diff --git a/internal/dag/builder_test.go b/internal/dag/builder_test.go
index 999bcd1b07d..d24f7f834bb 100644
--- a/internal/dag/builder_test.go
+++ b/internal/dag/builder_test.go
@@ -5501,8 +5501,8 @@ func TestDAGInsertGatewayAPI(t *testing.T) {
 									Type: gatewayapi_v1alpha2.GRPCRouteFilterRequestHeaderModifier,
 									RequestHeaderModifier: &gatewayapi_v1alpha2.HTTPHeaderFilter{
 										Set: []gatewayapi_v1alpha2.HTTPHeader{
-											{Name: gatewayapi_v1alpha2.HTTPHeaderName("custom-header-set"), Value: "foo-bar"},
-											{Name: gatewayapi_v1alpha2.HTTPHeaderName("Host"), Value: "bar.com"},
+											{Name: gatewayapi_v1beta1.HTTPHeaderName("custom-header-set"), Value: "foo-bar"},
+											{Name: gatewayapi_v1beta1.HTTPHeaderName("Host"), Value: "bar.com"},
 										},
 										Add: []gatewayapi_v1alpha2.HTTPHeader{
 											{Name: "custom-header-add", Value: "foo-bar"},
@@ -5516,8 +5516,8 @@ func TestDAGInsertGatewayAPI(t *testing.T) {
 									Type: gatewayapi_v1alpha2.GRPCRouteFilterRequestHeaderModifier,
 									RequestHeaderModifier: &gatewayapi_v1alpha2.HTTPHeaderFilter{
 										Set: []gatewayapi_v1alpha2.HTTPHeader{
-											{Name: gatewayapi_v1alpha2.HTTPHeaderName("custom-header-set"), Value: "ignored"},
-											{Name: gatewayapi_v1alpha2.HTTPHeaderName("Host"), Value: "bar-ignored.com"},
+											{Name: gatewayapi_v1beta1.HTTPHeaderName("custom-header-set"), Value: "ignored"},
+											{Name: gatewayapi_v1beta1.HTTPHeaderName("Host"), Value: "bar-ignored.com"},
 										},
 										Add: []gatewayapi_v1alpha2.HTTPHeader{
 											{Name: "custom-header-add", Value: "ignored"},
@@ -5580,8 +5580,8 @@ func TestDAGInsertGatewayAPI(t *testing.T) {
 									Type: gatewayapi_v1alpha2.GRPCRouteFilterResponseHeaderModifier,
 									ResponseHeaderModifier: &gatewayapi_v1alpha2.HTTPHeaderFilter{
 										Set: []gatewayapi_v1alpha2.HTTPHeader{
-											{Name: gatewayapi_v1alpha2.HTTPHeaderName("custom-header-set"), Value: "foo-bar"},
-											{Name: gatewayapi_v1alpha2.HTTPHeaderName("Host"), Value: "bar.com"},
+											{Name: gatewayapi_v1beta1.HTTPHeaderName("custom-header-set"), Value: "foo-bar"},
+											{Name: gatewayapi_v1beta1.HTTPHeaderName("Host"), Value: "bar.com"},
 										},
 										Add: []gatewayapi_v1alpha2.HTTPHeader{
 											{Name: "custom-header-add", Value: "foo-bar"},
@@ -5594,8 +5594,8 @@ func TestDAGInsertGatewayAPI(t *testing.T) {
 									Type: gatewayapi_v1alpha2.GRPCRouteFilterResponseHeaderModifier,
 									ResponseHeaderModifier: &gatewayapi_v1alpha2.HTTPHeaderFilter{
 										Set: []gatewayapi_v1alpha2.HTTPHeader{
-											{Name: gatewayapi_v1alpha2.HTTPHeaderName("custom-header-set"), Value: "ignored"},
-											{Name: gatewayapi_v1alpha2.HTTPHeaderName("Host"), Value: "bar-ignored.com"},
+											{Name: gatewayapi_v1beta1.HTTPHeaderName("custom-header-set"), Value: "ignored"},
+											{Name: gatewayapi_v1beta1.HTTPHeaderName("Host"), Value: "bar-ignored.com"},
 										},
 										Add: []gatewayapi_v1alpha2.HTTPHeader{
 											{Name: "custom-header-add", Value: "ignored"},
@@ -5658,8 +5658,8 @@ func TestDAGInsertGatewayAPI(t *testing.T) {
 									Type: gatewayapi_v1alpha2.GRPCRouteFilterRequestHeaderModifier,
 									RequestHeaderModifier: &gatewayapi_v1alpha2.HTTPHeaderFilter{
 										Set: []gatewayapi_v1alpha2.HTTPHeader{
-											{Name: gatewayapi_v1alpha2.HTTPHeaderName("custom-header-set"), Value: "foo-bar"},
-											{Name: gatewayapi_v1alpha2.HTTPHeaderName("Host"), Value: "bar.com"},
+											{Name: gatewayapi_v1beta1.HTTPHeaderName("custom-header-set"), Value: "foo-bar"},
+											{Name: gatewayapi_v1beta1.HTTPHeaderName("Host"), Value: "bar.com"},
 										},
 										Add: []gatewayapi_v1alpha2.HTTPHeader{
 											{Name: "!invalid-header-add", Value: "foo-bar"},
@@ -5720,8 +5720,8 @@ func TestDAGInsertGatewayAPI(t *testing.T) {
 											Type: gatewayapi_v1alpha2.GRPCRouteFilterResponseHeaderModifier,
 											ResponseHeaderModifier: &gatewayapi_v1alpha2.HTTPHeaderFilter{
 												Set: []gatewayapi_v1alpha2.HTTPHeader{
-													{Name: gatewayapi_v1alpha2.HTTPHeaderName("custom-header-set"), Value: "foo-bar"},
-													{Name: gatewayapi_v1alpha2.HTTPHeaderName("Host"), Value: "bar.com"},
+													{Name: gatewayapi_v1beta1.HTTPHeaderName("custom-header-set"), Value: "foo-bar"},
+													{Name: gatewayapi_v1beta1.HTTPHeaderName("Host"), Value: "bar.com"},
 												},
 												Add: []gatewayapi_v1alpha2.HTTPHeader{
 													{Name: "!invalid-header-add", Value: "foo-bar"},
diff --git a/internal/dag/gatewayapi_processor.go b/internal/dag/gatewayapi_processor.go
index a5b1a99a738..f248e31f663 100644
--- a/internal/dag/gatewayapi_processor.go
+++ b/internal/dag/gatewayapi_processor.go
@@ -1665,7 +1665,7 @@ func gatewayHeaderMatchConditions(matches []gatewayapi_v1beta1.HTTPHeaderMatch)
 
