diff --git a/charts/aws-vpc-cni/values.yaml b/charts/aws-vpc-cni/values.yaml
index 957e3846ef..d9683e73ae 100644
--- a/charts/aws-vpc-cni/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/aws-vpc-cni/values.yaml
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ env:
   DISABLE_NETWORK_RESOURCE_PROVISIONING: "false"
   ENABLE_IPv4: "true"
   ENABLE_IPv6: "false"
+  VPC_CNI_VERSION: "v1.15.0"
 
 # this flag enables you to use the match label that was present in the original daemonset deployed by EKS
 # You can then annotate and label the original aws-node resources and 'adopt' them into a helm release
diff --git a/cmd/aws-k8s-agent/main.go b/cmd/aws-k8s-agent/main.go
index 7d8cea4343..8e0b59a447 100644
--- a/cmd/aws-k8s-agent/main.go
+++ b/cmd/aws-k8s-agent/main.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func _main() int {
 	version.RegisterMetric()
 
 	// Check API Server Connectivity
-	if err := k8sapi.CheckAPIServerConnectivity(appName); err != nil {
+	if err := k8sapi.CheckAPIServerConnectivity(); err != nil {
 		log.Errorf("Failed to check API server connectivity: %s", err)
 		return 1
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/cni-metrics-helper/main.go b/cmd/cni-metrics-helper/main.go
index 7c4d592f05..4193327531 100644
--- a/cmd/cni-metrics-helper/main.go
+++ b/cmd/cni-metrics-helper/main.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	log.Infof("Starting CNIMetricsHelper. Sending metrics to CloudWatch: %v, LogLevel %s, metricUpdateInterval %d", options.submitCW, logConfig.LogLevel, metricUpdateInterval)
 
-	clientSet, err := k8sapi.GetKubeClientSet(appName)
+	clientSet, err := k8sapi.GetKubeClientSet()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Error Fetching Kubernetes Client: %s", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/config/master/aws-k8s-cni-cn.yaml b/config/master/aws-k8s-cni-cn.yaml
index 8e6b7a1b1c..96afc51920 100644
--- a/config/master/aws-k8s-cni-cn.yaml
+++ b/config/master/aws-k8s-cni-cn.yaml
@@ -459,6 +459,8 @@ spec:
               value: "false"
             - name: ENABLE_PREFIX_DELEGATION
               value: "false"
+            - name: VPC_CNI_VERSION
+              value: "v1.15.0"
             - name: WARM_ENI_TARGET
               value: "1"
             - name: WARM_PREFIX_TARGET
diff --git a/config/master/aws-k8s-cni-us-gov-east-1.yaml b/config/master/aws-k8s-cni-us-gov-east-1.yaml
index d0d03376d6..5788335a0a 100644
--- a/config/master/aws-k8s-cni-us-gov-east-1.yaml
+++ b/config/master/aws-k8s-cni-us-gov-east-1.yaml
@@ -459,6 +459,8 @@ spec:
               value: "false"
             - name: ENABLE_PREFIX_DELEGATION
               value: "false"
+            - name: VPC_CNI_VERSION
+              value: "v1.15.0"
             - name: WARM_ENI_TARGET
               value: "1"
             - name: WARM_PREFIX_TARGET
diff --git a/config/master/aws-k8s-cni-us-gov-west-1.yaml b/config/master/aws-k8s-cni-us-gov-west-1.yaml
index 1923208067..a84935b49f 100644
--- a/config/master/aws-k8s-cni-us-gov-west-1.yaml
+++ b/config/master/aws-k8s-cni-us-gov-west-1.yaml
@@ -459,6 +459,8 @@ spec:
               value: "false"
             - name: ENABLE_PREFIX_DELEGATION
               value: "false"
+            - name: VPC_CNI_VERSION
+              value: "v1.15.0"
             - name: WARM_ENI_TARGET
               value: "1"
             - name: WARM_PREFIX_TARGET
diff --git a/config/master/aws-k8s-cni.yaml b/config/master/aws-k8s-cni.yaml
index ab2dc0f725..7f27f7643f 100644
--- a/config/master/aws-k8s-cni.yaml
+++ b/config/master/aws-k8s-cni.yaml
@@ -459,6 +459,8 @@ spec:
               value: "false"
             - name: ENABLE_PREFIX_DELEGATION
               value: "false"
+            - name: VPC_CNI_VERSION
+              value: "v1.15.0"
             - name: WARM_ENI_TARGET
               value: "1"
             - name: WARM_PREFIX_TARGET
diff --git a/pkg/awsutils/awssession/session.go b/pkg/awsutils/awssession/session.go
index b25e772432..e26f75a39c 100644
--- a/pkg/awsutils/awssession/session.go
+++ b/pkg/awsutils/awssession/session.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/aws/amazon-vpc-cni-k8s/pkg/utils/logger"
+	"github.com/aws/amazon-vpc-cni-k8s/utils"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/endpoints"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/request"
@@ -31,13 +32,13 @@ import (
 
