diff --git a/extensions/trace-propagators/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/extension/trace/propagation/OtTracePropagator.java b/extensions/trace-propagators/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/extension/trace/propagation/OtTracePropagator.java
index 10f3c8d8e8e..a8ebb8c7a6e 100644
--- a/extensions/trace-propagators/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/extension/trace/propagation/OtTracePropagator.java
+++ b/extensions/trace-propagators/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/extension/trace/propagation/OtTracePropagator.java
@@ -146,7 +146,8 @@ public <C> Context extract(Context context, @Nullable C carrier, TextMapGetter<C
           break;
         }
         String lowercaseKey = key.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
-        if (!lowercaseKey.startsWith(PREFIX_BAGGAGE_HEADER)) {
+        if (!lowercaseKey.startsWith(PREFIX_BAGGAGE_HEADER)
+            || lowercaseKey.length() == PREFIX_BAGGAGE_HEADER.length()) {
           continue;
         }
         String value = getter.get(carrier, key);
diff --git a/extensions/trace-propagators/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/extension/trace/propagation/OtTracePropagatorTest.java b/extensions/trace-propagators/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/extension/trace/propagation/OtTracePropagatorTest.java
index c2b7f67200e..6a7fa9789f5 100644
--- a/extensions/trace-propagators/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/extension/trace/propagation/OtTracePropagatorTest.java
+++ b/extensions/trace-propagators/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/extension/trace/propagation/OtTracePropagatorTest.java
@@ -390,6 +390,19 @@ void extract_Baggage_CapitalizedHeaders() {
     assertThat(Baggage.fromContext(context)).isEqualTo(expectedBaggage);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void extract_Baggage_EmptyKey() {
+    Map<String, String> carrier = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+    carrier.put(OtTracePropagator.TRACE_ID_HEADER, TRACE_ID);
+    carrier.put(OtTracePropagator.SPAN_ID_HEADER, SPAN_ID);
+    carrier.put(OtTracePropagator.SAMPLED_HEADER, Common.TRUE_INT);
+    carrier.put(OtTracePropagator.PREFIX_BAGGAGE_HEADER, "value"); // Not really a valid key.
+
+    Context context = propagator.extract(Context.current(), carrier, getter);
+
+    assertThat(Baggage.fromContext(context)).isEqualTo(Baggage.empty());
+  }
+
   @Test
   void extract_Baggage_InvalidContext() {
     Map<String, String> carrier = new LinkedHashMap<>();