diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/HttpHeaders.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/HttpHeaders.java
index a5a53391bccf..f94a8d664a5b 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/HttpHeaders.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/HttpHeaders.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.text.DecimalFormat;
 import java.text.DecimalFormatSymbols;
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.ZoneId;
 import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
@@ -586,7 +587,14 @@ public List<String> getAccessControlExposeHeaders() {
 	 * Set the (new) value of the {@code Access-Control-Max-Age} response header.
 	 */
 	public void setAccessControlMaxAge(long maxAge) {
-		set(ACCESS_CONTROL_MAX_AGE, Long.toString(maxAge));
+		setAccessControlMaxAge(Duration.ofSeconds(maxAge));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Set the (new) value of the {@code Access-Control-Max-Age} response header.
+	 */
+	public void setAccessControlMaxAge(Duration maxAge) {
+		set(ACCESS_CONTROL_MAX_AGE, Long.toString(maxAge.getSeconds()));
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -932,6 +940,22 @@ public void setDate(long date) {
 		setDate(DATE, date);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Set the date and time at which the message was created, as specified
+	 * by the {@code Date} header.
+	 */
+	public void setDate(Instant date) {
+		setInstant(DATE, date);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Set the date and time at which the message was created, as specified
+	 * by the {@code Date} header.
+	 */
+	public void setDate(ZonedDateTime date) {
+		setZonedDateTime(DATE, date);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Return the date and time at which the message was created, as specified
 	 * by the {@code Date} header.
@@ -985,6 +1009,14 @@ public void setExpires(long expires) {
 		setDate(EXPIRES, expires);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Set the date and time at which the message is no longer valid,
+	 * as specified by the {@code Expires} header.
+	 */
+	public void setExpires(Instant expires) {
+		setInstant(EXPIRES, expires);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Return the date and time at which the message is no longer valid,
 	 * as specified by the {@code Expires} header.
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/cors/CorsConfiguration.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/cors/CorsConfiguration.java
index 5478bb6656df..3da34fe703b6 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/cors/CorsConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/cors/CorsConfiguration.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.web.cors;
 
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -81,8 +82,7 @@ public class CorsConfiguration {
 	private Boolean allowCredentials;
 
 	@Nullable
-	private Long maxAge;
-
+	private Duration maxAge;
 
 	/**
 	 * Construct a new {@code CorsConfiguration} instance with no cross-origin
@@ -310,6 +310,20 @@ public Boolean getAllowCredentials() {
 	 * <p>By default this is not set.
 	 */
 	public void setMaxAge(@Nullable Long maxAge) {
+		if (maxAge == null) {
+			this.maxAge = null;
+		}
+		else {
+			this.maxAge = Duration.ofSeconds(maxAge);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Configure how long, in seconds, the response from a pre-flight request
+	 * can be cached by clients.
+	 * <p>By default this is not set.
+	 */
+	public void setMaxAge(@Nullable Duration maxAge) {
 		this.maxAge = maxAge;
 	}
 
@@ -319,7 +333,7 @@ public void setMaxAge(@Nullable Long maxAge) {
 	 */
 	@Nullable
 	public Long getMaxAge() {
-		return this.maxAge;
+		return this.maxAge != null ? this.maxAge.getSeconds() : null;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -353,7 +367,7 @@ public CorsConfiguration applyPermitDefaultValues() {
 			this.allowedHeaders = DEFAULT_PERMIT_ALL;
 		}
 		if (this.maxAge == null) {
-			this.maxAge = 1800L;
+			this.maxAge = Duration.ofSeconds(1800L);
 		}
 		return this;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/cors/CorsConfigurationTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/cors/CorsConfigurationTests.java
index 2a000c182b17..c42d0ab9e15e 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/cors/CorsConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/cors/CorsConfigurationTests.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.web.cors;
 
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ public void setNullValues() {
 		assertNull(config.getExposedHeaders());
 		config.setAllowCredentials(null);
 		assertNull(config.getAllowCredentials());
-		config.setMaxAge(null);
+		config.setMaxAge((Duration)null);
 		assertNull(config.getMaxAge());
 	}