 func gatewayQueryParamMatchConditions(matches []gatewayapi_v1beta1.HTTPQueryParamMatch) ([]QueryParamMatchCondition, error) {
 	var dagMatchConditions []QueryParamMatchCondition
-	seenNames := sets.New[string]()
+	seenNames := sets.New[gatewayapi_v1beta1.HTTPHeaderName]()
 
 	for _, match := range matches {
 		var matchType string
@@ -1690,7 +1690,7 @@ func gatewayQueryParamMatchConditions(matches []gatewayapi_v1beta1.HTTPQueryPara
 
 		dagMatchConditions = append(dagMatchConditions, QueryParamMatchCondition{
 			MatchType: matchType,
-			Name:      match.Name,
+			Name:      string(match.Name),
 			Value:     match.Value,
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/internal/gatewayapi/helpers.go b/internal/gatewayapi/helpers.go
index 4bc551d8536..fa0ee23711c 100644
--- a/internal/gatewayapi/helpers.go
+++ b/internal/gatewayapi/helpers.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func HTTPQueryParamMatches(namesAndValues map[string]string) []gatewayapi_v1beta
 	for name, val := range namesAndValues {
 		matches = append(matches, gatewayapi_v1beta1.HTTPQueryParamMatch{
 			Type:  ref.To(gatewayapi_v1beta1.QueryParamMatchExact),
-			Name:  name,
+			Name:  gatewayapi_v1beta1.HTTPHeaderName(name),
 			Value: val,
 		})
 	}