diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/fetch_module.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/fetch_module.js
index 7638f94b3fe525..182dfd2a0f6657 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/fetch_module.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/fetch_module.js
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ function HTTPSGet(url, opts) {
   return https.get(url, {
     agent: HTTPSAgent,
     ...opts,
+    headers: {
+      'user-agent': `Node.js/${process.version}`,
+      ...opts?.headers,
+    },
   });
 }
 
@@ -65,6 +69,10 @@ function HTTPGet(url, opts) {
   return http.get(url, {
     agent: HTTPAgent,
     ...opts,
+    headers: {
+      'user-agent': `Node.js/${process.version}`,
+      ...opts?.headers,
+    },
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/test/es-module/test-http-imports.mjs b/test/es-module/test-http-imports.mjs
index 235d142d3555e3..15ef089df338c7 100644
--- a/test/es-module/test-http-imports.mjs
+++ b/test/es-module/test-http-imports.mjs
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ for (const { protocol, createServer } of [
     // ?body sets the body, string
     const server = createServer(function(_req, res) {
       const url = new URL(_req.url, host);
+      assert.strictEqual(_req.headers['user-agent'], `Node.js/${process.version}`);
+
       const redirect = url.searchParams.get('redirect');
       if (url.pathname === '/not-found') {
         res.writeHead(404);