diff --git a/src/Metadata/Parameters.php b/src/Metadata/Parameters.php
index c576a113af..83add5323f 100644
--- a/src/Metadata/Parameters.php
+++ b/src/Metadata/Parameters.php
@@ -105,15 +105,13 @@ private static function propertyDiscriminator(Parameter $parameter): string
      */
     public function remove(string $key, string $parameterClass = QueryParameter::class): self
     {
-        foreach ($this->parameters as $i => [$parameterName, $parameter]) {
-            if ($parameterName === $key && $parameterClass === $parameter::class) {
-                unset($this->parameters[$i]);
-
-                return $this;
-            }
+        if (null === $i = $this->indexOf($key, $parameterClass)) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(\sprintf('Could not remove parameter "%s".', $key));
         }
 
-        throw new RuntimeException(\sprintf('Could not remove parameter "%s".', $key));
+        unset($this->parameters[$i]);
+
+        return $this;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -125,13 +123,11 @@ public function remove(string $key, string $parameterClass = QueryParameter::cla
      */
     public function get(string $key, string $parameterClass = QueryParameter::class): ?Parameter
     {
-        foreach ($this->parameters as [$parameterName, $parameter]) {
-            if ($parameterName === $key && $parameterClass === $parameter::class) {
-                return $parameter;
-            }
+        if (null === $i = $this->indexOf($key, $parameterClass)) {
+            return null;
         }
 
-        return null;
+        return $this->parameters[$i][1];
     }
 
     /**
@@ -141,13 +137,27 @@ public function get(string $key, string $parameterClass = QueryParameter::class)
      */
     public function has(string $key, string $parameterClass = QueryParameter::class): bool
     {
-        foreach ($this->parameters as [$parameterName, $parameter]) {
-            if ($parameterName === $key && $parameterClass === $parameter::class) {
-                return true;
+        return null !== $this->indexOf($key, $parameterClass);
+    }
+
+    private function indexOf(string $key, string $parameterClass): ?int
+    {
+        $subclassMatch = null;
+        foreach ($this->parameters as $i => [$parameterName, $parameter]) {
+            if ($parameterName !== $key) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if ($parameterClass === $parameter::class) {
+                return $i;
+            }
+
+            if (null === $subclassMatch && $parameter instanceof $parameterClass) {
+                $subclassMatch = $i;
             }
         }
 
-        return false;
+        return $subclassMatch;
     }
 
     public function count(): int
diff --git a/src/Metadata/Tests/ParametersTest.php b/src/Metadata/Tests/ParametersTest.php
index 966212e6db..ca61564561 100644
--- a/src/Metadata/Tests/ParametersTest.php
+++ b/src/Metadata/Tests/ParametersTest.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 use ApiPlatform\Metadata\HeaderParameter;
 use ApiPlatform\Metadata\Parameters;
 use ApiPlatform\Metadata\QueryParameter;
+use ApiPlatform\Metadata\ScalarHeaderParameter;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 
 class ParametersTest extends TestCase
@@ -77,4 +78,31 @@ public function testPropertyPlaceholderKeysAreNotDeduplicatedViaAdd(): void
 
         $this->assertCount(2, $parameters);
     }
+
+    public function testLookupMatchesSubclass(): void
+    {
+        $scalar = new ScalarHeaderParameter(key: 'Foo');
+        $parameters = new Parameters([$scalar]);
+
+        $this->assertSame($scalar, $parameters->get('Foo', HeaderParameter::class));
+        $this->assertTrue($parameters->has('Foo', HeaderParameter::class));
+        $this->assertFalse($parameters->has('Foo'));
+
+        $parameters->remove('Foo', HeaderParameter::class);
+        $this->assertCount(0, $parameters);
+    }
+
+    public function testLookupPrefersExactClassOverSubclass(): void
+    {
+        $scalar = new ScalarHeaderParameter(key: 'Foo');
+        $header = new HeaderParameter(key: 'Foo');
+        $parameters = new Parameters([$scalar, $header]);
+
+        $this->assertSame($header, $parameters->get('Foo', HeaderParameter::class));
+        $this->assertSame($scalar, $parameters->get('Foo', ScalarHeaderParameter::class));
+
+        $parameters->remove('Foo', HeaderParameter::class);
+        $this->assertCount(1, $parameters);
+        $this->assertSame($scalar, $parameters->get('Foo', HeaderParameter::class));
+    }
 }