diff --git a/pyiceberg/catalog/rest/__init__.py b/pyiceberg/catalog/rest/__init__.py
index a28ff562bd..3daaeb3f2b 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/catalog/rest/__init__.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/catalog/rest/__init__.py
@@ -491,6 +491,7 @@ def _config_headers(self, session: Session) -> None:
         session.headers.update(header_properties)
         session.headers["Content-type"] = "application/json"
         session.headers["User-Agent"] = f"PyIceberg/{__version__}"
+        session.headers["X-Client-Version"] = f"Apache PyIceberg {__version__}"
         session.headers.setdefault("X-Iceberg-Access-Delegation", ACCESS_DELEGATION_DEFAULT)
 
     def _create_table(
diff --git a/tests/catalog/test_rest.py b/tests/catalog/test_rest.py
index 464314f3be..a5c7267b43 100644
--- a/tests/catalog/test_rest.py
+++ b/tests/catalog/test_rest.py
@@ -1922,6 +1922,12 @@ def test_auth_header(rest_mock: Mocker) -> None:
     assert mock_request.last_request.text == "grant_type=client_credentials&client_id=client&client_secret=secret&scope=catalog"
 
 
+def test_client_version_header(rest_mock: Mocker) -> None:
+    catalog = RestCatalog("rest", uri=TEST_URI, warehouse="s3://some-bucket")
+    assert catalog._session.headers.get("X-Client-Version") == f"Apache PyIceberg {pyiceberg.__version__}"
+    assert rest_mock.last_request.headers["X-Client-Version"] == f"Apache PyIceberg {pyiceberg.__version__}"
+
+
 class TestRestCatalogClose:
     """Tests RestCatalog close functionality"""