diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 14c758a623..20bb9261bd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Our versioning strategy is as follows:
 * `[sitecore-jss-angular]` Fix nested dynamic placeholders not being displayed in Pages ([#1947](https://github.com/Sitecore/jss/pull/1947))
 * `[sitecore-jss-dev-tools]` getMetadata() now uses `npm query` command to get the list and exact versions of packages. this solution works for monorepo setups ([#1949](https://github.com/Sitecore/jss/pull/1949))
 * `[templates/nextjs-sxa]` Fix an alignment issue where components using both `me-auto` and `ms-md-auto` classes resulted in inconsistent alignment of elements. ([#1946](https://github.com/Sitecore/jss/pull/1946)) ([#1950](https://github.com/Sitecore/jss/pull/1950)) ([#1955](https://github.com/Sitecore/jss/pull/1955))
+* `[sitecore-jss-proxy]` Support Editing Host protection by handling OPTIONS preflight requests ([#1976](https://github.com/Sitecore/jss/pull/1976))
 
 ### 🎉 New Features & Improvements
 
@@ -93,6 +94,12 @@ Our versioning strategy is as follows:
 * New Angular add-on's are not scaffolded within build pipeline ([#1962](https://github.com/Sitecore/jss/pull/1962))
 * `[template/angular-xmcloud]``[template/xmcloud-proxy]` Add README.md ([#1965](https://github.com/Sitecore/jss/pull/1965))
 
+## 22.2.2
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+* `[sitecore-jss-nextjs]` Support Editing Host protection by handling OPTIONS preflight requests (#[TBD](TBD))
+
 ## 22.2.1
 
 ### 🐛 Bug Fixes
diff --git a/packages/sitecore-jss-nextjs/src/editing/editing-config-middleware.test.ts b/packages/sitecore-jss-nextjs/src/editing/editing-config-middleware.test.ts
index cb9059feaf..bce3aea923 100644
--- a/packages/sitecore-jss-nextjs/src/editing/editing-config-middleware.test.ts
+++ b/packages/sitecore-jss-nextjs/src/editing/editing-config-middleware.test.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ const mockResponse = () => {
   res.status = spy(() => {
     return res;
   });
+  res.send = spy(() => {
+    return res;
+  });
   res.json = spy(() => {
     return res;
   });
@@ -120,6 +123,33 @@ describe('EditingConfigMiddleware', () => {
     expect(res.json).to.have.been.calledWith(expectedResultForbidden);
   });
 
+  it('should respond with 204 for preflight OPTIONS request', async () => {
+    const query = {} as Query;
+    query[QUERY_PARAM_EDITING_SECRET] = secret;
+    const req = mockRequest('OPTIONS', query);
+    const res = mockResponse();
+
+    const middleware = new EditingConfigMiddleware({ components: componentsArray, metadata });
+    const handler = middleware.getHandler();
+
+    await handler(req, res);
+
+    expect(res.setHeader.getCall(0).args).to.deep.equal([
+      'Access-Control-Allow-Origin',
+      allowedOrigin,
+    ]);
+    expect(res.setHeader.getCall(1).args).to.deep.equal([
+      'Access-Control-Allow-Methods',
+      'GET, POST, OPTIONS, DELETE, PUT, PATCH',
+    ]);
+    expect(res.setHeader.getCall(2).args).to.deep.equal([
+      'Access-Control-Allow-Headers',
+      'Content-Type, Authorization',
+    ]);
+    expect(res.status).to.have.been.calledWith(204);
+    expect(res.send).to.have.been.calledOnceWith(null);
+  });
+
   const testEditingConfig = async (
     components: string[] | Map<string, unknown>,
     expectedResult,
diff --git a/packages/sitecore-jss-nextjs/src/editing/editing-config-middleware.ts b/packages/sitecore-jss-nextjs/src/editing/editing-config-middleware.ts
index 97aec74a47..dcc2efb42f 100644
--- a/packages/sitecore-jss-nextjs/src/editing/editing-config-middleware.ts
+++ b/packages/sitecore-jss-nextjs/src/editing/editing-config-middleware.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,14 @@ export class EditingConfigMiddleware {
       return res.status(401).json({ message: 'Missing or invalid editing secret' });
     }
 
