diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d417dd3..a2a3c2d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## 2.1.2 under development
 
-- no changes in this release.
+- Chg #70: Deprecate `CsrfMiddleware` in favor of `CsrfTokenMiddleware` (@ev-gor)
 
 ## 2.1.1 May 08, 2024
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 655ff66..1b9a84c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ composer require yiisoft/csrf
 
 ## General usage
 
-In order to enable CSRF protection you need to add `CsrfMiddleware` to your main middleware stack.
+In order to enable CSRF protection you need to add `CsrfTokenMiddleware` to your main middleware stack.
 In Yii it is done by configuring `config/web/application.php`:
 
 ```php
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ return [
                         [
                             ErrorCatcher::class,
                             SessionMiddleware::class,
-                            CsrfMiddleware::class, // <-- add this
+                            CsrfTokenMiddleware::class, // <-- add this
                             Router::class,
                         ]
                     );
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ You can change this behavior by implementing your own request handler:
 use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseFactoryInterface;
 use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface;
 use Psr\Http\Server\RequestHandlerInterface;
-use Yiisoft\Csrf\CsrfMiddleware;
+use Yiisoft\Csrf\CsrfTokenMiddleware;
 
 /**
  * @var Psr\Http\Message\ResponseFactoryInterface $responseFactory
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ $failureHandler = new class ($responseFactory) implements RequestHandlerInterfac
     }
 };
 
-$middleware = new CsrfMiddleware($responseFactory, $csrfToken, $failureHandler);
+$middleware = new CsrfTokenMiddleware($responseFactory, $csrfToken, $failureHandler);
 ```
 
 ## CSRF Tokens
diff --git a/src/CsrfMiddleware.php b/src/CsrfMiddleware.php
index cffab6c..679ff1d 100644
--- a/src/CsrfMiddleware.php
+++ b/src/CsrfMiddleware.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
  * PSR-15 middleware that takes care of token validation.
  *
  * @link https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-15/
+ * @deprecated Use the {@see CsrfTokenMiddleware} class instead.
  */
 final class CsrfMiddleware implements MiddlewareInterface
 {
diff --git a/src/CsrfTokenMiddleware.php b/src/CsrfTokenMiddleware.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ef2b3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/CsrfTokenMiddleware.php
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Yiisoft\Csrf;
+
+use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseFactoryInterface;
+use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface;
+use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface;
+use Psr\Http\Server\MiddlewareInterface;
+use Psr\Http\Server\RequestHandlerInterface;
+use Yiisoft\Http\Method;
+use Yiisoft\Http\Status;
+
+use function in_array;
+use function is_string;
+
+/**
+ * PSR-15 middleware that takes care of token validation.
+ *
+ * @link https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-15/
+ */
+final class CsrfTokenMiddleware implements MiddlewareInterface
+{
+    public const PARAMETER_NAME = '_csrf';
+    public const HEADER_NAME = 'X-CSRF-Token';
+
+    private string $parameterName = self::PARAMETER_NAME;
+    private string $headerName = self::HEADER_NAME;
+
+    private ResponseFactoryInterface $responseFactory;
+    private CsrfTokenInterface $token;
+    private ?RequestHandlerInterface $failureHandler;
+
+    public function __construct(
+        ResponseFactoryInterface $responseFactory,
+        CsrfTokenInterface $token,
+        RequestHandlerInterface $failureHandler = null
+    ) {
+        $this->responseFactory = $responseFactory;
+        $this->token = $token;
+        $this->failureHandler = $failureHandler;
+    }
+
+    public function process(ServerRequestInterface $request, RequestHandlerInterface $handler): ResponseInterface
+    {
+        if ($this->validateCsrfToken($request)) {
+            return $handler->handle($request);
+        }
+
+        if ($this->failureHandler !== null) {
+            return $this->failureHandler->handle($request);
+        }
+
+        $response = $this->responseFactory->createResponse(Status::UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY);
+        $response
+            ->getBody()
+            ->write(Status::TEXTS[Status::UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY]);
+        return $response;
+    }
+
+    public function withParameterName(string $name): self
+    {
+        $new = clone $this;
+        $new->parameterName = $name;
+        return $new;
+    }
+
+    public function withHeaderName(string $name): self
+    {
+        $new = clone $this;
+        $new->headerName = $name;
+        return $new;
+    }
+
+    public function getParameterName(): string
+    {
+        return $this->parameterName;
+    }
+
+    public function getHeaderName(): string
+    {
+        return $this->headerName;
+    }
+
+    private function validateCsrfToken(ServerRequestInterface $request): bool
+    {
+        if (in_array($request->getMethod(), [Method::GET, Method::HEAD, Method::OPTIONS], true)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        $token = $this->getTokenFromRequest($request);
+
+        return !empty($token) && $this->token->validate($token);
+    }
+
+    private function getTokenFromRequest(ServerRequestInterface $request): ?string
+    {
+        $parsedBody = $request->getParsedBody();
+
+        $token = $parsedBody[$this->parameterName] ?? null;
+        if (empty($token)) {
+            $headers = $request->getHeader($this->headerName);
+            $token = reset($headers);
+        }
+
+        return is_string($token) ? $token : null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/CsrfMiddlewareTest.php b/tests/CsrfMiddlewareTest.php
index 95a83fd..cc0847e 100644
--- a/tests/CsrfMiddlewareTest.php
+++ b/tests/CsrfMiddlewareTest.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 use Nyholm\Psr7\Factory\Psr17Factory;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
-use Yiisoft\Csrf\CsrfMiddleware;
+use Yiisoft\Csrf\CsrfTokenMiddleware;
 use Yiisoft\Csrf\Synchronizer\Generator\RandomCsrfTokenGenerator;
 use Yiisoft\Csrf\Synchronizer\SynchronizerCsrfToken;
 use Yiisoft\Csrf\Tests\Synchronizer\Storage\MockCsrfTokenStorage;
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ final class CsrfMiddlewareTest extends TestCase
     public function testDefaultParameterName(): void
     {
         $middleware = $this->createMiddleware();
-        $this->assertSame(CsrfMiddleware::PARAMETER_NAME, $middleware->getParameterName());
+        $this->assertSame(CsrfTokenMiddleware::PARAMETER_NAME, $middleware->getParameterName());
     }
 
     public function testGetParameterName(): void
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public function testGetParameterName(): void
     public function testDefaultHeaderName(): void
     {
         $middleware = $this->createMiddleware();
-        $this->assertSame(CsrfMiddleware::HEADER_NAME, $middleware->getHeaderName());
+        $this->assertSame(CsrfTokenMiddleware::HEADER_NAME, $middleware->getHeaderName());
     }
 
     public function testGetHeaderName(): void
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ public function testImmutability(): void
         $this->assertNotSame($original, $original->withParameterName('csrf'));
     }
 
-    private function createMiddleware(): CsrfMiddleware
+    private function createMiddleware(): CsrfTokenMiddleware
     {
-        return new CsrfMiddleware(
+        return new CsrfTokenMiddleware(
             new Psr17Factory(),
             new SynchronizerCsrfToken(
                 new RandomCsrfTokenGenerator(),