diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
index c17e6b7674..79cd35691c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: '14'
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 9b96d1a633..bc1d0d366a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: '14'
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-test.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-test.yml
index 53d3d47385..afc6006983 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-test.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node_version }}
 
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node_version }}
 
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/baggage/propagation/W3CBaggagePropagator.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/baggage/propagation/W3CBaggagePropagator.ts
index 652cc14c3a..3283a105a7 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/baggage/propagation/W3CBaggagePropagator.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/baggage/propagation/W3CBaggagePropagator.ts
@@ -58,13 +58,14 @@ export class W3CBaggagePropagator implements TextMapPropagator {
   }
 
   extract(context: Context, carrier: unknown, getter: TextMapGetter): Context {
-    const headerValue: string = getter.get(carrier, BAGGAGE_HEADER) as string;
-    if (!headerValue) return context;
+    const headerValue = getter.get(carrier, BAGGAGE_HEADER);
+    const baggageString = Array.isArray(headerValue) ? headerValue.join(BAGGAGE_ITEMS_SEPARATOR) : headerValue;
+    if (!baggageString) return context;
     const baggage: Record<string, BaggageEntry> = {};
-    if (headerValue.length === 0) {
+    if (baggageString.length === 0) {
       return context;
     }
-    const pairs = headerValue.split(BAGGAGE_ITEMS_SEPARATOR);
+    const pairs = baggageString.split(BAGGAGE_ITEMS_SEPARATOR);
     pairs.forEach(entry => {
       const keyPair = parsePairKeyValue(entry);
       if (keyPair) {
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/baggage/W3CBaggagePropagator.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/baggage/W3CBaggagePropagator.test.ts
index 38de668087..a6fcd267ea 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/baggage/W3CBaggagePropagator.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/baggage/W3CBaggagePropagator.test.ts
@@ -175,9 +175,42 @@ describe('W3CBaggagePropagator', () => {
   });
 
   describe('.extract()', () => {
+    const baggageValue = 'key1=d4cda95b,key3=c88815a7, keyn   = valn, keym =valm';
+    const expected = propagation.createBaggage({
+      key1: { value: 'd4cda95b' },
+      key3: { value: 'c88815a7' },
+      keyn: { value: 'valn' },
+      keym: { value: 'valm' },
+    });
+
     it('should extract context of a sampled span from carrier', () => {
-      carrier[BAGGAGE_HEADER] =
-        'key1=d4cda95b,key3=c88815a7, keyn   = valn, keym =valm';
+      carrier[BAGGAGE_HEADER] = baggageValue;
+      const extractedBaggage = propagation.getBaggage(
+        httpBaggagePropagator.extract(
+          ROOT_CONTEXT,
+          carrier,
+          defaultTextMapGetter
+        )
+      );
+
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(extractedBaggage, expected);
+    });
+
+    it('should extract context of a sampled span when the headerValue comes as array', () => {
+      carrier[BAGGAGE_HEADER] = [baggageValue];
+      const extractedBaggage = propagation.getBaggage(
+        httpBaggagePropagator.extract(
+          ROOT_CONTEXT,
+          carrier,
+          defaultTextMapGetter
+        )
+      );
+
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(extractedBaggage, expected);
+    });
+
+    it('should extract context of a sampled span when the headerValue comes as array with multiple items', () => {
+      carrier[BAGGAGE_HEADER] = ['key1=d4cda95b,key3=c88815a7, keyn   = valn', 'keym =valm'];
       const extractedBaggage = propagation.getBaggage(
         httpBaggagePropagator.extract(
           ROOT_CONTEXT,
@@ -186,12 +219,6 @@ describe('W3CBaggagePropagator', () => {
         )
       );
 
-      const expected = propagation.createBaggage({
-        key1: { value: 'd4cda95b' },
-        key3: { value: 'c88815a7' },
-        keyn: { value: 'valn' },
-        keym: { value: 'valm' },
-      });
       assert.deepStrictEqual(extractedBaggage, expected);
     });
   });