diff --git a/internal/confmap/provider/eecprovider/provider.go b/internal/confmap/provider/eecprovider/provider.go
index 7c572231..bc1f6ce7 100644
--- a/internal/confmap/provider/eecprovider/provider.go
+++ b/internal/confmap/provider/eecprovider/provider.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const (
 	AuthHeaderKey        = "Authorization"
 	ApiTokenPrefixFormat = "Api-Token %s"
 
-	ConfigRefreshHeaderKey = "X-Otelcol-Config-Refresh"
+	FirstRequestHeaderKey  = "X-Otelcol-First-Request"
 	ConfigChangedHeaderKey = "X-Otelcol-Config-Changed"
 )
 
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ func (p *provider) Retrieve(ctx context.Context, uri string, watcherFunc confmap
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		req.Header.Add(ConfigRefreshHeaderKey, "false")
+		req.Header.Add(FirstRequestHeaderKey, "true")
 		req.Header.Add(ConfigChangedHeaderKey, "false")
 
 		body, err = p.getConfigBytes(client, req)
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ func (p *provider) Retrieve(ctx context.Context, uri string, watcherFunc confmap
 				if err != nil {
 					return nil, err
 				}
-				req.Header.Add(ConfigRefreshHeaderKey, "true")
+				req.Header.Add(FirstRequestHeaderKey, "false")
 
 				req.Header.Add(ConfigChangedHeaderKey, configChanged)
 
diff --git a/internal/confmap/provider/eecprovider/provider_test.go b/internal/confmap/provider/eecprovider/provider_test.go
index 47d83d0c..c28d7e34 100644
--- a/internal/confmap/provider/eecprovider/provider_test.go
+++ b/internal/confmap/provider/eecprovider/provider_test.go
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ func TestFragmentConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, ep.Shutdown(context.Background()))
 }
 
-func TestConfigRefreshHeader(t *testing.T) {
+func TestFirstRequestHeader(t *testing.T) {
 	count := &atomic.Int64{}
 
 	answerWithConfig := func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
@@ -600,9 +600,9 @@ func TestConfigRefreshHeader(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		if count.Load() == 0 {
-			assert.Equal(t, "false", req.Header.Get(ConfigRefreshHeaderKey))
+			assert.Equal(t, "true", req.Header.Get(FirstRequestHeaderKey))
 		} else {
-			assert.Equal(t, "true", req.Header.Get(ConfigRefreshHeaderKey))
+			assert.Equal(t, "false", req.Header.Get(FirstRequestHeaderKey))
 		}
 
 		count.Add(1)