diff --git a/airbyte-config/init/src/main/resources/seed/source_definitions.yaml b/airbyte-config/init/src/main/resources/seed/source_definitions.yaml
index 0fd90b3c4e73..56678863edf2 100644
--- a/airbyte-config/init/src/main/resources/seed/source_definitions.yaml
+++ b/airbyte-config/init/src/main/resources/seed/source_definitions.yaml
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
 - name: File
   sourceDefinitionId: 778daa7c-feaf-4db6-96f3-70fd645acc77
   dockerRepository: airbyte/source-file
-  dockerImageTag: 0.2.12
+  dockerImageTag: 0.2.13
   documentationUrl: https://docs.airbyte.io/integrations/sources/file
   icon: file.svg
   sourceType: file
diff --git a/airbyte-config/init/src/main/resources/seed/source_specs.yaml b/airbyte-config/init/src/main/resources/seed/source_specs.yaml
index 10772f5ba612..f8eb8b5ab5ff 100644
--- a/airbyte-config/init/src/main/resources/seed/source_specs.yaml
+++ b/airbyte-config/init/src/main/resources/seed/source_specs.yaml
@@ -2261,7 +2261,7 @@
     supportsNormalization: false
     supportsDBT: false
     supported_destination_sync_modes: []
-- dockerImage: "airbyte/source-file:0.2.12"
+- dockerImage: "airbyte/source-file:0.2.13"
   spec:
     documentationUrl: "https://docs.airbyte.io/integrations/sources/file"
     connectionSpecification:
@@ -2320,6 +2320,11 @@
               storage:
                 type: "string"
                 const: "HTTPS"
+              user_agent:
+                type: "boolean"
+                title: "User-Agent"
+                default: false
+                description: "Add User-Agent to request"
           - title: "GCS: Google Cloud Storage"
             required:
             - "storage"
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-file/Dockerfile b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-file/Dockerfile
index 8c0759cb6bba..8737dd173e34 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-file/Dockerfile
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-file/Dockerfile
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ COPY source_file ./source_file
 ENV AIRBYTE_ENTRYPOINT "python /airbyte/integration_code/main.py"
 ENTRYPOINT ["python", "/airbyte/integration_code/main.py"]
 
-LABEL io.airbyte.version=0.2.12
+LABEL io.airbyte.version=0.2.13
 LABEL io.airbyte.name=airbyte/source-file
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-file/integration_tests/client_storage_providers_test.py b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-file/integration_tests/client_storage_providers_test.py
index 9ae3febf47fc..69086321f238 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-file/integration_tests/client_storage_providers_test.py
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-file/integration_tests/client_storage_providers_test.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def test__read_from_public_provider(download_gcs_public_data, storage_provider,
         "format": "csv",
         "dataset_name": "output",
         "reader_options": json.dumps({"sep": separator, "nrows": 42}),
-        "provider": {"storage": storage_provider},
+        "provider": {"storage": storage_provider, "user_agent": False},
         "url": url,
     }
 
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-file/integration_tests/config.json b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-file/integration_tests/config.json
index 95b85a01504c..6edc01a35017 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-file/integration_tests/config.json
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-file/integration_tests/config.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   "url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/covid19-open-data/v2/latest/epidemiology.csv",
   "provider": {
     "storage": "HTTPS",
-    "reader_impl": "gcsfs"
+    "reader_impl": "gcsfs",
+    "user_agent": false
   }
 }
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-file/source_file/client.py b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-file/source_file/client.py
index 1ed4bc764329..c96e73261854 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-file/source_file/client.py
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-file/source_file/client.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 import json
 import traceback
+from os import environ
 from typing import Iterable
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
@@ -114,6 +115,17 @@ def _open(self, binary):
             else:
                 uri = f"{storage}{user}@{host}:{port}/{url}"
             return smart_open.open(uri, transport_params=transport_params, mode=mode)
+        elif storage in ("https://", "http://"):
+            transport_params = None
+            if self._provider["user_agent"]:
+                airbyte_version = environ.get("AIRBYTE_VERSION", "0.0")
+                transport_params = {"headers": {"Accept-Encoding": "identity", "User-Agent": f"Airbyte/{airbyte_version}"}}
+            logger.info(f"TransportParams: {transport_params}")
+            return smart_open.open(
+                self.full_url,
+                mode=mode,
+                transport_params=transport_params,
+            )
         return smart_open.open(self.full_url, mode=mode)
 
     @property
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-file/source_file/spec.json b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-file/source_file/spec.json
index 777001fe8035..1081ad2f93e9 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-file/source_file/spec.json
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-file/source_file/spec.json
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@
               "storage": {
                 "type": "string",
                 "const": "HTTPS"
+              },
+              "user_agent": {
+                "type": "boolean",
+                "title": "User-Agent",
+                "default": false,
+                "description": "Add User-Agent to request"
               }
             }
           },