diff --git a/.changeset/ten-carpets-cover.md b/.changeset/ten-carpets-cover.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..643baa19c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/ten-carpets-cover.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@gitbook/react-openapi': patch
+---
+
+Render mandatory headers in code sample
diff --git a/packages/react-openapi/src/OpenAPICodeSample.tsx b/packages/react-openapi/src/OpenAPICodeSample.tsx
index ae0d4b552..d26a6f3b8 100644
--- a/packages/react-openapi/src/OpenAPICodeSample.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-openapi/src/OpenAPICodeSample.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { CodeSampleInput, codeSampleGenerators } from './code-samples';
 import { OpenAPIOperationData, toJSON } from './fetchOpenAPIOperation';
-import { generateMediaTypeExample } from './generateSchemaExample';
+import { generateMediaTypeExample, generateSchemaExample } from './generateSchemaExample';
 import { InteractiveSection } from './InteractiveSection';
 import { getServersURL } from './OpenAPIServerURL';
 import { ScalarApiButton } from './ScalarApiButton';
@@ -19,6 +19,21 @@ export function OpenAPICodeSample(props: {
 }) {
     const { data, context } = props;
 
+    const requiredHeaders = data.operation.parameters
+        ?.map(noReference)
+        .filter((param) => param.in === 'header' && param.required);
+
+    const headersObject: { [k: string]: string } = {};
+    requiredHeaders?.forEach((header) => {
+        const example = header.schema
+            ? generateSchemaExample(noReference(header.schema))
+            : undefined;
+        if (example !== undefined) {
+            headersObject[header.name] =
+                typeof example !== 'string' ? JSON.stringify(example) : example;
+        }
+    });
+
     const requestBody = noReference(data.operation.requestBody);
     const requestBodyContent = requestBody ? Object.entries(requestBody.content)[0] : undefined;
 
@@ -30,6 +45,7 @@ export function OpenAPICodeSample(props: {
             : undefined,
         headers: {
             ...getSecurityHeaders(data.securities),
+            ...headersObject,
             ...(requestBodyContent
                 ? {
                       'Content-Type': requestBodyContent[0],