diff --git a/_plugins/link-checker.rb b/_plugins/link-checker.rb
index 25f1c6e7..5dfd53c9 100644
--- a/_plugins/link-checker.rb
+++ b/_plugins/link-checker.rb
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ module Jekyll::LinkChecker
       @external_link_checker = LinkChecker::Typhoeus::Hydra::Checker.new(
         logger: Jekyll.logger,
         hydra: { max_concurrency: 2 },
-        retries: 3
+        retries: 3,
+        user_agent: 'OpenSearch Documentation Website Link Checker/1.0'
       )
 
       @external_link_checker.on :failure, :error do |result|