diff --git a/kcidev/libs/common.py b/kcidev/libs/common.py
index 004869f..48059c4 100644
--- a/kcidev/libs/common.py
+++ b/kcidev/libs/common.py
@@ -5,14 +5,24 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import sys
+from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
 
 import click
+import requests
 
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
     import tomllib
 else:
     import tomli as tomllib
 
+try:
+    kcidev_version = version("kci-dev")
+except PackageNotFoundError:
+    kcidev_version = "unknown"
+
+kcidev_session = requests.Session()
+kcidev_session.headers["User-Agent"] = f"kci-dev/{kcidev_version}"
+
 
 def load_toml(settings, subcommand):
     fname = "kci-dev.toml"
diff --git a/kcidev/libs/dashboard.py b/kcidev/libs/dashboard.py
index cf3967e..a9f4d8b 100644
--- a/kcidev/libs/dashboard.py
+++ b/kcidev/libs/dashboard.py
@@ -83,12 +83,12 @@ def wrapper(
 
 @_dashboard_request
 def dashboard_api_post(endpoint, params, use_json, body, max_retries=3):
-    return requests.post(endpoint, json=body)
+    return kcidev_session.post(endpoint, json=body)
 
 
 @_dashboard_request
 def dashboard_api_fetch(endpoint, params, use_json, max_retries=3, error_verbose=True):
-    return requests.get(endpoint)
+    return kcidev_session.get(endpoint)
 
 
 def dashboard_fetch_summary(origin, giturl, branch, commit, arch, use_json):
diff --git a/kcidev/libs/files.py b/kcidev/libs/files.py
index 6272572..a5bf816 100644
--- a/kcidev/libs/files.py
+++ b/kcidev/libs/files.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import requests
 
-from kcidev.libs.common import kci_err
+from kcidev.libs.common import kci_err, kcidev_session
 
 INVALID_FILE_CHARS = re.compile(r'[\\/:"*?<>|]+')
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def download_logs_to_file(log_url, log_file):
     try:
         # Download compressed log
         logging.debug("Fetching compressed log file")
-        response = requests.get(log_url)
+        response = kcidev_session.get(log_url)
         response.raise_for_status()
 
         # Decompress log
diff --git a/kcidev/libs/maestro_common.py b/kcidev/libs/maestro_common.py
index e5278fc..d5a5c1a 100644
--- a/kcidev/libs/maestro_common.py
+++ b/kcidev/libs/maestro_common.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def maestro_get_node(url, nodeid):
     maestro_print_api_call(url)
 
     try:
-        response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
+        response = kcidev_session.get(url, headers=headers)
         logging.debug(f"Node request status: {response.status_code}")
         response.raise_for_status()
     except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as ex:
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def maestro_get_nodes(url, limit, offset, filter, paginate):
     maestro_print_api_call(url)
 
     try:
-        response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
+        response = kcidev_session.get(url, headers=headers)
         logging.debug(f"Nodes request status: {response.status_code}")
         response.raise_for_status()
     except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as ex:
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def maestro_retrieve_treeid_nodes(baseurl, token, treeid):
     logging.debug(f"Tree nodes URL: {url}")
 
     try:
-        response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=30)
+        response = kcidev_session.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=30)
         logging.debug(f"Tree nodes request status: {response.status_code}")
     except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
         logging.warning(f"Request exception retrieving tree nodes: {e}")
diff --git a/kcidev/main.py b/kcidev/main.py
index 0df48bd..5db1c9b 100755
--- a/kcidev/main.py
+++ b/kcidev/main.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 @click.group(
     help="Stand alone tool for Linux Kernel developers and maintainers to interact with KernelCI."
 )
-@click.version_option("0.1.10", prog_name="kci-dev")
+@click.version_option(kcidev_version, prog_name="kci-dev")
 @click.option(
     "--settings",
     default=".kci-dev.toml",
diff --git a/kcidev/subcommands/checkout.py b/kcidev/subcommands/checkout.py
index 5b67952..92bae0c 100644
--- a/kcidev/subcommands/checkout.py
+++ b/kcidev/subcommands/checkout.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def send_checkout_full(baseurl, token, **kwargs):
     maestro_print_api_call(url, data)
     try:
         logging.debug(f"POST request to: {url}")
-        response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=jdata, timeout=30)
+        response = kcidev_session.post(url, headers=headers, data=jdata, timeout=30)
         logging.debug(f"Checkout response status: {response.status_code}")
     except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
         logging.error(f"Checkout API request failed: {e}")
diff --git a/kcidev/subcommands/testretry.py b/kcidev/subcommands/testretry.py
index 0801834..dc152a7 100644
--- a/kcidev/subcommands/testretry.py
+++ b/kcidev/subcommands/testretry.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def send_jobretry(baseurl, jobid, token):
 
     try:
         logging.debug("Sending POST request for job retry")
-        response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=jdata)
+        response = kcidev_session.post(url, headers=headers, data=jdata)
         logging.debug(f"Response status: {response.status_code}")
     except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
         logging.error(f"Failed to send job retry request: {e}")
diff --git a/tests/test_kcidev.py b/tests/test_kcidev.py
index 65a02b9..1a5baf5 100644
--- a/tests/test_kcidev.py
+++ b/tests/test_kcidev.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import os
+import re
 import shutil
 from subprocess import PIPE, run
 
 import git
 import pytest
 
+from kcidev.libs.common import kcidev_session, kcidev_version
 from kcidev.subcommands.config import add_config
 
 
@@ -918,6 +920,17 @@ def test_kcidev_results_build_with_real_id():
             pass
 
 
+def test_kcidev_session_user_agent():
+    ua = kcidev_session.headers["User-Agent"]
+    assert ua == f"kci-dev/{kcidev_version}"
+    assert kcidev_version != "unknown"
+
+
+def test_kcidev_version_from_metadata():
+    assert isinstance(kcidev_version, str)
+    assert re.match(r"^\d+\.\d+\.\d+", kcidev_version)
+
+
 def test_clean():
     # clean enviroment
     shutil.rmtree("my-new-repo/")