diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 442b9882..d47f320b 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 * `urlEncode()` now uses `curl::curl_escape()` instead of `RCurl::curlEscape()`, 
   as RCurl is a Suggests dependency. (#1265)
+  
+* The `User-Agent` header in requests made from rsconnect will now be of the
+  format `RSConnect/x.y.z` instead of `rsconnect/x.y.z` in order to satisfy web
+  application firewalls that enforce Pascal case.
 
 # rsconnect 1.6.2
 
diff --git a/R/http.R b/R/http.R
index e6c9f282..024681bc 100644
--- a/R/http.R
+++ b/R/http.R
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ rfc2616Date <- function(time = Sys.time()) {
 # Helpers -----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 userAgent <- function() {
-  paste("rsconnect", packageVersion("rsconnect"), sep = "/")
+  paste("RSConnect", packageVersion("rsconnect"), sep = "/")
 }
 
 parseHttpHeader <- function(header) {