diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3cb9675..d1c46c5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2.0.8 (2026-06-29)
+
+### Features
+
+- Set a `stackql-deploy/{version}` User-Agent on the stackql binary download client (and the template-scaffolding client used by `init`).
+
 ## 2.0.7 (2026-04-19)
 
 ### Fixes
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 42be9f4..82b3240 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1809,7 +1809,7 @@ checksum = "a8f112729512f8e442d81f95a8a7ddf2b7c6b8a1a6f509a95864142b30cab2d3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "stackql-deploy"
-version = "2.0.7"
+version = "2.0.8"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "chrono",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 594abf1..1de764e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "stackql-deploy"
-version = "2.0.7"
+version = "2.0.8"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.75"
 description = "Infrastructure-as-code framework for declarative cloud resource management using StackQL"
diff --git a/src/commands/init.rs b/src/commands/init.rs
index 833aca0..89c4241 100644
--- a/src/commands/init.rs
+++ b/src/commands/init.rs
@@ -159,7 +159,10 @@ fn validate_provider(provider: Option<&str>) -> String {
 
 /// Fetches template content from a given URL.
 fn fetch_template(url: &str) -> Result<String, String> {
-    let client = Client::new();
+    let client = Client::builder()
+        .user_agent(concat!("stackql-deploy/", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")))
+        .build()
+        .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to create HTTP client: {}", e))?;
     let response = client
         .get(url)
         .send()
diff --git a/src/utils/download.rs b/src/utils/download.rs
index 78c859c..9843392 100644
--- a/src/utils/download.rs
+++ b/src/utils/download.rs
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ pub fn download_binary() -> Result<PathBuf, AppError> {
     // Download the file with progress bar
     debug!("Downloading from {}", download_url);
     let client = Client::builder()
+        .user_agent(concat!("stackql-deploy/", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")))
         .timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(300))
         .build()
         .map_err(|e| AppError::CommandFailed(format!("Failed to create HTTP client: {}", e)))?;