diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index bd7bb40..a213983 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ jobs:
   test_pip_install:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python-version: ['3.11', '3.12']
     name: Test with pip install ${{ matrix.python-version }}
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
   pytest:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
-      max-parallel: 1
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
         python-version: ['3.11', '3.12']
@@ -48,24 +49,20 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           pip install ".[test]"
 
-      - name: install Spice
-        if: matrix.os != 'windows-latest'
+      - name: Install Spice (https://install.spiceai.org) (Linux)
+        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
         env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          function curl() {
-            if [ -z "$GH_TOKEN" ]
-            then
-              command curl -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3.raw" \
-                $@
-            else
-              command curl -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3.raw" \
-                -H "Authorization: token $GH_TOKEN" \
-                $@
-            fi
-          }
           curl https://install.spiceai.org | /bin/bash
           echo "$HOME/.spice/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+          $HOME/.spice/bin/spice install
+      
+      - name: Install Spice (https://install.spiceai.org) (MacOS)
+        if: matrix.os == 'macos-latest'
+        run: |
+          brew install spiceai/spiceai/spice
+          brew install spiceai/spiceai/spiced
 
       - name: install Spice (Windows)
         if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
@@ -84,7 +81,7 @@ jobs:
           spice init spice_qs
           cd spice_qs
           spice add spiceai/quickstart
-          spice run &> spice.log &
+          spiced &> spice.log &
           # time to initialize added dataset
           sleep 10
 
@@ -109,8 +106,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Stop spice and check logs
         working-directory: spice_qs
-        if: matrix.os != 'windows-latest'
+        if: matrix.os != 'windows-latest' && always()
         run: |
-          sleep 10
-          killall spice
+          killall spice || true
           cat spice.log
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 95cab01..f672ab8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
 .pytest_cache
 build
 dist
-spicepy.egg-info
\ No newline at end of file
+spicepy.egg-info
+.env
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spicepy/_client.py b/spicepy/_client.py
index 6236ae4..535ab61 100644
--- a/spicepy/_client.py
+++ b/spicepy/_client.py
@@ -5,7 +5,13 @@
 from typing import Dict, Union
 
 import certifi
-from pyarrow._flight import FlightCallOptions, FlightClient, Ticket  # pylint: disable=E0611
+
+# pylint: disable=E0611
+from pyarrow._flight import (
+    FlightCallOptions,
+    FlightClient,
+    Ticket,
+)
 from ._http import HttpRequests
 from . import config
 
@@ -53,20 +59,32 @@ def read_cert(self, tls_root_cert):
 
 
 class _SpiceFlight:
+    @staticmethod
+    def _user_agent():
+        # headers kwargs claim to support Tuple[str, str], but it's actually Tuple[bytes, bytes] :|
+        # Open issue in Arrow: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/35288
+        return (str.encode("x-spice-user-agent"), str.encode(config.SPICE_USER_AGENT))
+
     def __init__(self, grpc: str, api_key: str, tls_root_certs):
         self._flight_client = flight.connect(grpc, tls_root_certs=tls_root_certs)
         self._api_key = api_key
-        self._flight_options = flight.FlightCallOptions()
+        self.headers = [_SpiceFlight._user_agent()]
+        self._flight_options = flight.FlightCallOptions(
+            headers=self.headers, timeout=DEFAULT_QUERY_TIMEOUT_SECS
+        )
         self._authenticate()
 
     def _authenticate(self):
         if self._api_key is not None:
-            self.headers = [self._flight_client.authenticate_basic_token("", self._api_key)]
+            self.headers = [
+                self._flight_client.authenticate_basic_token("", self._api_key),
+                _SpiceFlight._user_agent(),
+            ]
             self._flight_options = flight.FlightCallOptions(
                 headers=self.headers, timeout=DEFAULT_QUERY_TIMEOUT_SECS
             )
         else:
-            self.headers = []
+            self.headers = [_SpiceFlight._user_agent()]
             self._flight_options = flight.FlightCallOptions(
                 headers=self.headers, timeout=DEFAULT_QUERY_TIMEOUT_SECS
             )
diff --git a/spicepy/_http.py b/spicepy/_http.py
index 2f28788..ac44664 100644
--- a/spicepy/_http.py
+++ b/spicepy/_http.py
@@ -5,14 +5,19 @@
 from requests.adapters import HTTPAdapter, Retry
 
