diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4b84a79..d45a724 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.8.7] - 2023-10-05
+
+### Added
+- Added a try_add method for request headers
+
+### Changed
+
 ## [0.8.6] - 2023-09-19
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/kiota_abstractions/_version.py b/kiota_abstractions/_version.py
index 01c2028..538ada5 100644
--- a/kiota_abstractions/_version.py
+++ b/kiota_abstractions/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION: str = "0.8.6"
+VERSION: str = "0.8.7"
diff --git a/kiota_abstractions/request_information.py b/kiota_abstractions/request_information.py
index 49dbdd8..091c700 100644
--- a/kiota_abstractions/request_information.py
+++ b/kiota_abstractions/request_information.py
@@ -117,6 +117,16 @@ def add_request_headers(
                     else:
                         self.headers[lowercase_key] = {str(value)}
 
+    def try_add_request_header(self, key: str, value: str) -> bool:
+        """Try to add an header to the request if it's not already set"""
+        if key and value:
+            lowercase_key = key.lower()
+            if lowercase_key in self.headers:
+                return False
+            self.headers[lowercase_key] = {str(value)}
+            return True
+        return False
+
     def remove_request_headers(self, key: str) -> None:
         """Removes a request header from the current request
 
@@ -223,7 +233,7 @@ def set_stream_content(self, value: BytesIO) -> None:
         Args:
             value (BytesIO): the binary stream
         """
-        self.headers[self.CONTENT_TYPE_HEADER] = {self.BINARY_CONTENT_TYPE}
+        self.try_add_request_header(self.CONTENT_TYPE_HEADER, self.BINARY_CONTENT_TYPE)
         self.content = value
 
     def set_query_string_parameters_from_raw_object(self, q: Optional[QueryParams]) -> None:
@@ -273,7 +283,7 @@ def _set_content_and_content_type_header(
         self, writer: SerializationWriter, content_type: Optional[str]
     ):
         if content_type:
-            self.headers[self.CONTENT_TYPE_HEADER] = {content_type}
+            self.try_add_request_header(self.CONTENT_TYPE_HEADER, content_type)
         self.content = writer.get_serialized_content()
 
     def _decode_uri_string(self, uri: Optional[str]) -> str:
diff --git a/tests/test_request_information.py b/tests/test_request_information.py
index 877ae4d..13af504 100644
--- a/tests/test_request_information.py
+++ b/tests/test_request_information.py
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ def test_request_headers(mock_request_information):
     assert "value3" in mock_request_information.request_headers["header2"]
     assert "value4" in mock_request_information.request_headers["header2"]
 
+def test__try_add_request_header(mock_request_information):
+    """Test the final request header after try_add
+    """
+    assert mock_request_information.try_add_request_header("header1", "value1") == True
+    assert mock_request_information.try_add_request_header("header1", "value2") == False
+    assert "value1" in mock_request_information.request_headers["header1"]
 
 def test_remove_request_headers(mock_request_information):
     """Tests removing a request header
@@ -103,4 +109,4 @@ def test_set_stream_content(mock_request_information):
     """
     mock_request_information.set_stream_content(b'stream')
     assert mock_request_information.content == b'stream'
-    assert mock_request_information.headers["Content-Type"] == {"application/octet-stream"}
+    assert mock_request_information.headers["content-type"] == {"application/octet-stream"}