diff --git a/server/__tests__/util.spec.js b/server/__tests__/util.spec.js
index c4aba26c..04f894c6 100644
--- a/server/__tests__/util.spec.js
+++ b/server/__tests__/util.spec.js
@@ -132,4 +132,36 @@ describe('util.js tests', () => {
       expect(error.message).toEqual('Requested resource returned a non 200 status code')
     }
   })
+
+  test('get includes User-Agent header in the request', async () => {
+    const url = MOCK_URL
+    const options = {}
+    const response = { res: { statusCode: STATUS_CODES.HTTP_STATUS_OK }, payload: 'response' }
+
+    wreck.get.mockResolvedValue(response)
+
+    await util.get(url, options)
+
+    expect(wreck.get).toHaveBeenCalledWith(url, expect.objectContaining({
+      headers: expect.objectContaining({
+        'User-Agent': 'hapi-wreck/18 (cyltfr-app)'
+      })
+    }))
+  })
+
+  test('post includes User-Agent header in the request', async () => {
+    const url = MOCK_URL
+    const options = {}
+    const response = { res: { statusCode: STATUS_CODES.HTTP_STATUS_OK }, payload: 'response' }
+
+    wreck.post.mockResolvedValue(response)
+
+    await util.post(url, options)
+
+    expect(wreck.post).toHaveBeenCalledWith(url, expect.objectContaining({
+      headers: expect.objectContaining({
+        'User-Agent': 'hapi-wreck/18 (cyltfr-app)'
+      })
+    }))
+  })
 })
diff --git a/server/util.js b/server/util.js
index 05d3e35f..13e055b7 100644
--- a/server/util.js
+++ b/server/util.js
@@ -14,11 +14,17 @@ if (config.http_proxy) {
     agent: new HttpsProxyAgent(config.http_proxy)
   })
 }
-
+const customUaHeader = 'hapi-wreck/18 (cyltfr-app)'
 const { performance } = require('node:perf_hooks')
-const get = (url, options, ext = false) => {
+const get = (url, options = {}, ext = false) => {
   const thisWreck = (ext && wreckExt) ? wreckExt : wreck
   const startTick = performance.now()
+  // Header with UA added for AWS WAF as it is required, otherwise it will block the request
+  options.headers = {
+    ...options.headers,
+    'User-Agent': customUaHeader
+  }
+
   return thisWreck.get(url, options)
     .then(response => {
       if (config.performanceLogging) {
@@ -38,9 +44,15 @@ const get = (url, options, ext = false) => {
     })
 }
 
-const post = (url, options, ext = false) => {
+const post = (url, options = {}, ext = false) => {
   const thisWreck = (ext && wreckExt) ? wreckExt : wreck
   const startTick = performance.now()
+  // Header with UA added for AWS WAF as it is required, otherwise it will block the request
+  options.headers = {
+    ...options.headers,
+    'User-Agent': customUaHeader
+  }
+
   return thisWreck.post(url, options)
     .then(response => {
       if (config.performanceLogging) {