diff --git a/tests/unit/test_client.py b/tests/unit/test_client.py
index bbd953e8..d1b23ae7 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_client.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_client.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     _get_token_requests,
     _post_statement_requests,
 )
-from trino import constants
+from trino import __version__, constants
 from trino.auth import KerberosAuthentication, _OAuth2TokenBearer
 from trino.client import (
     ClientSession,
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ def assert_headers(headers):
         assert headers[constants.HEADER_SOURCE] == source
         assert headers[constants.HEADER_USER] == user
         assert headers[constants.HEADER_SESSION] == ""
+        assert headers[constants.HEADER_TRANSACTION] is None
         assert headers[constants.HEADER_TIMEZONE] == timezone
         assert headers[constants.HEADER_CLIENT_CAPABILITIES] == "PARAMETRIC_DATETIME"
         assert headers[accept_encoding_header] == accept_encoding_value
@@ -135,7 +136,8 @@ def assert_headers(headers):
             "catalog1=NONE,"
             "catalog2=" + urllib.parse.quote("ROLE{catalog2_role}")
         )
-        assert len(headers.keys()) == 11
+        assert headers["User-Agent"] == f"{constants.CLIENT_NAME}/{__version__}"
+        assert len(headers.keys()) == 12
 
     req.post("URL")
     _, post_kwargs = post.call_args
diff --git a/trino/client.py b/trino/client.py
index 9e9ce3ee..e262f626 100644
--- a/trino/client.py
+++ b/trino/client.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 
 import trino.logging
 from trino import constants, exceptions
+from trino._version import __version__
 
 __all__ = ["ClientSession", "TrinoQuery", "TrinoRequest", "PROXIES"]
 
@@ -447,7 +448,7 @@ def transaction_id(self, value):
 
     @property
     def http_headers(self) -> Dict[str, str]:
-        headers = {}
+        headers = requests.structures.CaseInsensitiveDict()
 
         headers[constants.HEADER_CATALOG] = self._client_session.catalog
         headers[constants.HEADER_SCHEMA] = self._client_session.schema
@@ -455,6 +456,7 @@ def http_headers(self) -> Dict[str, str]:
         headers[constants.HEADER_USER] = self._client_session.user
         headers[constants.HEADER_TIMEZONE] = self._client_session.timezone
         headers[constants.HEADER_CLIENT_CAPABILITIES] = 'PARAMETRIC_DATETIME'
+        headers["user-agent"] = f"{constants.CLIENT_NAME}/{__version__}"
         if len(self._client_session.roles.values()):
             headers[constants.HEADER_ROLE] = ",".join(
                 # ``name`` must not contain ``=``
diff --git a/trino/constants.py b/trino/constants.py
index c9527a3b..2199105c 100644
--- a/trino/constants.py
+++ b/trino/constants.py
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 
 URL_STATEMENT_PATH = "/v1/statement"
 
+CLIENT_NAME = "Trino Python Client"
+
 HEADER_CATALOG = "X-Trino-Catalog"
 HEADER_SCHEMA = "X-Trino-Schema"
 HEADER_SOURCE = "X-Trino-Source"