diff --git a/request/extractor.go b/request/extractor.go
index 6183080e..57de8b77 100644
--- a/request/extractor.go
+++ b/request/extractor.go
@@ -88,8 +88,10 @@ type BearerExtractor struct{}
 
 func (e BearerExtractor) ExtractToken(req *http.Request) (string, error) {
 	tokenHeader := req.Header.Get("Authorization")
-	if tokenHeader == "" || !strings.HasPrefix(tokenHeader, "Bearer ") {
+	// The usual convention is for "Bearer" to be title-cased. However, there's no
+	// strict rule around this, and it's best to follow the robustness principle here.
+	if tokenHeader == "" || !strings.HasPrefix(strings.ToLower(tokenHeader), "bearer ") {
 		return "", ErrNoTokenInRequest
 	}
-	return strings.TrimPrefix(tokenHeader, "Bearer "), nil
+	return tokenHeader[7:], nil
 }
diff --git a/request/extractor_test.go b/request/extractor_test.go
index b856eebe..5be2b5f3 100644
--- a/request/extractor_test.go
+++ b/request/extractor_test.go
@@ -91,16 +91,21 @@ func makeExampleRequest(method, path string, headers map[string]string, urlArgs
 }
 
 func TestBearerExtractor(t *testing.T) {
-	request := makeExampleRequest("POST", "https://example.com/", map[string]string{"Authorization": "Bearer 123"}, nil)
+	request := makeExampleRequest("POST", "https://example.com/", map[string]string{"Authorization": "Bearer ToKen"}, nil)
 	token, err := BearerExtractor{}.ExtractToken(request)
-	if err != nil || token != "123" {
+	if err != nil || token != "ToKen" {
 		t.Errorf("ExtractToken did not return token, returned: %v, %v", token, err)
 	}
 
-	request = makeExampleRequest("POST", "https://example.com/", map[string]string{"Authorization": "Bearo 123"}, nil)
-
+	request = makeExampleRequest("POST", "https://example.com/", map[string]string{"Authorization": "Bearo ToKen"}, nil)
 	token, err = BearerExtractor{}.ExtractToken(request)
 	if err == nil || token != "" {
 		t.Errorf("ExtractToken did not return error, returned: %v, %v", token, err)
 	}
+
+	request = makeExampleRequest("POST", "https://example.com/", map[string]string{"Authorization": "BeArEr HeLO"}, nil)
+	token, err = BearerExtractor{}.ExtractToken(request)
+	if err != nil || token != "HeLO" {
+		t.Errorf("ExtractToken did not return token, returned: %v, %v", token, err)
+	}
 }