diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3bcb465b22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Release type: patch
+
+This release fixes how we check for multipart subscriptions to be
+in line with the latest changes in the spec.
diff --git a/strawberry/http/async_base_view.py b/strawberry/http/async_base_view.py
index a9997bcc7f..7eef89aa40 100644
--- a/strawberry/http/async_base_view.py
+++ b/strawberry/http/async_base_view.py
@@ -320,21 +320,21 @@ async def parse_multipart_subscriptions(
     async def parse_http_body(
         self, request: AsyncHTTPRequestAdapter
     ) -> GraphQLRequestData:
-        content_type, params = parse_content_type(request.content_type or "")
+        headers = {key.lower(): value for key, value in request.headers.items()}
+        content_type, _ = parse_content_type(request.content_type or "")
+        accept = headers.get("accept", "")
 
         protocol: Literal["http", "multipart-subscription"] = "http"
 
+        if self._is_multipart_subscriptions(*parse_content_type(accept)):
+            protocol = "multipart-subscription"
+
         if request.method == "GET":
             data = self.parse_query_params(request.query_params)
-            if self._is_multipart_subscriptions(content_type, params):
-                protocol = "multipart-subscription"
         elif "application/json" in content_type:
             data = self.parse_json(await request.get_body())
         elif content_type == "multipart/form-data":
             data = await self.parse_multipart(request)
-        elif self._is_multipart_subscriptions(content_type, params):
-            data = await self.parse_multipart_subscriptions(request)
-            protocol = "multipart-subscription"
         else:
             raise HTTPException(400, "Unsupported content type")
 
diff --git a/tests/http/test_multipart_subscription.py b/tests/http/test_multipart_subscription.py
index 9f6f5f18a7..98379949ee 100644
--- a/tests/http/test_multipart_subscription.py
+++ b/tests/http/test_multipart_subscription.py
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ async def test_multipart_subscription(
         method=method,
         query='subscription { echo(message: "Hello world", delay: 0.2) }',
         headers={
-            "content-type": "multipart/mixed;boundary=graphql;subscriptionSpec=1.0,application/json",
+            "accept": "multipart/mixed;boundary=graphql;subscriptionSpec=1.0,application/json",
+            "content-type": "application/json",
         },
     )