diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 773bf72..bb9e384 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ jobs:
       - run: npm test
         if: runner.os != 'Linux'
 
+      - if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') && runner.os == 'Linux'
+        name: Inject user agent version
+        run:
+            sed -i "s/VsceVersion = 'unspecified'/VsceVersion = '${{ github.ref_name }}'/g" src/extension.ts
+
       - name: Validate extension is packable
         if: runner.os == 'Linux'
         run: npx vsce package
diff --git a/scripts/download-humctl.js b/scripts/download-humctl.js
index 54a77fe..706816e 100755
--- a/scripts/download-humctl.js
+++ b/scripts/download-humctl.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
-const CLI_VERSION = '0.28.0';
+const CLI_VERSION = '0.36.2';
 
 const fs = require('node:fs/promises');
 const extractZip = require('extract-zip');
diff --git a/src/adapters/humctl/HumctlAdapter.ts b/src/adapters/humctl/HumctlAdapter.ts
index 9ee57bd..6135671 100644
--- a/src/adapters/humctl/HumctlAdapter.ts
+++ b/src/adapters/humctl/HumctlAdapter.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { UnsupportedOperatingSystemError } from '../../errors/UnsupportedOperati
 import path from 'path';
 import { ExtensionContext } from 'vscode';
 import { NoDeploymentsInEnvironmentError } from '../../errors/NoDeploymentsInEnvironmentError';
+import { VsceVersion } from '../../extension';
 
 export class HumctlAdapter implements IHumctlAdapter {
   constructor(
@@ -42,7 +43,8 @@ export class HumctlAdapter implements IHumctlAdapter {
       throw new UnsupportedOperatingSystemError(os, arch);
     }
 
-    let humctlEmbeddedBinaryFilename = `cli_0.28.0_${os}_${arch}`;
+    // TODO: upgrade to a later version once https://github.com/humanitec/cli-internal/pull/257/ is merged.
+    let humctlEmbeddedBinaryFilename = `cli_0.36.2_${os}_${arch}`;
     if (os === 'win32') {
       humctlEmbeddedBinaryFilename += '.exe';
     }
@@ -134,6 +136,7 @@ export class HumctlAdapter implements IHumctlAdapter {
       HUMANITEC_ENV: env,
       HUMANITEC_OUTPUT: 'json',
       HUMANITEC_CLI_ALPHA_FEATURES: '',
+      HUMANITEC_OVERRIDE_USER_AGENT: `humanitec-vscode-extension/${VsceVersion}`,
     };
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index a92c3ac..12fb5b2 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import { ActiveResourcesRepository } from './repos/ActiveResourcesRepository';
 import { DependencyGraphRepository } from './repos/DependencyGraphRepository';
 import { ResourceDefinitionRepository } from './repos/ResourceDefinitionRepository';
 
+export const VsceVersion = 'unspecified';
+
 export const loggerChannel = vscode.window.createOutputChannel('Humanitec');
 
 export async function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {