diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e092a261..14a6b4eb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-jest": "^29.0.0",
     "eslint-plugin-jsdoc": "^48.11.0",
     "execa": "^4.0.0",
-    "jest": "^29.6.2",
+    "jest": "^29.7.0",
     "jest-junit": "^16.0.0",
     "neostandard": "^0",
     "oclif": "^4.0.0",
diff --git a/src/RuntimeBaseCommand.js b/src/RuntimeBaseCommand.js
index 70189ebd..5eb73e9b 100644
--- a/src/RuntimeBaseCommand.js
+++ b/src/RuntimeBaseCommand.js
@@ -85,6 +85,15 @@ class RuntimeBaseCommand extends Command {
     } else if (flags.debug) {
       createDebug.enable(flags.debug)
     }
+
+    // set User-Agent for runtime calls
+    // ex. aio-cli-plugin-runtime/@adobe/aio-cli/10.3.1 (darwin-arm64; node-v18.20.4; zsh)
+    const vs = this.config.versionDetails
+    // console.log('init ', this.config.versionDetails)
+    process.env.__OW_USER_AGENT =
+      `aio-cli-plugin-runtime/${vs?.cliVersion} (${vs?.architecture}; ${vs?.nodeVersion}; ${vs?.shell})`
+
+    console.log('init ', process.env.__OW_USER_AGENT)
   }
 
   async handleError (msg, err) {