diff --git a/aiohttp/connector.py b/aiohttp/connector.py
index 547f9719d39..716b869b7e3 100644
--- a/aiohttp/connector.py
+++ b/aiohttp/connector.py
@@ -1532,9 +1532,13 @@ async def _create_proxy_connection(
                 # read_until_eof=True will ensure the connection isn't closed
                 # once the response is received and processed allowing
                 # START_TLS to work on the connection below.
+                # skip_payload=True per RFC-9110 §9.3.6: a client MUST ignore
+                # any Content-Length or Transfer-Encoding header fields received
+                # in a successful response to CONNECT.
                 protocol.set_response_params(
                     read_until_eof=True,
                     timeout_ceil_threshold=self._timeout_ceil_threshold,
+                    skip_payload=True,
                 )
                 resp = await proxy_resp.start(conn)
             except BaseException:
diff --git a/tests/test_proxy.py b/tests/test_proxy.py
index 147b5998b8e..46aabc71eb4 100644
--- a/tests/test_proxy.py
+++ b/tests/test_proxy.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 from yarl import URL
 
 import aiohttp
+from aiohttp.client_proto import ResponseHandler
 from aiohttp.client_reqrep import (
     ClientRequest,
     ClientRequestArgs,
@@ -1167,3 +1168,109 @@ async def test_https_auth(  # type: ignore[misc]
                         proxy_resp.close()
                         await req._close()
             await connector.close()
+
+
+@mock.patch("aiohttp.connector.ClientRequestBase")
+@mock.patch(
+    "aiohttp.connector.aiohappyeyeballs.start_connection",
+    autospec=True,
+    spec_set=True,
+)
+async def test_https_connect_skip_payload_on_200(  # type: ignore[misc]
+    start_connection: mock.Mock,
+    ClientRequestMock: mock.Mock,
+    make_client_request: _RequestMaker,
+) -> None:
+    """Regression test for https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/issues/8472.
+
+    Per RFC-9110 §9.3.6 a client MUST ignore any Content-Length or
+    Transfer-Encoding header fields in a successful response to CONNECT.
+
+    This test uses a real ResponseHandler instance so we can assert that
+    ``_skip_payload`` is actually set to ``True`` on the protocol object
+    after the CONNECT 200 handshake.  ``_skip_payload=True`` causes the
+    underlying ``HttpResponseParser`` to be configured with
+    ``response_with_body=False``, which means any body bytes advertised
+    by Content-Length / Transfer-Encoding in the tunnel response are
+    silently discarded rather than blocking the TLS upgrade.
+    """
+    event_loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+    proxy_req = ClientRequestBase(
+        "GET",
+        URL("http://proxy.example.com"),
+        auth=None,
+        loop=event_loop,
+        ssl=True,
+        headers=CIMultiDict({}),
+    )
+    ClientRequestMock.return_value = proxy_req
+
+    url = URL("http://proxy.example.com")
+    proxy_resp = ClientResponse(
+        "get",
+        url,
+        writer=None,
+        continue100=None,
+        timer=TimerNoop(),
+        traces=[],
+        loop=event_loop,
+        session=mock.Mock(),
+        request_headers=CIMultiDict[str](),
+        original_url=url,
+    )
+    with mock.patch.object(proxy_req, "_send", autospec=True, return_value=proxy_resp):
+        with mock.patch.object(proxy_resp, "start", autospec=True) as m:
+            m.return_value.status = 200
+
+            connector = aiohttp.TCPConnector()
+            r = {
+                "hostname": "hostname",
+                "host": "127.0.0.1",
+                "port": 80,
+                "family": socket.AF_INET,
+                "proto": 0,
+                "flags": 0,
+            }
+            with mock.patch.object(
+                connector, "_resolve_host", autospec=True, return_value=[r]
+            ):
+                # Use a real ResponseHandler so we can assert its internal state
+                # rather than only checking that a mock method was called.
+                tr = mock.Mock()
+                proto = ResponseHandler(loop=event_loop)
+                with mock.patch.object(
+                    event_loop,
+                    "create_connection",
+                    autospec=True,
+                    return_value=(tr, proto),
+                ):
+                    with mock.patch.object(
+                        event_loop,
+                        "start_tls",
+                        autospec=True,
+                        return_value=mock.Mock(),
+                    ):
+                        req = make_client_request(
+                            "GET",
+                            URL("https://www.python.org"),
+                            proxy=URL("http://proxy.example.com"),
+                            loop=event_loop,
+                        )
+                        await connector._create_connection(
+                            req, [], aiohttp.ClientTimeout()
+                        )
+
+                        # Verify that the connector configured the real protocol
+                        # to skip the CONNECT response body.  This flag causes
+                        # HttpResponseParser to use response_with_body=False, so
+                        # any Content-Length / Transfer-Encoding bytes in the
+                        # tunnel handshake are not consumed before TLS is started.
+                        assert proto._skip_payload is True, (
+                            "ResponseHandler._skip_payload must be True after a "
+                            "CONNECT 200 so that proxy body bytes are not read "
+                            "before the TLS upgrade (RFC-9110 §9.3.6)"
+                        )
+
+                        proxy_resp.close()
+                        await req._close()
+            await connector.close()