+    // Handle preflight request
+    if (_req.method === 'OPTIONS') {
+      debug.editing('preflight request');
+
+      // CORS headers are set by enforceCors
+      return res.status(204).send(null);
+    }
+
     const components = Array.isArray(this.config.components)
       ? this.config.components
       : Array.from(this.config.components.keys());
diff --git a/packages/sitecore-jss-nextjs/src/editing/editing-render-middleware.test.ts b/packages/sitecore-jss-nextjs/src/editing/editing-render-middleware.test.ts
index 93730f5ad7..bfe34c7e2e 100644
--- a/packages/sitecore-jss-nextjs/src/editing/editing-render-middleware.test.ts
+++ b/packages/sitecore-jss-nextjs/src/editing/editing-render-middleware.test.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ const mockResponse = () => {
   res.status = spy(() => {
     return res;
   });
+  res.send = spy(() => {
+    return res;
+  });
   res.json = spy(() => {
     return res;
   });
@@ -107,7 +110,7 @@ describe('EditingRenderMiddleware', () => {
     delete process.env.JSS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS;
   });
 
-  it('should respondWith 405 for unsupported method', async () => {
+  it('should respond with 405 for unsupported method', async () => {
     const query = {} as Query;
     query[QUERY_PARAM_EDITING_SECRET] = secret;
     const req = mockRequest(EE_BODY, query, 'PUT');
@@ -124,6 +127,33 @@ describe('EditingRenderMiddleware', () => {
     expect(res.json).to.have.been.calledOnce;
   });
 
+  it('should respond with 204 for OPTIONS method', async () => {
+    const query = {} as Query;
+    query[QUERY_PARAM_EDITING_SECRET] = secret;
+    const req = mockRequest(EE_BODY, query, 'OPTIONS');
+    const res = mockResponse();
+
+    const middleware = new EditingRenderMiddleware();
+    const handler = middleware.getHandler();
+
+    await handler(req, res);
+
+    expect(res.status).to.have.been.calledOnceWith(204);
+    expect(res.setHeader.getCall(0).args).to.deep.equal([
+      'Access-Control-Allow-Origin',
+      allowedOrigin,
+    ]);
+    expect(res.setHeader.getCall(1).args).to.deep.equal([
+      'Access-Control-Allow-Methods',
+      'GET, POST, OPTIONS, DELETE, PUT, PATCH',
+    ]);
+    expect(res.setHeader.getCall(2).args).to.deep.equal([
+      'Access-Control-Allow-Headers',
+      'Content-Type, Authorization',
+    ]);
+    expect(res.send).to.have.been.calledOnceWith(null);
+  });
+
   it('should respond with 401 for invalid secret', async () => {
     const query = {} as Query;
     query[QUERY_PARAM_EDITING_SECRET] = 'nope';
diff --git a/packages/sitecore-jss-nextjs/src/editing/editing-render-middleware.ts b/packages/sitecore-jss-nextjs/src/editing/editing-render-middleware.ts
index 7125582b66..122fa1830c 100644
--- a/packages/sitecore-jss-nextjs/src/editing/editing-render-middleware.ts
+++ b/packages/sitecore-jss-nextjs/src/editing/editing-render-middleware.ts
@@ -476,6 +476,12 @@ export class EditingRenderMiddleware extends RenderMiddlewareBase {
         await handler.render(req, res);
         break;
       }
+      case 'OPTIONS': {
+        debug.editing('preflight request');
+
+        // CORS headers are set by enforceCors
+        return res.status(204).send(null);
+      }
       default:
         debug.editing('invalid method - sent %s expected GET/POST', req.method);
         res.setHeader('Allow', 'GET, POST');
diff --git a/packages/sitecore-jss-nextjs/src/editing/feaas-render-middleware.test.ts b/packages/sitecore-jss-nextjs/src/editing/feaas-render-middleware.test.ts
index a63580dbb8..6e53709f1b 100644
--- a/packages/sitecore-jss-nextjs/src/editing/feaas-render-middleware.test.ts
+++ b/packages/sitecore-jss-nextjs/src/editing/feaas-render-middleware.test.ts
@@ -108,6 +108,34 @@ describe('FEAASRenderMiddleware', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it('should respond with 204 for preflight OPTIONS request', async () => {
+    const query = {} as Query;
+    query[QUERY_PARAM_EDITING_SECRET] = secret;
+
+    const req = mockRequest(query, 'OPTIONS');
+    const res = mockResponse();
+
+    const middleware = new FEAASRenderMiddleware();
+    const handler = middleware.getHandler();
+
+    await handler(req, res);
+
+    expect(res.setHeader.getCall(0).args).to.deep.equal([
+      'Access-Control-Allow-Origin',
+      allowedOrigin,
+    ]);
+    expect(res.setHeader.getCall(1).args).to.deep.equal([
+      'Access-Control-Allow-Methods',
+      'GET, POST, OPTIONS, DELETE, PUT, PATCH',
+    ]);
+    expect(res.setHeader.getCall(2).args).to.deep.equal([
+      'Access-Control-Allow-Headers',
+      'Content-Type, Authorization',
+    ]);
+    expect(res.status).to.have.been.calledOnceWith(204);
+    expect(res.send).to.have.been.calledOnceWith(null);
+  });
+
   it('should throw error', async () => {
     const query = {} as Query;
     query[QUERY_PARAM_EDITING_SECRET] = secret;
@@ -140,7 +168,7 @@ describe('FEAASRenderMiddleware', () => {
 
