diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/DiagnoseCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/DiagnoseCommand.php
index 28a38282a..fa5e9aa56 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/DiagnoseCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/DiagnoseCommand.php
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ EOT
         }
 
         $io->write('OpenSSL version: ' . (defined('OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT') ? '<comment>'.OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT.'</comment>' : '<error>missing</error>'));
-        $io->write('cURL version: ' . $this->getCurlVersion());
+        $io->write('curl version: ' . $this->getCurlVersion());
 
         $finder = new ExecutableFinder;
         $hasSystemUnzip = (bool) $finder->find('unzip');
diff --git a/src/Composer/Util/Http/CurlDownloader.php b/src/Composer/Util/Http/CurlDownloader.php
index 4dd554065..635eb6ba5 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Util/Http/CurlDownloader.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Util/Http/CurlDownloader.php
@@ -221,6 +221,12 @@ class CurlDownloader
             curl_setopt($curlHandle, CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION, CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0);
         }
 
+        // curl 8.7.0 - 8.7.1 has a bug whereas automatic accept-encoding header results in an error when reading the response
+        // https://github.com/composer/composer/issues/11913
+        if (in_array($version['version'], ['8.7.0', '8.7.1'], true) && \defined('CURL_VERSION_LIBZ') && (CURL_VERSION_LIBZ & $features)) {
+            curl_setopt($curlHandle, CURLOPT_ENCODING, "gzip");
+        }
+
         $options['http']['header'] = $this->authHelper->addAuthenticationHeader($options['http']['header'], $origin, $url);
         $options = StreamContextFactory::initOptions($url, $options, true);