diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Messenger/Bridge/AmazonSqs/Transport/Connection.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Messenger/Bridge/AmazonSqs/Transport/Connection.php
index e321c7219290c..f0781fee0b719 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Messenger/Bridge/AmazonSqs/Transport/Connection.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Messenger/Bridge/AmazonSqs/Transport/Connection.php
@@ -290,10 +290,28 @@ public function send(string $body, array $headers, int $delay = 0, ?string $mess
             'MessageAttributes' => [],
         ];
 
-        $parameters['MessageAttributes'][self::MESSAGE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME] = new MessageAttributeValue([
-            'DataType' => 'String',
-            'StringValue' => \json_encode($headers),
-        ]);
+        $specialHeaders = [];
+        foreach ($headers as $name => $value) {
+            if ($name[0] === '.' || $name === self::MESSAGE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME || \strlen($name) > 256 || \substr($name, -1) === '.' || \substr($name, 0, \strlen('AWS.')) === 'AWS.' || \substr($name, 0, \strlen('Amazon.')) === 'Amazon.' || \preg_match('/([^a-zA-Z0-9_\.-]+|\.\.)/', $name)) {
+                $specialHeaders[$name] = $value;
+
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $parameters['MessageAttributes'][$name] = new MessageAttributeValue([
+                'DataType' => 'String',
+                'StringValue' => $value,
+            ]);
+        }
+
+        if (!empty($specialHeaders)) {
+            $parameters['MessageAttributes'][self::MESSAGE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME] = new MessageAttributeValue([
+                'DataType' => 'String',
+                'StringValue' => \json_encode($specialHeaders),
+            ]);
+        }
+
+        dd($parameters);
 
         if (self::isFifoQueue($this->configuration['queue_name'])) {
             $parameters['MessageGroupId'] = null !== $messageGroupId ? $messageGroupId : __METHOD__;