diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/sttp/model/headers/Forwarded.scala b/core/src/main/scala/sttp/model/headers/Forwarded.scala
index 5d31bca..2f19b65 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/sttp/model/headers/Forwarded.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/sttp/model/headers/Forwarded.scala
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ object Forwarded {
 
   /** Parses a single Forwarded header, which can contain multiple Forwarded values. */
   def parse(headerValue: String): Either[String, List[Forwarded]] = {
+    def removeApostrophes(v: String): String =
+      if (v.startsWith("\"") && v.endsWith("\"")) v.substring(1, v.length - 1) else v
+
     def parseSingle(headerValue: String): Either[String, Forwarded] = {
       val parts = headerValue.split(";").map(_.trim).toList
       val kvPairs = parts.map { part =>
@@ -41,9 +44,9 @@ object Forwarded {
 
       val pairs = kvPairs.collect { case Right(pair) => pair }
       if (pairs.size == kvPairs.size) {
-        val by = pairs.collectFirst { case ("by", v) => v }
-        val `for` = pairs.collectFirst { case ("for", v) => v }
-        val host = pairs.collectFirst { case ("host", v) => v }
+        val by = pairs.collectFirst { case ("by", v) => v }.map(removeApostrophes)
+        val `for` = pairs.collectFirst { case ("for", v) => v }.map(removeApostrophes)
+        val host = pairs.collectFirst { case ("host", v) => v }.map(removeApostrophes)
         val proto = pairs.collectFirst { case ("proto", v) => v }
         Right(Forwarded(by, `for`, host, proto))
       } else
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/sttp/model/headers/ForwardedTest.scala b/core/src/test/scala/sttp/model/headers/ForwardedTest.scala
index 04df0eb..1d03032 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/sttp/model/headers/ForwardedTest.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/sttp/model/headers/ForwardedTest.scala
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ class ForwardedTest extends AnyFlatSpec with Matchers {
     actual shouldBe "by=1.2.3.4,by=4.3.2.1"
   }
 
-  it should "parse ipv6 addresses in For" in {
+  it should "parse ipv6 addresses in 'for', removing the apostrophes" in {
     val actual = Forwarded.parse("""For="[2001:db8:cafe::17]:4711"""")
-    actual shouldBe Right(List(Forwarded(None, Some("\"[2001:db8:cafe::17]:4711\""), None, None)))
+    actual shouldBe Right(List(Forwarded(None, Some("[2001:db8:cafe::17]:4711"), None, None)))
   }
 
   it should "parse multiple ipv4 addresses" in {