diff --git a/packages/ui/src/models/visualization/flows/support/camel-component-default.service.test.ts b/packages/ui/src/models/visualization/flows/support/camel-component-default.service.test.ts
index 3499b9812..f4b86423b 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/models/visualization/flows/support/camel-component-default.service.test.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/models/visualization/flows/support/camel-component-default.service.test.ts
@@ -120,5 +120,15 @@ describe('CamelComponentDefaultService', () => {
       expect((filterDefault.filter!.expression as any).simple).toEqual({});
       expect(filterDefault.filter!.steps).toBeUndefined();
     });
+
+    it('should return the default value for a removeHeaders processor', () => {
+      const removeHeadersDefault = CamelComponentDefaultService.getDefaultNodeDefinitionValue({
+        type: 'processor',
+        name: 'removeHeaders',
+      } as DefinedComponent) as any;
+      expect(removeHeadersDefault.removeHeaders).toBeDefined();
+      expect(removeHeadersDefault.removeHeaders.id as string).toMatch(/^removeHeaders-/);
+      expect(removeHeadersDefault.removeHeaders.pattern).toEqual('*');
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/models/visualization/flows/support/camel-component-default.service.ts b/packages/ui/src/models/visualization/flows/support/camel-component-default.service.ts
index ffa81ed3f..5603e98b8 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/models/visualization/flows/support/camel-component-default.service.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/models/visualization/flows/support/camel-component-default.service.ts
@@ -133,6 +133,13 @@ export class CamelComponentDefaultService {
           message: "\${body}"
         `);
 
+      case 'removeHeaders':
+        return parse(`
+        removeHeaders:
+          id: ${getCamelRandomId('removeHeaders')}
+          pattern: "*"
+        `);
+
       case 'doCatch':
         return parse(`
           id: ${getCamelRandomId('doCatch')}