diff --git a/swh/lister/__init__.py b/swh/lister/__init__.py
--- a/swh/lister/__init__.py
+++ b/swh/lister/__init__.py
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
     __version__ = 'devel'
 
+USER_AGENT_TEMPLATE = 'Software Heritage Lister (%s)'
+USER_AGENT = USER_AGENT_TEMPLATE % __version__
+
 
 LISTERS = {entry_point.name.split('.', 1)[1]: entry_point
            for entry_point in pkg_resources.iter_entry_points('swh.workers')
diff --git a/swh/lister/cgit/lister.py b/swh/lister/cgit/lister.py
--- a/swh/lister/cgit/lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/cgit/lister.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 from .models import CGitModel
 
 from swh.core.utils import grouper
+from swh.lister import USER_AGENT
 from swh.lister.core.lister_base import ListerBase
 
 
@@ -72,6 +73,9 @@
         self.instance = instance
         self.session = Session()
         self.session.mount(self.url, HTTPAdapter(max_retries=3))
+        self.session.headers = {
+            'User-Agent': USER_AGENT,
+        }
 
     def run(self):
         total = 0
diff --git a/swh/lister/cgit/tests/test_lister.py b/swh/lister/cgit/tests/test_lister.py
--- a/swh/lister/cgit/tests/test_lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/cgit/tests/test_lister.py
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 
+from swh.lister import __version__
+
+
 def test_lister_no_page(requests_mock_datadir, swh_listers):
     lister = swh_listers['cgit']
 
@@ -64,3 +67,16 @@
         assert kwargs == {}
         assert row['policy'] == 'recurring'
         assert row['priority'] is None
+
+
+def test_lister_requests(requests_mock_datadir, swh_listers):
+    lister = swh_listers['cgit']
+    lister.url = 'https://git.tizen/cgit/'
+    lister.run()
+
+    assert len(requests_mock_datadir.request_history) != 0
+    for request in requests_mock_datadir.request_history:
+        assert 'User-Agent' in request.headers
+        user_agent = request.headers['User-Agent']
+        assert 'Software Heritage Lister' in user_agent
+        assert __version__ in user_agent
diff --git a/swh/lister/core/lister_transports.py b/swh/lister/core/lister_transports.py
--- a/swh/lister/core/lister_transports.py
+++ b/swh/lister/core/lister_transports.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 from typing import Optional, Union
 
-from swh.lister import __version__
+from swh.lister import USER_AGENT_TEMPLATE, __version__
 
 from .abstractattribute import AbstractAttribute
 from .lister_base import FetchError
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
         MAY BE OVERRIDDEN if request headers are needed.
         """
         return {
-            'User-Agent': 'Software Heritage lister (%s)' % self.lister_version
+            'User-Agent': USER_AGENT_TEMPLATE % self.lister_version
         }
 
     def request_instance_credentials(self):
diff --git a/swh/lister/core/tests/test_lister.py b/swh/lister/core/tests/test_lister.py
--- a/swh/lister/core/tests/test_lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/core/tests/test_lister.py
@@ -326,6 +326,17 @@
             self.get_api_response(self.first_index)
             self.assertEqual(sleepmock.call_count, 2)
 
+    @requests_mock.Mocker()
+    def test_request_headers(self, http_mocker):
+        fl = self.create_fl_with_db(http_mocker)
+        fl.run()
+        self.assertNotEqual(len(http_mocker.request_history), 0)
+        for request in http_mocker.request_history:
+            assert 'User-Agent' in request.headers
+            user_agent = request.headers['User-Agent']
+            assert 'Software Heritage Lister' in user_agent
+            assert swh.lister.__version__ in user_agent
+
     def scheduled_tasks_test(self, next_api_response_file, next_last_index,
                              http_mocker):
         """Check that no loading tasks get disabled when processing a new
diff --git a/swh/lister/github/lister.py b/swh/lister/github/lister.py
--- a/swh/lister/github/lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/github/lister.py
@@ -54,7 +54,12 @@
         return [self.get_model_from_repo(repo) for repo in repos]
 
     def request_headers(self):
-        return {'Accept': 'application/vnd.github.v3+json'}
+        """(Override) Set requests headers to send when querying the GitHub API
+
+        """
+        headers = super().request_headers()
+        headers['Accept'] = 'application/vnd.github.v3+json'
+        return headers
 
     def disable_deleted_repo_tasks(self, index, next_index, keep_these):
         """ (Overrides) Fix provided index value to avoid erroneously disabling
diff --git a/swh/lister/npm/lister.py b/swh/lister/npm/lister.py
--- a/swh/lister/npm/lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/npm/lister.py
@@ -69,8 +69,9 @@
         registry.
 
         """
-        return {'User-Agent': 'Software Heritage npm lister',
-                'Accept': 'application/json'}
+        headers = super().request_headers()
+        headers['Accept'] = 'application/json'
+        return headers
 
     def _compute_urls(self, repo_name):
         """Return a tuple (package_url, package_metadata_url)
diff --git a/swh/lister/npm/tests/test_tasks.py b/swh/lister/npm/tests/test_tasks.py
--- a/swh/lister/npm/tests/test_tasks.py
+++ b/swh/lister/npm/tests/test_tasks.py
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
     # setup the mocked NpmLister
     lister.return_value = lister
     lister.run.return_value = None
-    lister.request_headers.return_value = []
     seq.return_value = 42
     save.side_effect = mock_save
 
diff --git a/swh/lister/phabricator/lister.py b/swh/lister/phabricator/lister.py
--- a/swh/lister/phabricator/lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/phabricator/lister.py
@@ -57,8 +57,9 @@
         (Override) Set requests headers to send when querying the
         Phabricator API
         """
-        return {'User-Agent': 'Software Heritage phabricator lister',
-                'Accept': 'application/json'}
+        headers = super().request_headers()
+        headers['Accept'] = 'application/json'
+        return headers
 
     def get_model_from_repo(self, repo):
         url = get_repo_url(repo['attachments']['uris']['uris'])