diff --git a/api-ref/source/baremetal-api-versions.inc b/api-ref/source/baremetal-api-versions.inc
index dc580811c3..2fac3bd58c 100644
--- a/api-ref/source/baremetal-api-versions.inc
+++ b/api-ref/source/baremetal-api-versions.inc
@@ -12,10 +12,15 @@ supports versioning. There are two kinds of versions in Ironic.
 
 - ''major versions'', which have dedicated urls.
 - ''microversions'', which can be requested through the use of the
-  ``X-OpenStack-Ironic-API-Version`` header.
+  ``X-OpenStack-Ironic-API-Version`` header or the new standard singular header
+  ``OpenStack-API-Version: baremetal <version>``.
 
 The Version APIs work differently from other APIs as they *do not* require authentication.
 
+Upon the Dalmatian release, all API requests support the
+new standard singular header ``OpenStack-API-Version: baremetal <version>``.
+If that's not present, we fall back to the legacy headers.
+
 Beginning with the Kilo release, all API requests support the
 ``X-OpenStack-Ironic-API-Version`` header. This header SHOULD be supplied
 with every request; in the absence of this header, each request is treated
diff --git a/ironic/tests/unit/api/controllers/test_base.py b/ironic/tests/unit/api/controllers/test_base.py
index 252e7f9a28..7d278f5af2 100644
--- a/ironic/tests/unit/api/controllers/test_base.py
+++ b/ironic/tests/unit/api/controllers/test_base.py
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ class TestVersion(base.BaseApiTest):
             {cbase.Version.string: '123.456'}, mock.ANY, mock.ANY)
         self.assertEqual((123, 456), version)
 
+    def test_parse_new_standard_singular_header_ok(self):
+        version = cbase.Version.parse_headers(
+            {'OpenStack-API-Version': 'baremetal 123.456'}, mock.ANY, mock.ANY)
+        self.assertEqual((123, 456), version)
+
     def test_parse_headers_latest(self):
         for s in ['latest', 'LATEST']:
             version = cbase.Version.parse_headers(
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/parse-headers-with-the-microversion-parse-library-090d2cf5d9cfb74f.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/parse-headers-with-the-microversion-parse-library-090d2cf5d9cfb74f.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28713a1d77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/parse-headers-with-the-microversion-parse-library-090d2cf5d9cfb74f.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Delegate parsing of version headers in API requests to the
+    ``microversion-parse`` library which also adds support for the new
+    standard singular header: 'OpenStack-API-Version: baremetal <version>'.