 from .error import SpiceAIError
+from .config import SPICE_USER_AGENT
 
 
-HttpMethod = Literal['POST', 'GET', 'PUT', 'HEAD', 'POST']
+HttpMethod = Literal["POST", "GET", "PUT", "HEAD", "POST"]
 
 
 class HttpRequests:
     def __init__(self, base_url: str, headers: Dict[str, str]) -> None:
         self.session = self._create_session(headers)
+
+        # set the x-spice-user-agent header
+        self.session.headers["X-Spice-User-Agent"] = SPICE_USER_AGENT
+
         self.base_url = base_url
 
     def send_request(
diff --git a/spicepy/config.py b/spicepy/config.py
index 2fe1969..62afba9 100644
--- a/spicepy/config.py
+++ b/spicepy/config.py
@@ -1,8 +1,31 @@
 import os
+import platform
+from importlib.metadata import version
 
 DEFAULT_FLIGHT_URL = os.environ.get("SPICE_FLIGHT_URL", "grpc+tls://flight.spiceai.io")
-DEFAULT_FIRECACHE_URL = os.environ.get("SPICE_FIRECACHE_URL", "grpc+tls://firecache.spiceai.io")
+DEFAULT_FIRECACHE_URL = os.environ.get(
+    "SPICE_FIRECACHE_URL", "grpc+tls://firecache.spiceai.io"
+)
 DEFAULT_HTTP_URL = os.environ.get("SPICE_HTTP_URL", "https://data.spiceai.io")
 
-DEFAULT_LOCAL_FLIGHT_URL = os.environ.get("SPICE_LOCAL_FLIGHT_URL", "grpc://localhost:50051")
-DEFAULT_LOCAL_HTTP_URL = os.environ.get("SPICE_LOCAL_HTTP_URL", "http://localhost:3000 ")
+DEFAULT_LOCAL_FLIGHT_URL = os.environ.get(
+    "SPICE_LOCAL_FLIGHT_URL", "grpc://localhost:50051"
+)
+DEFAULT_LOCAL_HTTP_URL = os.environ.get(
+    "SPICE_LOCAL_HTTP_URL", "http://localhost:3000 "
+)
+
+
+def get_user_agent():
+    package_version = version("spicepy")
+    system = platform.system()
+    release = platform.release()
+    arch = platform.machine()
+    if arch == "AMD64":
+        arch = "x86_64"
+
+    system_info = f"{system}/{release} {arch}"
+    return f"spicepy {package_version} ({system_info})"
+
+
+SPICE_USER_AGENT = get_user_agent()
diff --git a/tests/test_main.py b/tests/test_main.py
index f450c50..05cbcd5 100644
--- a/tests/test_main.py
+++ b/tests/test_main.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-
 import os
 import time
+import re
 import pytest
 from spicepy import Client
+from spicepy.config import SPICE_USER_AGENT
 
 
 # Skip cloud tests if TEST_SPICE_CLOUD is not set to true
@@ -13,16 +14,20 @@ def skip_cloud():
 
 def get_cloud_client():
     api_key = os.environ["API_KEY"]
-    return Client(
-        api_key=api_key,
-        flight_url="grpc+tls://flight.spiceai.io"
-    )
+    return Client(api_key=api_key, flight_url="grpc+tls://flight.spiceai.io")
 
 
 def get_local_client():
     return Client(flight_url="grpc://localhost:50051")
 
 
+def test_user_agent_is_populated():
+    # use a regex to match the expected user agent string
+    matching_regex = r"spicepy \d+\.\d+\.\d+ \((Linux|Windows|Darwin)/[\d\w\.\-\_]+ (x86_64|aarch64|i386|arm64)\)"
+
+    assert re.match(matching_regex, SPICE_USER_AGENT)
+
+
 @skip_cloud()
 def test_flight_recent_blocks():
     client = get_cloud_client()