diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
index a49b47e709..2b2797d620 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ class CurlDownloadStrategy < AbstractFileDownloadStrategy
       url = url.sub(%r{^https?://#{GitHubPackages::URL_DOMAIN}/}o, "#{domain.chomp("/")}/")
     end
 
-    parsed_output = curl_head(url.to_s, wanted_headers: ["content-disposition"], timeout: timeout)
+    parsed_output = curl_headers(url.to_s, wanted_headers: ["content-disposition"], timeout: timeout)
     parsed_headers = parsed_output.fetch(:responses).map { |r| r.fetch(:headers) }
 
     final_url = curl_response_follow_redirections(parsed_output.fetch(:responses), url)
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/livecheck/strategy.rb b/Library/Homebrew/livecheck/strategy.rb
index 8ac14dd951..72df2f4934 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/livecheck/strategy.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/livecheck/strategy.rb
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ module Homebrew
         headers = []
 
         [:default, :browser].each do |user_agent|
-          output, _, status = curl_head(
+          output, _, status = curl_headers(
             url,
             wanted_headers:    ["location", "content-disposition"],
             use_homebrew_curl: homebrew_curl,
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/download_strategies/curl_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/download_strategies/curl_spec.rb
index fc3dfb1df7..106eaf93bf 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/download_strategies/curl_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/download_strategies/curl_spec.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ describe CurlDownloadStrategy do
   let(:artifact_domain) { nil }
 
   before do
-    allow(strategy).to receive(:curl_head).and_return({ responses: [{ headers: {} }] })
+    allow(strategy).to receive(:curl_headers).and_return({ responses: [{ headers: {} }] })
   end
 
   it "parses the opts and sets the corresponding args" do
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils/curl.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils/curl.rb
index 4a6ca0cedd..4b2d3b227f 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils/curl.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils/curl.rb
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ module Utils
       curl_with_workarounds(*args, print_stderr: false, show_output: true, **options)
     end
 
-    def curl_head(*args, wanted_headers: [], **options)
+    def curl_headers(*args, wanted_headers: [], **options)
       [[], ["--request", "GET"]].each do |request_args|
         result = curl_output(
           "--fail", "--location", "--silent", "--head", *request_args, *args,