diff --git a/src/rules/apigw/APIGWAuthorization.ts b/src/rules/apigw/APIGWAuthorization.ts
index 01e621a789..114cb875db 100644
--- a/src/rules/apigw/APIGWAuthorization.ts
+++ b/src/rules/apigw/APIGWAuthorization.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,28 @@ Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 */
 import { parse } from 'path';
-import { CfnResource } from 'aws-cdk-lib';
+import { CfnResource, Stack } from 'aws-cdk-lib';
 import { AuthorizationType, CfnMethod } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-apigateway';
 import { CfnRoute } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-apigatewayv2';
 import { NagRuleCompliance, NagRules } from '../../nag-rules';
 
+function checkCORSMethodResponses(node: CfnMethod): boolean {
+  const methodResponses: CfnMethod.MethodResponseProperty[] = Stack.of(
+    node
+  ).resolve(node.methodResponses);
+  return methodResponses?.every((response) => {
+    const hasCORSResponseParameter = Object.entries(
+      response.responseParameters || {}
+    ).some(
+      ([key, value]) =>
+        key.startsWith('method.response.header.Access-Control-Allow-') &&
+        value === true
+    );
+
+    return response.statusCode === '204' && hasCORSResponseParameter;
+  });
+}
+
 /**
  * APIs implement authorization
  * @param node the CfnResource to check
@@ -15,6 +32,12 @@ import { NagRuleCompliance, NagRules } from '../../nag-rules';
 export default Object.defineProperty(
   (node: CfnResource): NagRuleCompliance => {
     if (node instanceof CfnMethod || node instanceof CfnRoute) {
+      if (node instanceof CfnMethod) {
+        const httpMethod = NagRules.resolveIfPrimitive(node, node.httpMethod);
+        if (httpMethod === 'OPTIONS' && checkCORSMethodResponses(node)) {
+          return NagRuleCompliance.NOT_APPLICABLE;
+        }
+      }
       const authorizationType = NagRules.resolveIfPrimitive(
         node,
         node.authorizationType
diff --git a/test/rules/APIGW.test.ts b/test/rules/APIGW.test.ts
index d45ef110f5..a204c93e43 100644
--- a/test/rules/APIGW.test.ts
+++ b/test/rules/APIGW.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   CfnRequestValidator,
   CfnRestApi,
   CfnStage,
+  Cors,
   MethodLoggingLevel,
   RestApi,
 } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-apigateway';
@@ -182,22 +183,26 @@ describe('Amazon API Gateway', () => {
   describe('APIGWAuthorization: APIs implement authorization', () => {
     const ruleId = 'APIGWAuthorization';
     test('Noncompliance 1', () => {
-      new RestApi(stack, 'rRestApi').root.addMethod('ANY');
+      new RestApi(stack, 'RestApi').root.addMethod('ANY');
       validateStack(stack, ruleId, TestType.NON_COMPLIANCE);
     });
     test('Noncompliance 2', () => {
-      new CfnRoute(stack, 'rRoute', {
+      new CfnRoute(stack, 'Route', {
         apiId: 'foo',
         routeKey: 'ANY /bar',
         authorizationType: 'NONE',
       });
       validateStack(stack, ruleId, TestType.NON_COMPLIANCE);
     });
-    test('Compliance', () => {
-      new RestApi(stack, 'rRestApi', {
+    test('Noncompliance 3', () => {
+      new RestApi(stack, 'RestApi').root.addMethod('OPTIONS');
+      validateStack(stack, ruleId, TestType.NON_COMPLIANCE);
+    });
+    test('Compliance 1', () => {
+      new RestApi(stack, 'RestApi', {
         defaultMethodOptions: { authorizationType: AuthorizationType.CUSTOM },
       }).root.addMethod('ANY');
-      new CfnRoute(stack, 'rRoute', {
+      new CfnRoute(stack, 'Route', {
         apiId: 'foo',
         routeKey: 'ANY /bar',
         authorizationType: 'CUSTOM',
@@ -205,6 +210,15 @@ describe('Amazon API Gateway', () => {
       });
       validateStack(stack, ruleId, TestType.COMPLIANCE);
     });
+    test('Compliance 2', () => {
+      new RestApi(stack, 'RestApi').root.addCorsPreflight({
+        allowOrigins: Cors.ALL_ORIGINS,
+        allowHeaders: Cors.DEFAULT_HEADERS,
+        allowMethods: Cors.ALL_METHODS,
+        allowCredentials: true,
+      });
+      validateStack(stack, ruleId, TestType.COMPLIANCE);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('APIGWCacheEnabledAndEncrypted: API Gateway stages have caching enabled and encrypted for all methods', () => {