValidator : ISealValidator
     {
         public bool ValidateParams(BlockHeader parent, BlockHeader header, bool isUncle = false)
diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Synchronization/Blocks/PowForwardHeaderProvider.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Synchronization/Blocks/PowForwardHeaderProvider.cs
index 640252a7f686..b2905f365de2 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Synchronization/Blocks/PowForwardHeaderProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Synchronization/Blocks/PowForwardHeaderProvider.cs
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ private IOwnedReadOnlyList<BlockHeader>? LastResponseBatch
         }
 
         LastResponseBatch = newResponse;
-        return LastResponseBatch;
+        return newResponse.ToPooledList(newResponse.Count);
     }
 
     private void OnNewBestPeer(PeerInfo newBestPeer)