diff --git a/contrib/gin-gonic/gin/appsec.go b/contrib/gin-gonic/gin/appsec.go
index 46dda96700..791462016d 100644
--- a/contrib/gin-gonic/gin/appsec.go
+++ b/contrib/gin-gonic/gin/appsec.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func useAppSec(c *gin.Context, span tracer.Span) {
 		c.Request = r
 		c.Next()
 	})
-	httpsec.WrapHandler(httpWrapper, span, params, func() {
-		c.Abort()
+	httpsec.WrapHandler(httpWrapper, span, params, &httpsec.Config{
+		OnBlock: []func(){func() { c.Abort() }},
 	}).ServeHTTP(c.Writer, c.Request)
 }
diff --git a/contrib/go-chi/chi.v5/appsec.go b/contrib/go-chi/chi.v5/appsec.go
index bf95e49144..4d43e67a23 100644
--- a/contrib/go-chi/chi.v5/appsec.go
+++ b/contrib/go-chi/chi.v5/appsec.go
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
 )
 
-func withAppsec(next http.Handler, r *http.Request, span tracer.Span, opts ...httpsec.WrapHandlerOption) http.Handler {
+func withAppsec(next http.Handler, r *http.Request, span tracer.Span, cfg *httpsec.Config) http.Handler {
 	rctx := chi.RouteContext(r.Context())
 	if rctx == nil {
-		return httpsec.WrapHandler(next, span, nil)
+		return httpsec.WrapHandler(next, span, nil, cfg)
 	}
 	var pathParams map[string]string
 	keys := rctx.URLParams.Keys
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ func withAppsec(next http.Handler, r *http.Request, span tracer.Span, opts ...ht
 			pathParams[key] = values[i]
 		}
 	}
-	return httpsec.WrapHandlerOpts(next, span, pathParams, opts...)
+	return httpsec.WrapHandler(next, span, pathParams, cfg)
 }
diff --git a/contrib/go-chi/chi.v5/chi.go b/contrib/go-chi/chi.v5/chi.go
index 4f74f8d9df..8caddf092a 100644
--- a/contrib/go-chi/chi.v5/chi.go
+++ b/contrib/go-chi/chi.v5/chi.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func Middleware(opts ...Option) func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 
 			next := next // avoid modifying the value of next in the outer closure scope
 			if appsec.Enabled() && !cfg.appsecDisabled {
-				next = withAppsec(next, r, span, cfg.appsecOptions...)
+				next = withAppsec(next, r, span, &cfg.appsecConfig)
 				// Note that the following response writer passed to the handler
 				// implements the `interface { Status() int }` expected by httpsec.
 			}
diff --git a/contrib/go-chi/chi.v5/option.go b/contrib/go-chi/chi.v5/option.go
index 6260415c52..e6aa343067 100644
--- a/contrib/go-chi/chi.v5/option.go
+++ b/contrib/go-chi/chi.v5/option.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ type config struct {
 	headerTags         *internal.LockMap
 	resourceNamer      func(r *http.Request) string
 	appsecDisabled     bool
-	appsecOptions      []httpsec.WrapHandlerOption
+	appsecConfig       httpsec.Config
 }
 
 // Option represents an option that can be passed to NewRouter.
@@ -144,17 +144,21 @@ func WithAppsecDisabled(disabled bool) Option {
 	}
 }
 
-// WithAppsecOptions allows for specifying options for the AppSec middleware.
-func WithAppsecOptions(opts ...httpsec.WrapHandlerOption) Option {
+// WithAppsecOnBlock configures callbacks to be invoked when an AppSec blocking decision is made.
+// This has no effect if AppSec is not in use.
+func WithAppsecOnBlock(fs ...func()) Option {
 	return func(cfg *config) {
-		cfg.appsecOptions = opts
+		cfg.appsecConfig.OnBlock = append(cfg.appsecConfig.OnBlock, fs...)
 	}
 }
 
