diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c b/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
index b2a58f725b..4af28f9f59 100644
--- a/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
@@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@ static esp_err_t esp_http_client_request_send(esp_http_client_handle_t client, i
 
     client->data_written_index = 0;
     client->data_write_left = client->post_len;
-    http_dispatch_event(client, HTTP_EVENT_HEADER_SENT, NULL, 0);
+    http_dispatch_event(client, HTTP_EVENT_HEADERS_SENT, NULL, 0);
     client->state = HTTP_STATE_REQ_COMPLETE_HEADER;
     return ESP_OK;
 }
diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h b/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
index 102bf9e3ea..9b7275c9f7 100644
--- a/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ typedef struct esp_http_client_event *esp_http_client_event_handle_t;
 typedef enum {
     HTTP_EVENT_ERROR = 0,       /*!< This event occurs when there are any errors during execution */
     HTTP_EVENT_ON_CONNECTED,    /*!< Once the HTTP has been connected to the server, no data exchange has been performed */
-    HTTP_EVENT_HEADER_SENT,     /*!< After sending all the headers to the server */
+    HTTP_EVENT_HEADERS_SENT,     /*!< After sending all the headers to the server */
+    HTTP_EVENT_HEADER_SENT = HTTP_EVENT_HEADERS_SENT, /*!< This header has been kept for backward compatability
+                                                           and will be deprecated in future versions esp-idf */
     HTTP_EVENT_ON_HEADER,       /*!< Occurs when receiving each header sent from the server */
     HTTP_EVENT_ON_DATA,         /*!< Occurs when receiving data from the server, possibly multiple portions of the packet */
     HTTP_EVENT_ON_FINISH,       /*!< Occurs when finish a HTTP session */