     await handler(req, res);
 
-    expect(res.setHeader).to.have.been.calledWithExactly('Allow', 'GET');
+    expect(res.setHeader).to.have.been.calledWithExactly('Allow', 'GET, OPTIONS');
     expect(res.status).to.have.been.calledOnce;
     expect(res.status).to.have.been.calledWith(405);
     expect(res.send).to.have.been.calledOnce;
diff --git a/packages/sitecore-jss-nextjs/src/editing/feaas-render-middleware.ts b/packages/sitecore-jss-nextjs/src/editing/feaas-render-middleware.ts
index 9dbc05dfed..d47ff6f562 100644
--- a/packages/sitecore-jss-nextjs/src/editing/feaas-render-middleware.ts
+++ b/packages/sitecore-jss-nextjs/src/editing/feaas-render-middleware.ts
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ export class FEAASRenderMiddleware extends RenderMiddlewareBase {
         );
     }
 
-    if (method !== 'GET') {
-      debug.editing('invalid method - sent %s expected GET', method);
-      res.setHeader('Allow', 'GET');
+    if (!method || !['GET', 'OPTIONS'].includes(method)) {
+      debug.editing('invalid method - sent %s expected GET,OPTIONS', method);
+      res.setHeader('Allow', 'GET, OPTIONS');
       return res.status(405).send(`<html><body>Invalid request method '${method}'</body></html>`);
     }
 
@@ -84,6 +84,14 @@ export class FEAASRenderMiddleware extends RenderMiddlewareBase {
       return res.status(401).send('<html><body>Missing or invalid secret</body></html>');
     }
 
+    // Handle preflight request
+    if (method === 'OPTIONS') {
+      debug.editing('preflight request');
+
+      // CORS headers are set by enforceCors
+      return res.status(204).send(null);
+    }
+
     try {
       // Get query string parameters to propagate on subsequent requests (e.g. for deployment protection bypass)
       const params = this.getQueryParamsForPropagation(query);
diff --git a/packages/sitecore-jss-proxy/src/middleware/editing/index.test.ts b/packages/sitecore-jss-proxy/src/middleware/editing/index.test.ts
index e3877971e8..e0b29af3e5 100644
--- a/packages/sitecore-jss-proxy/src/middleware/editing/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/sitecore-jss-proxy/src/middleware/editing/index.test.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ describe('editingRouter', () => {
     app = express();
 
     process.env.JSS_EDITING_SECRET = 'correct';
+    process.env.JSS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS = 'http://allowed.com';
   });
 
   afterEach(() => {
@@ -92,4 +93,17 @@ describe('editingRouter', () => {
         done
       );
   });
+
+  it('should response 204 when preflight OPTIONS request is sent', (done) => {
+    app.use('/api/editing', editingRouter(defaultOptions));
+
+    request(app)
+      .options('/api/editing/config')
+      .query({ secret: 'correct' })
+      .set('origin', 'http://allowed.com')
+      .expect(204, '', done)
+      .expect('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', 'http://allowed.com')
+      .expect('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'GET, POST, OPTIONS, DELETE, PUT, PATCH')
+      .expect('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', 'Content-Type, Authorization');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/sitecore-jss-proxy/src/middleware/editing/index.ts b/packages/sitecore-jss-proxy/src/middleware/editing/index.ts
index 8bd03fc345..0de43dd2d1 100644
--- a/packages/sitecore-jss-proxy/src/middleware/editing/index.ts
+++ b/packages/sitecore-jss-proxy/src/middleware/editing/index.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@ export const editingMiddleware = async (
     return res.status(401).send('Missing or invalid secret');
   }
 