-// WithResponseHdrFetcher provides a function to fetch the response headers from the http.ResponseWriter.
-// This allows for custom implementations as needed if you over-ride the default http.ResponseWriter.
-func WithResponseHdrFetcher(f func(http.ResponseWriter) http.Header) httpsec.WrapHandlerOption {
-	return func(cfg *httpsec.WrapHandlerCfg) {
-		cfg.ResponseHdrFetcher = f
+// WithResponseHeaderCopier provides a function to fetch the response headers from the
+// http.ResponseWriter. This allows for custom implementations as needed if you over-ride the
+// default http.ResponseWriter, such as to add synchronization. Provided functions may elect to
+// return a copy of the http.Header map instead of a reference to the original (e.g: to not risk
+// breaking synchronization).
+func WithResponseHeaderCopier(f func(http.ResponseWriter) http.Header) Option {
+	return func(cfg *config) {
+		cfg.appsecConfig.ResponseHeaderCopier = f
 	}
 }
diff --git a/contrib/go-chi/chi/appsec.go b/contrib/go-chi/chi/appsec.go
index ee40901c6e..066b6b176f 100644
--- a/contrib/go-chi/chi/appsec.go
+++ b/contrib/go-chi/chi/appsec.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 func withAppsec(next http.Handler, r *http.Request, span tracer.Span) http.Handler {
 	rctx := chi.RouteContext(r.Context())
 	if rctx == nil {
-		return httpsec.WrapHandler(next, span, nil)
+		return httpsec.WrapHandler(next, span, nil, nil)
 	}
 	var pathParams map[string]string
 	keys := rctx.URLParams.Keys
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ func withAppsec(next http.Handler, r *http.Request, span tracer.Span) http.Handl
 			pathParams[key] = values[i]
 		}
 	}
-	return httpsec.WrapHandler(next, span, pathParams)
+	return httpsec.WrapHandler(next, span, pathParams, nil)
 }
diff --git a/contrib/labstack/echo.v4/appsec.go b/contrib/labstack/echo.v4/appsec.go
index a241c40d37..2f820551cc 100644
--- a/contrib/labstack/echo.v4/appsec.go
+++ b/contrib/labstack/echo.v4/appsec.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func withAppSec(next echo.HandlerFunc, span tracer.Span) echo.HandlerFunc {
 			}
 		})
 		// Wrap the echo response to allow monitoring of the response status code in httpsec.WrapHandler()
-		httpsec.WrapHandler(handler, span, params).ServeHTTP(&statusResponseWriter{Response: c.Response()}, c.Request())
+		httpsec.WrapHandler(handler, span, params, nil).ServeHTTP(&statusResponseWriter{Response: c.Response()}, c.Request())
 		// If an error occurred, wrap it under an echo.HTTPError. We need to do this so that APM doesn't override
 		// the response code tag with 500 in case it doesn't recognize the error type.
 		if _, ok := err.(*echo.HTTPError); !ok && err != nil {
diff --git a/contrib/net/http/trace.go b/contrib/net/http/trace.go
index bc5d8c6811..a019f5819e 100644
--- a/contrib/net/http/trace.go
+++ b/contrib/net/http/trace.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func TraceAndServe(h http.Handler, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, cfg *
 	}()
 
 	if appsec.Enabled() {
-		h = httpsec.WrapHandler(h, span, cfg.RouteParams)
+		h = httpsec.WrapHandler(h, span, cfg.RouteParams, nil)
 	}
 	h.ServeHTTP(rw, r.WithContext(ctx))
 }
diff --git a/internal/appsec/emitter/httpsec/config.go b/internal/appsec/emitter/httpsec/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c64019e89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/appsec/emitter/httpsec/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package httpsec
+
+import "net/http"
+
+type Config struct {
+	// OnBlock is a list of callbacks to be invoked when a block decision is made.
+	OnBlock []func()
+	// ResponseHeaderCopier provides a way to access response headers for reading
+	// purposes (the value may be provided by copy). This allows customers to
+	// apply synchronization if they allow http.ResponseWriter objects to be
+	// accessed by multiple goroutines.
+	ResponseHeaderCopier func(http.ResponseWriter) http.Header
+}
+
+var defaultWrapHandlerConfig = &Config{
+	ResponseHeaderCopier: func(w http.ResponseWriter) http.Header {
+		return w.Header()
+	},
+}
diff --git a/internal/appsec/emitter/httpsec/http.go b/internal/appsec/emitter/httpsec/http.go
index 2d718cebbb..d787141c17 100644
--- a/internal/appsec/emitter/httpsec/http.go
+++ b/internal/appsec/emitter/httpsec/http.go
@@ -55,11 +55,18 @@ func ExecuteSDKBodyOperation(parent dyngo.Operation, args types.SDKBodyOperation
 	return err
 }
 
