diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/RabbitMQ/RabbitMQ.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/RabbitMQ/RabbitMQ.node.ts
index 3b9cd60c6f..c1b332fe18 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/RabbitMQ/RabbitMQ.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/RabbitMQ/RabbitMQ.node.ts
@@ -177,6 +177,20 @@ export class RabbitMQ implements INodeType {
 				default: {},
 				placeholder: 'Add Option',
 				options: [
+					{
+						displayName: 'Alternate Exchange',
+						name: 'alternateExchange',
+						type: 'string',
+						displayOptions: {
+							show: {
+								'/mode': [
+									'exchange',
+								],
+							},
+						},
+						default: '',
+						description: 'An exchange to send messages to if this exchange can’t route them to any queues',
+					},
 					{
 						displayName: 'Arguments',
 						name: 'arguments',
@@ -208,37 +222,6 @@ export class RabbitMQ implements INodeType {
 							},
 						],
 					},
-					{
-						displayName: 'Headers',
-						name: 'headers',
-						placeholder: 'Add Header',
-						description: 'Headers to add.',
-						type: 'fixedCollection',
-						typeOptions: {
-							multipleValues: true,
-						},
-						default: {},
-						options: [
-							{
-								name: 'header',
-								displayName: 'Header',
-								values: [
-									{
-										displayName: 'Key',
-										name: 'key',
-										type: 'string',
-										default: '',
-									},
-									{
-										displayName: 'Value',
-										name: 'value',
-										type: 'string',
-										default: '',
-									},
-								],
-							},
-						],
-					},
 					{
 						displayName: 'Auto Delete',
 						name: 'autoDelete',
@@ -268,18 +251,35 @@ export class RabbitMQ implements INodeType {
 						description: 'Scopes the queue to the connection.',
 					},
 					{
-						displayName: 'Alternate Exchange',
-						name: 'alternateExchange',
-						type: 'string',
-						displayOptions: {
-							show: {
-								'/mode': [
-									'exchange',
+						displayName: 'Headers',
+						name: 'headers',
+						placeholder: 'Add Header',
+						description: 'Headers to add.',
+						type: 'fixedCollection',
+						typeOptions: {
+							multipleValues: true,
+						},
+						default: {},
+						options: [
+							{
+								name: 'header',
+								displayName: 'Header',
+								values: [
+									{
+										displayName: 'Key',
+										name: 'key',
+										type: 'string',
+										default: '',
+									},
+									{
+										displayName: 'Value',
+										name: 'value',
+										type: 'string',
+										default: '',
+									},
 								],
 							},
-						},
-						default: '',
-						description: 'An exchange to send messages to if this exchange can’t route them to any queues',
+						],
 					},
 				],
 			},
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ export class RabbitMQ implements INodeType {
 	};
 
 	async execute(this: IExecuteFunctions): Promise<INodeExecutionData[][]> {
-		let channel;
+		let channel, options: IDataObject;
 		try {
 			const items = this.getInputData();
 			const mode = this.getNodeParameter('mode', 0) as string;
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ export class RabbitMQ implements INodeType {
 			if (mode === 'queue') {
 				const queue = this.getNodeParameter('queue', 0) as string;
 
-				const options = this.getNodeParameter('options', 0, {}) as IDataObject;
+				options = this.getNodeParameter('options', 0, {}) as IDataObject;
 
 				channel = await rabbitmqConnectQueue.call(this, queue, options);
 
@@ -313,7 +313,17 @@ export class RabbitMQ implements INodeType {
 						message = this.getNodeParameter('message', i) as string;
 					}
 
-					queuePromises.push(channel.sendToQueue(queue, Buffer.from(message)));
+					let headers: IDataObject = {};
+					if (options.headers && ((options.headers as IDataObject).header! as IDataObject[]).length) {
+						let itemOptions = this.getNodeParameter('options', i, {}) as IDataObject;
+						const additionalHeaders: IDataObject = {};
+						((itemOptions.headers as IDataObject).header as IDataObject[]).forEach((header: IDataObject) => {
+							additionalHeaders[header.key as string] = header.value;
+						});
+						headers = additionalHeaders;
+					}
+
+					queuePromises.push(channel.sendToQueue(queue, Buffer.from(message), { headers }));
 				}
 
 				// @ts-ignore
@@ -351,16 +361,7 @@ export class RabbitMQ implements INodeType {
 				const type = this.getNodeParameter('exchangeType', 0) as string;
 				const routingKey = this.getNodeParameter('routingKey', 0) as string;
 
-				const options = this.getNodeParameter('options', 0, {}) as IDataObject;
-
-				let headers : IDataObject = {};
-				if (options.headers && ((options.headers as IDataObject).header! as IDataObject[]).length) {
-					const additionalHeaders: IDataObject = {};
-					((options.headers as IDataObject).header as IDataObject[]).forEach((header: IDataObject) => {
-						additionalHeaders[header.key as string] = header.value;
-					});
-					headers = additionalHeaders;
-				}
+				options = this.getNodeParameter('options', 0, {}) as IDataObject;
 
 				channel = await rabbitmqConnectExchange.call(this, exchange, type, options);
 
@@ -376,7 +377,17 @@ export class RabbitMQ implements INodeType {
 						message = this.getNodeParameter('message', i) as string;
 					}
 
-					exchangePromises.push(channel.publish(exchange, routingKey, Buffer.from(message), {headers}));
+					let headers: IDataObject = {};
+					if (options.headers && ((options.headers as IDataObject).header! as IDataObject[]).length) {
+						let itemOptions = this.getNodeParameter('options', i, {}) as IDataObject;
+						const additionalHeaders: IDataObject = {};
+						((itemOptions.headers as IDataObject).header as IDataObject[]).forEach((header: IDataObject) => {
+							additionalHeaders[header.key as string] = header.value;
+						});
+						headers = additionalHeaders;
+					}
+
+					exchangePromises.push(channel.publish(exchange, routingKey, Buffer.from(message), { headers }));
 				}
 
 				// @ts-ignore