diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8f031e8e..1ca35438 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [unreleased]
 
+- `session.CreateNewSession` now defaults to the value of the `st-auth-mode` header (if available) if the configured `config.GetTokenTransferMethod` returns `any`.
 
 ## [0.17.5] - 2024-03-14
 - Adds a type uint64 to the `accessTokenCookiesExpiryDurationMillis` local variable in `recipe/session/utils.go`. It also removes the redundant `uint64` type forcing needed because of the untyped variable.
diff --git a/recipe/emailpassword/authMode_test.go b/recipe/emailpassword/authMode_test.go
index 17146498..10a7c4ea 100644
--- a/recipe/emailpassword/authMode_test.go
+++ b/recipe/emailpassword/authMode_test.go
@@ -224,15 +224,43 @@ func TestWithGetTokenTransferMethodProvidedCreateNewSessionWithShouldUseHeaderIf
 	defer testServer.Close()
 	setupRoutesForTest(t, mux)
 
-	resp := createNewSession(t, testServer.URL, nil, nil, nil, nil)
+	t.Run("no st-auth-mode", func(t *testing.T) {
+		resp := createNewSession(t, testServer.URL, nil, nil, nil, nil)
+
+		assert.Equal(t, resp["sAccessToken"], "-not-present-")
+		assert.Equal(t, resp["sRefreshToken"], "-not-present-")
+		assert.Equal(t, resp["antiCsrf"], "-not-present-")
+		assert.NotEmpty(t, resp["accessTokenFromHeader"])
+		assert.NotEqual(t, resp["accessTokenFromHeader"], "-not-present-")
+		assert.NotEmpty(t, resp["refreshTokenFromHeader"])
+		assert.NotEqual(t, resp["refreshTokenFromHeader"], "-not-present-")
+	})
 
-	assert.Equal(t, resp["sAccessToken"], "-not-present-")
-	assert.Equal(t, resp["sRefreshToken"], "-not-present-")
-	assert.Equal(t, resp["antiCsrf"], "-not-present-")
-	assert.NotEmpty(t, resp["accessTokenFromHeader"])
-	assert.NotEqual(t, resp["accessTokenFromHeader"], "-not-present-")
-	assert.NotEmpty(t, resp["refreshTokenFromHeader"])
-	assert.NotEqual(t, resp["refreshTokenFromHeader"], "-not-present-")
+	t.Run("st-auth-mode is cookie", func(t *testing.T) {
+		authMode := string(sessmodels.CookieTransferMethod)
+		resp := createNewSession(t, testServer.URL, &authMode, nil, nil, nil)
+
+		assert.NotEqual(t, resp["sAccessToken"], "-not-present-")
+		assert.NotEqual(t, resp["sRefreshToken"], "-not-present-")
+		assert.NotEqual(t, resp["antiCsrf"], "-not-present-")
+		assert.NotEmpty(t, resp["accessTokenFromHeader"])
+		assert.Equal(t, resp["accessTokenFromHeader"], "-not-present-")
+		assert.NotEmpty(t, resp["refreshTokenFromHeader"])
+		assert.Equal(t, resp["refreshTokenFromHeader"], "-not-present-")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("st-auth-mode is header", func(t *testing.T) {
+		authMode := string(sessmodels.HeaderTransferMethod)
+		resp := createNewSession(t, testServer.URL, &authMode, nil, nil, nil)
+
+		assert.Equal(t, resp["sAccessToken"], "-not-present-")
+		assert.Equal(t, resp["sRefreshToken"], "-not-present-")
+		assert.Equal(t, resp["antiCsrf"], "-not-present-")
+		assert.NotEmpty(t, resp["accessTokenFromHeader"])
+		assert.NotEqual(t, resp["accessTokenFromHeader"], "-not-present-")
+		assert.NotEmpty(t, resp["refreshTokenFromHeader"])
+		assert.NotEqual(t, resp["refreshTokenFromHeader"], "-not-present-")
+	})
 }
 
 func TestWithGetTokenTransferMethodProvidedCreateNewSessionWithShouldUseHeaderIfMethodReturnsHeader(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/recipe/session/sessionRequestFunctions.go b/recipe/session/sessionRequestFunctions.go
index c542a804..be796f27 100644
--- a/recipe/session/sessionRequestFunctions.go
+++ b/recipe/session/sessionRequestFunctions.go
@@ -60,7 +60,12 @@ func CreateNewSessionInRequest(req *http.Request, res http.ResponseWriter, tenan
 
 	outputTokenTransferMethod := config.GetTokenTransferMethod(req, true, userContext)
 	if outputTokenTransferMethod == sessmodels.AnyTransferMethod {
-		outputTokenTransferMethod = sessmodels.HeaderTransferMethod
+		authMode := GetAuthmodeFromHeader(req)
+		if authMode != nil && *authMode == sessmodels.CookieTransferMethod {
+			outputTokenTransferMethod = *authMode
+		} else {
+			outputTokenTransferMethod = sessmodels.HeaderTransferMethod
+		}
 	}
 
 	supertokens.LogDebugMessage(fmt.Sprintf("createNewSession: using transfer method %s", outputTokenTransferMethod))