-// WrapHandlerOpts is WrapHandler with support for flexible options.
-func WrapHandlerOpts(handler http.Handler, span ddtrace.Span, pathParams map[string]string, opts ...WrapHandlerOption) http.Handler {
-	cfg := defaultWrapHandlerCfg()
-	for _, opt := range opts {
-		opt(cfg)
+// WrapHandler wraps the given HTTP handler with the abstract HTTP operation defined by HandlerOperationArgs and
+// HandlerOperationRes.
+// The onBlock params are used to cleanup the context when needed.
+// It is a specific patch meant for Gin, for which we must abort the
+// context since it uses a queue of handlers and it's the only way to make
+// sure other queued handlers don't get executed.
+// TODO: this patch must be removed/improved when we rework our actions/operations system
+func WrapHandler(handler http.Handler, span ddtrace.Span, pathParams map[string]string, opts *Config) http.Handler {
+	if opts == nil {
+		opts = defaultWrapHandlerConfig
+	} else if opts.ResponseHeaderCopier == nil {
+		opts.ResponseHeaderCopier = defaultWrapHandlerConfig.ResponseHeaderCopier
 	}
 
 	trace.SetAppSecEnabledTags(span)
@@ -86,7 +93,7 @@ func WrapHandlerOpts(handler http.Handler, span ddtrace.Span, pathParams map[str
 			// in case we are instrumenting the Gin framework
 			if blocking {
 				op.SetTag(trace.BlockedRequestTag, true)
-				for _, f := range cfg.OnBlock {
+				for _, f := range opts.OnBlock {
 					f()
 				}
 			}
@@ -99,7 +106,7 @@ func WrapHandlerOpts(handler http.Handler, span ddtrace.Span, pathParams map[str
 			// extra headers have been added such as the Host header which is removed from the original Go request headers
 			// map
 			setRequestHeadersTags(span, args.Headers)
-			setResponseHeadersTags(span, cfg.ResponseHdrFetcher(w))
+			setResponseHeadersTags(span, opts.ResponseHeaderCopier(w))
 			trace.SetTags(span, op.Tags())
 			if len(events) > 0 {
 				httptrace.SetSecurityEventsTags(span, events)
@@ -114,17 +121,6 @@ func WrapHandlerOpts(handler http.Handler, span ddtrace.Span, pathParams map[str
 	})
 }
 
-// WrapHandler wraps the given HTTP handler with the abstract HTTP operation defined by HandlerOperationArgs and
-// HandlerOperationRes.
-// The onBlock params are used to cleanup the context when needed.
-// It is a specific patch meant for Gin, for which we must abort the
-// context since it uses a queue of handlers and it's the only way to make
-// sure other queued handlers don't get executed.
-// TODO: this patch must be removed/improved when we rework our actions/operations system
-func WrapHandler(handler http.Handler, span ddtrace.Span, pathParams map[string]string, onBlock ...func()) http.Handler {
-	return WrapHandlerOpts(handler, span, pathParams, WithOnBlock(onBlock...))
-}
-
 // MakeHandlerOperationArgs creates the HandlerOperationArgs value.
 func MakeHandlerOperationArgs(r *http.Request, clientIP netip.Addr, pathParams map[string]string) types.HandlerOperationArgs {
 	cookies := makeCookies(r) // TODO(Julio-Guerra): avoid actively parsing the cookies thanks to dynamic instrumentation
diff --git a/internal/appsec/emitter/httpsec/options.go b/internal/appsec/emitter/httpsec/options.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 097e0ad43c..0000000000
--- a/internal/appsec/emitter/httpsec/options.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-package httpsec
-
-import "net/http"
-
-type WrapHandlerCfg struct {
-	OnBlock            []func()
-	ResponseHdrFetcher func(http.ResponseWriter) http.Header
-}
-type WrapHandlerOption func(*WrapHandlerCfg)
-
-func defaultWrapHandlerCfg() *WrapHandlerCfg {
-	return &WrapHandlerCfg{
-		OnBlock: []func(){},
-		ResponseHdrFetcher: func(w http.ResponseWriter) http.Header {
-			return w.Header()
-		},
-	}
-}
-
-func WithOnBlock(f ...func()) WrapHandlerOption {
-	return func(cfg *WrapHandlerCfg) {
-		cfg.OnBlock = append(cfg.OnBlock, f...)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/internal/version/version.go b/internal/version/version.go
index e469ae1fc8..3a33490687 100644
--- a/internal/version/version.go
+++ b/internal/version/version.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 // Tag specifies the current release tag. It needs to be manually
 // updated. A test checks that the value of Tag never points to a
 // git tag that is older than HEAD.
-const Tag = "v1.62.0-rc.1"
+const Tag = "v1.62.0-dev"
 
 // Dissected version number. Filled during init()
 var (