diff --git a/assemblyai/__init__.py b/assemblyai/__init__.py
index 736ef02..a1d2d7a 100644
--- a/assemblyai/__init__.py
+++ b/assemblyai/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from . import extras
+from .__version__ import __version__
 from .client import Client
 from .lemur import Lemur
 from .transcriber import RealtimeTranscriber, Transcriber, Transcript, TranscriptGroup
@@ -139,4 +140,6 @@
     "settings",
     # packages
     "extras",
+    # version
+    "__version__",
 ]
diff --git a/assemblyai/__version__.py b/assemblyai/__version__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df7db86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assemblyai/__version__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = "0.28.0"
diff --git a/assemblyai/client.py b/assemblyai/client.py
index 6b3bb8d..8883d26 100644
--- a/assemblyai/client.py
+++ b/assemblyai/client.py
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
+import sys
 import threading
 from typing import ClassVar, Optional
 
 import httpx
 from typing_extensions import Self
 
-from . import types
+from . import __version__, types
 
 
 class Client:
@@ -33,19 +34,19 @@ def __init__(
                 "Please provide an API key via the ASSEMBLYAI_API_KEY environment variable or the global settings."
             )
 
+        vi = sys.version_info
+        python_version = f"{vi.major}.{vi.minor}.{vi.micro}"
+        user_agent = f"{httpx._client.USER_AGENT} AssemblyAI/1.0 (sdk=Python/{__version__} runtime_env=Python/{python_version})"
+
+        headers = {"user-agent": user_agent}
         if self._settings.api_key:
-            self._http_client = httpx.Client(
-                base_url=self.settings.base_url,
-                headers={
-                    "authorization": self.settings.api_key,
-                },
-                timeout=self.settings.http_timeout,
-            )
-        else:
-            self._http_client = httpx.Client(
-                base_url=self.settings.base_url,
-                timeout=self.settings.http_timeout,
-            )
+            headers["authorization"] = self.settings.api_key
+
+        self._http_client = httpx.Client(
+            base_url=self.settings.base_url,
+            headers=headers,
+            timeout=self.settings.http_timeout,
+        )
 
     @property
     def settings(self) -> types.Settings:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7f71787..fdeb0e3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,9 +5,16 @@
 long_description = (Path(__file__).parent / "README.md").read_text()
 
 
+def get_version() -> str:
+    version = {}
+    with open(Path(__file__).parent / "assemblyai" / "__version__.py") as f:
+        exec(f.read(), version)
+    return version["__version__"]
+
+
 setup(
     name="assemblyai",
-    version="0.28.0",
+    version=get_version(),
     description="AssemblyAI Python SDK",
     author="AssemblyAI",
     author_email="engineering.sdk@assemblyai.com",