diff --git a/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/api/Config.java b/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/api/Config.java
index 5e50b610..b52b3706 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/api/Config.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/api/Config.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 import javax.net.ssl.TrustManagerFactory;
 
+import io.weaviate.client6.v1.internal.BuildInfo;
 import io.weaviate.client6.v1.internal.ObjectBuilder;
 import io.weaviate.client6.v1.internal.Timeout;
 import io.weaviate.client6.v1.internal.TokenProvider;
@@ -178,6 +179,7 @@ public SelfT timeout(int initSeconds, int querySeconds, int insertSeconds) {
      * Service if an appropriate vectorizer is configured for collection.
      */
     private static final String HEADER_X_WEAVIATE_CLUSTER_URL = "X-Weaviate-Cluster-URL";
+    private static final String HEADER_X_WEAVIATE_CLIENT = "X-Weaviate-Client";
 
     /**
      * isWeaviateDomain returns true if the host matches weaviate.io,
@@ -190,6 +192,10 @@ private static boolean isWeaviateDomain(String host) {
           lower.contains("weaviate.cloud");
     }
 
+    private static final String VERSION = "weaviate-client-java/"
+          + ((!BuildInfo.TAGS.isBlank() && BuildInfo.TAGS != "unknown") ? BuildInfo.TAGS
+          : (BuildInfo.BRANCH + "-" + BuildInfo.COMMIT_ID_ABBREV));
+
     @Override
     public Config build() {
       // For clusters hosted on Weaviate Cloud, Weaviate Embedding Service
@@ -197,6 +203,7 @@ public Config build() {
       if (isWeaviateDomain(httpHost) && authentication != null) {
         setHeader(HEADER_X_WEAVIATE_CLUSTER_URL, "https://" + httpHost + ":" + httpPort);
       }
+      setHeader(HEADER_X_WEAVIATE_CLIENT, VERSION);
       return new Config(this);
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/internal/BuildInfo.java b/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/internal/BuildInfo.java
index 29fc339c..8ff78b9f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/internal/BuildInfo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/internal/BuildInfo.java
@@ -11,18 +11,22 @@ private BuildInfo() {
   public static final String BRANCH;
   public static final String COMMIT_ID;
   public static final String COMMIT_ID_ABBREV;
+  public static final String TAGS;
 
   static {
     var properties = new Properties();
 
-    try {
-      properties.load(BuildInfo.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("client6-git.properties"));
-    } catch (IOException | NullPointerException e) {
+    try (var is = BuildInfo.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("client6-git.properties")) {
+      if (is != null) {
+        properties.load(is);
+      }
+    } catch (IOException e) {
       System.out.println("failed to load client6-git.properties, no build information will be available");
     }
 
-    BRANCH = String.valueOf(properties.get("git.branch"));
-    COMMIT_ID = String.valueOf(properties.get("git.commit.id.full"));
-    COMMIT_ID_ABBREV = String.valueOf(properties.get("git.commit.id.abbrev"));
+    BRANCH = String.valueOf(properties.getOrDefault("git.branch", "unknown"));
+    COMMIT_ID = String.valueOf(properties.getOrDefault("git.commit.id.full", "unknown"));
+    COMMIT_ID_ABBREV = String.valueOf(properties.getOrDefault("git.commit.id.abbrev", "unknown"));
+    TAGS = String.valueOf(properties.getOrDefault("git.tags", "unknown"));
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/api/ConfigTest.java b/src/test/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/api/ConfigTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b38bef7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/api/ConfigTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package io.weaviate.client6.v1.api;
+
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class ConfigTest {
+
+  private static final String HEADER_KEY = "X-Weaviate-Client";
+
+  @Test
+  public void testHeaderPresence() {
+    Config config = new Config.Local().build();
+    Assertions.assertThat(config.headers()).containsKey(HEADER_KEY);
+    Assertions.assertThat(config.headers().get(HEADER_KEY)).isNotEmpty();
+
+    config = new Config.WeaviateCloud("http://localhost/", Authentication.apiKey("test_key")).build();
+    Assertions.assertThat(config.headers()).containsKey(HEADER_KEY);
+    Assertions.assertThat(config.headers().get(HEADER_KEY)).isNotEmpty();
+
+    config = new Config.Custom().httpHost("localhost").build();
+    Assertions.assertThat(config.headers()).containsKey(HEADER_KEY);
+    Assertions.assertThat(config.headers().get(HEADER_KEY)).isNotEmpty();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/internal/BuildInfoTest.java b/src/test/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/internal/BuildInfoTest.java
index 271b14df..dded492c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/internal/BuildInfoTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/internal/BuildInfoTest.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 public class BuildInfoTest {
   private static final String BRANCH = gitBranch();
   private static final String COMMIT_ID = gitCommit();
+  private static final String TAGS = gitTags();
 
   @Test
   public void testBuildInfo() throws IOException {
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ public void testBuildInfo() throws IOException {
     Assertions.assertThat(BuildInfo.BRANCH).as("branch").isEqualTo(BRANCH);
     Assertions.assertThat(BuildInfo.COMMIT_ID).as("commit.full").isEqualTo(COMMIT_ID);
     Assertions.assertThat(COMMIT_ID).as("commit.abbrev").startsWith(BuildInfo.COMMIT_ID_ABBREV);
+    Assertions.assertThat(BuildInfo.TAGS).as("tags").isEqualTo(TAGS);
   }
 
   /** Get current non-abbreviated Git commit hash. */
@@ -33,6 +35,11 @@ private static String gitBranch() {
     return runCommand("/usr/bin/git", "branch", "--show-current");
   }
 
+  /** Get current git tags. */
+  private static String gitTags() {
+    return runCommand("/usr/bin/git", "tag", "--points-at", "HEAD");
+  }
+
   /** Run shell command and return the output as multi-line string. */
   private static String runCommand(String... cmdarray) {
     try {