diff --git a/monai/transforms/spatial/array.py b/monai/transforms/spatial/array.py
index 0fb96e88a1..f7327aa07b 100644
--- a/monai/transforms/spatial/array.py
+++ b/monai/transforms/spatial/array.py
@@ -293,13 +293,11 @@ def __call__(  # type: ignore
         dtype = dtype or self.dtype
         src_affine = src_meta.get("affine")
         dst_affine = dst_meta.get("affine")
-        ndim = len(img.shape[1:])
-        spatial_size = dst_meta.get("dim", [])[1 : ndim + 2]
         img, updated_affine = super().__call__(
             img=img,
             src_affine=src_affine,
             dst_affine=dst_affine,
-            spatial_size=spatial_size,
+            spatial_size=dst_meta.get("spatial_shape"),
             mode=mode,
             padding_mode=padding_mode,
             align_corners=align_corners,
@@ -307,10 +305,6 @@ def __call__(  # type: ignore
         )
         dst_meta = deepcopy(dst_meta)
         dst_meta["affine"] = updated_affine
-        if "dim" in dst_meta:
-            dst_meta["dim"] = src_meta.get("dim", [])
-        if "pixdim" in dst_meta:
-            dst_meta["pixdim"] = src_meta.get("pixdim", [])
         return img, dst_meta
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_resample_to_match.py b/tests/test_resample_to_match.py
index cf8c98d588..b0a5027071 100644
--- a/tests/test_resample_to_match.py
+++ b/tests/test_resample_to_match.py
@@ -9,13 +9,23 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+import copy
+import itertools
 import os
 import tempfile
 import unittest
 
+import nibabel as nib
+import numpy as np
+from parameterized import parameterized
+
+from monai.data.image_reader import ITKReader, NibabelReader
+from monai.data.image_writer import ITKWriter, NibabelWriter
 from monai.transforms import Compose, EnsureChannelFirstd, LoadImaged, ResampleToMatch, SaveImaged
 from tests.utils import assert_allclose, download_url_or_skip_test, testing_data_config
 
+TEST_CASES = ["itkreader", "nibabelreader"]
+
 
 class TestResampleToMatch(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
@@ -28,18 +38,23 @@ def setUp(self):
             download_url_or_skip_test(url=url, filepath=fname, hash_type=hash_type, hash_val=hash_val)
             self.fnames.append(fname)
 
-    def test_correct(self):
+    @parameterized.expand(itertools.product([NibabelReader, ITKReader], [NibabelWriter, ITKWriter]))
+    def test_correct(self, reader, writer):
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as temp_dir:
-            loader = Compose([LoadImaged(("im1", "im2")), EnsureChannelFirstd(("im1", "im2"))])
+            loader = Compose([LoadImaged(("im1", "im2"), reader=reader), EnsureChannelFirstd(("im1", "im2"))])
             data = loader({"im1": self.fnames[0], "im2": self.fnames[1]})
 
             im_mod, meta = ResampleToMatch()(data["im2"], data["im2_meta_dict"], data["im1_meta_dict"])
-            # for visual inspection
-            saver = SaveImaged("im3", output_dir=temp_dir, output_postfix="", separate_folder=False)
+            current_dims = copy.deepcopy(meta.get("dim"))
+            saver = SaveImaged("im3", output_dir=temp_dir, output_postfix="", separate_folder=False, writer=writer)
             meta["filename_or_obj"] = "file3.nii.gz"
             saver({"im3": im_mod, "im3_meta_dict": meta})
 
-            assert_allclose(im_mod.shape, data["im1"].shape)
+            saved = nib.load(os.path.join(temp_dir, meta["filename_or_obj"]))
+            assert_allclose(data["im1"].shape[1:], saved.shape)
+            assert_allclose(saved.header["dim"][:4], np.array([3, 384, 384, 19]))
+            if current_dims is not None:
+                assert_allclose(saved.header["dim"], current_dims)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/tests/test_resample_to_matchd.py b/tests/test_resample_to_matchd.py
index 77bc2c17e6..bf88e0f98a 100644
--- a/tests/test_resample_to_matchd.py
+++ b/tests/test_resample_to_matchd.py
@@ -46,7 +46,21 @@ def test_correct(self):
                 ]
             )
             data = transforms({"im1": self.fnames[0], "im2": self.fnames[1]})
+            # check that output sizes match
             assert_allclose(data["im1"].shape, data["im3"].shape)
+            # and that the meta data has been updated accordingly
+            assert_allclose(data["im3"].shape[1:], data["im3_meta_dict"]["spatial_shape"], type_test=False)
+            assert_allclose(data["im3_meta_dict"]["affine"], data["im1_meta_dict"]["affine"])
+            # check we're different from the original
+            self.assertTrue(any(i != j for i, j in zip(data["im3"].shape, data["im2"].shape)))
+            self.assertTrue(
+                any(
+                    i != j
+                    for i, j in zip(
+                        data["im3_meta_dict"]["affine"].flatten(), data["im2_meta_dict"]["affine"].flatten()
+                    )
+                )
+            )
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":