diff --git a/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/utils/SkinProvider.java b/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/utils/SkinProvider.java
index aa01ada81..36507db08 100644
--- a/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/utils/SkinProvider.java
+++ b/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/utils/SkinProvider.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
 import java.awt.*;
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
 import java.io.*;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
@@ -379,7 +380,11 @@ public class SkinProvider {
     private static BufferedImage downloadImage(String imageUrl, CapeProvider provider) throws IOException {
         if (provider == CapeProvider.FIVEZIG)
             return readFiveZigCape(imageUrl);
-        BufferedImage image = ImageIO.read(new URL(imageUrl));
+
+        HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) new URL(imageUrl).openConnection();
+        con.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", "Geyser-" + GeyserConnector.getInstance().getPlatformType().toString() + "/" + GeyserConnector.VERSION);
+
+        BufferedImage image = ImageIO.read(con.getInputStream());
         if (image == null) throw new NullPointerException();
         return image;
     }
diff --git a/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/utils/WebUtils.java b/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/utils/WebUtils.java
index c29b95e85..eaf94d8ac 100644
--- a/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/utils/WebUtils.java
+++ b/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/utils/WebUtils.java
@@ -77,7 +77,9 @@ public class WebUtils {
      */
     public static void downloadFile(String reqURL, String fileLocation) {
         try {
-            InputStream in = new URL(reqURL).openStream();
+            HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) new URL(reqURL).openConnection();
+            con.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", "Geyser-" + GeyserConnector.getInstance().getPlatformType().toString() + "/" + GeyserConnector.VERSION);
+            InputStream in = con.getInputStream();
             Files.copy(in, Paths.get(fileLocation), StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new AssertionError("Unable to download and save file: " + fileLocation + " (" + reqURL + ")", e);
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ public class WebUtils {
         HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
         con.setRequestMethod("POST");
         con.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "text/plain");
+        con.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", "Geyser-" + GeyserConnector.getInstance().getPlatformType().toString() + "/" + GeyserConnector.VERSION);
         con.setDoOutput(true);
 
         OutputStream out = con.getOutputStream();