diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/package.json b/packages/grpc-js/package.json
index 4413d4d2..b87f95f0 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js/package.json
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@grpc/grpc-js",
-  "version": "1.2.11",
+  "version": "1.2.12",
   "description": "gRPC Library for Node - pure JS implementation",
   "homepage": "https://grpc.io/",
   "repository": "https://github.com/grpc/grpc-node/tree/master/packages/grpc-js",
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/src/compression-filter.ts b/packages/grpc-js/src/compression-filter.ts
index 6f40ee4b..330eb675 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js/src/compression-filter.ts
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/src/compression-filter.ts
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ export class CompressionFilter extends BaseFilter implements Filter {
   async sendMetadata(metadata: Promise<Metadata>): Promise<Metadata> {
     const headers: Metadata = await metadata;
     headers.set('grpc-accept-encoding', 'identity,deflate,gzip');
-    headers.set('accept-encoding', 'identity,gzip');
+    headers.set('accept-encoding', 'identity');
     return headers;
   }