+  if (req.method === 'OPTIONS') {
+    debug.editing('preflight request');
+
+    // CORS headers are set by enforceCors
+    return res.status(204).send();
+  }
+
   return next();
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/sitecore-jss/src/utils/utils.test.ts b/packages/sitecore-jss/src/utils/utils.test.ts
index 02579a48ae..34cea19881 100644
--- a/packages/sitecore-jss/src/utils/utils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/sitecore-jss/src/utils/utils.test.ts
@@ -111,8 +111,9 @@ describe('utils', () => {
 
   describe('enforceCors', () => {
     const mockOrigin = 'https://maybeallowed.com';
-    const mockRequest = (origin?: string) => {
+    const mockRequest = ({ origin, method }: { origin?: string; method?: string } = {}) => {
       return {
+        method: method || 'GET',
         headers: {
           origin: origin || mockOrigin,
         },
@@ -155,14 +156,14 @@ describe('utils', () => {
     });
 
     it('should return true if origin is found in allowedOrigins passed as argument', () => {
-      const req = mockRequest('http://allowed.com');
+      const req = mockRequest({ origin: 'http://allowed.com' });
       const res = mockResponse();
 
       expect(enforceCors(req, res, ['http://allowed.com'])).to.be.equal(true);
     });
 
     it('should return false if origin matches neither allowedOrigins from JSS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS env variable nor argument', () => {
-      const req = mockRequest('https://notallowed.com');
+      const req = mockRequest({ origin: 'https://notallowed.com' });
       const res = mockResponse();
       process.env.JSS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS = 'https://strictallowed.com, https://alsoallowed.com';
       expect(enforceCors(req, res, ['https://paramallowed.com'])).to.be.equal(false);
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ describe('utils', () => {
     });
 
     it('should return true when origin matches a wildcard value from allowedOrigins', () => {
-      const req = mockRequest('https://allowed.dev.com');
+      const req = mockRequest({ origin: 'https://allowed.dev.com' });
       const res = mockResponse();
       expect(enforceCors(req, res, ['https://allowed.*.com'])).to.be.equal(true);
     });
@@ -187,8 +188,24 @@ describe('utils', () => {
       );
     });
 
+    it('should set CORS headers for preflight OPTIONS request', () => {
+      const req = mockRequest({ method: 'OPTIONS' });
+      const res = mockResponse();
+      const allowedMethods = 'GET, POST, OPTIONS, DELETE, PUT, PATCH';
+      enforceCors(req, res, [mockOrigin]);
+      expect(res.setHeader).to.have.been.called.with('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', mockOrigin);
+      expect(res.setHeader).to.have.been.called.with(
+        'Access-Control-Allow-Methods',
+        allowedMethods
+      );
+      expect(res.setHeader).to.have.been.called.with(
+        'Access-Control-Allow-Headers',
+        'Content-Type, Authorization'
+      );
+    });
+
     it('should consider existing CORS header when present', () => {
-      const req = mockRequest('https://preallowed.com');
+      const req = mockRequest({ origin: 'https://preallowed.com' });
       const res = mockResponse('https://preallowed.com');
       expect(enforceCors(req, res)).to.be.equal(true);
     });
diff --git a/packages/sitecore-jss/src/utils/utils.ts b/packages/sitecore-jss/src/utils/utils.ts
index dc057957e5..56f4f56f6c 100644
--- a/packages/sitecore-jss/src/utils/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/sitecore-jss/src/utils/utils.ts
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ export const getAllowedOriginsFromEnv = () =>
  * set in JSS's JSS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS env variable, passed via allowedOrigins param and/or
  * be already set in Access-Control-Allow-Origin by other logic.
  * Applies Access-Control-Allow-Origin and Access-Control-Allow-Methods on match
+ * Also applies Access-Control-Allow-Headers for preflight requests
  * @param {IncomingMessage} req incoming request
  * @param {OutgoingMessage} res response to set CORS headers for
  * @param {string[]} [allowedOrigins] additional list of origins to test against
@@ -149,6 +150,12 @@ export const enforceCors = (
   ) {
     res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', origin);
     res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'GET, POST, OPTIONS, DELETE, PUT, PATCH');
+
+    // set the allowed headers for preflight requests
+    if (req.method === 'OPTIONS') {
+      res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', 'Content-Type, Authorization');
+    }
+
     return true;
   }
   return false;