 // Http client timeout env for sessions
 const (
-	httpTimeoutEnv = "HTTP_TIMEOUT"
-	maxRetries     = 10
+	httpTimeoutEnv   = "HTTP_TIMEOUT"
+	maxRetries       = 10
+	envVpcCniVersion = "VPC_CNI_VERSION"
 )
 
 var (
-	version string
-	log     = logger.Get()
+	log = logger.Get()
 	// HTTP timeout default value in seconds (10 seconds)
 	httpTimeoutValue = 10 * time.Second
 )
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ func New() *session.Session {
 
 // injectUserAgent will inject app specific user-agent into awsSDK
 func injectUserAgent(handlers *request.Handlers) {
+	version := utils.GetEnv(envVpcCniVersion, "")
 	handlers.Build.PushFrontNamed(request.NamedHandler{
 		Name: fmt.Sprintf("%s/user-agent", "amazon-vpc-cni-k8s"),
 		Fn: request.MakeAddToUserAgentHandler(
diff --git a/pkg/k8sapi/k8sutils.go b/pkg/k8sapi/k8sutils.go
index 24eb27287e..9861e6ac44 100644
--- a/pkg/k8sapi/k8sutils.go
+++ b/pkg/k8sapi/k8sutils.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 	eniconfigscheme "github.com/aws/amazon-vpc-cni-k8s/pkg/apis/crd/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/aws/amazon-vpc-cni-k8s/pkg/utils/logger"
+	"github.com/aws/amazon-vpc-cni-k8s/utils"
 	rcscheme "github.com/aws/amazon-vpc-resource-controller-k8s/apis/vpcresources/v1alpha1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ func StartKubeClientCache(cache cache.Cache) {
 
 // CreateKubeClient creates a k8s client
 func CreateKubeClient(appName string) (client.Client, error) {
-	restCfg, err := getRestConfig(appName)
+	restCfg, err := getRestConfig()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -122,9 +123,9 @@ func CreateKubeClient(appName string) (client.Client, error) {
 	return k8sClient, nil
 }
 
-func GetKubeClientSet(appName string) (kubernetes.Interface, error) {
+func GetKubeClientSet() (kubernetes.Interface, error) {
 	// creates the in-cluster config
-	config, err := getRestConfig(appName)
+	config, err := getRestConfig()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -137,8 +138,8 @@ func GetKubeClientSet(appName string) (kubernetes.Interface, error) {
 	return clientSet, nil
 }
 
-func CheckAPIServerConnectivity(appName string) error {
-	restCfg, err := getRestConfig(appName)
+func CheckAPIServerConnectivity() error {
+	restCfg, err := getRestConfig()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -166,12 +167,12 @@ func CheckAPIServerConnectivity(appName string) error {
 	})
 }
 
-func getRestConfig(appName string) (*rest.Config, error) {
+func getRestConfig() (*rest.Config, error) {
 	restCfg, err := ctrl.GetConfig()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	restCfg.UserAgent = appName
+	restCfg.UserAgent = os.Args[0] + "-" + utils.GetEnv("VPC_CNI_VERSION", "")
 	if endpoint, ok := os.LookupEnv("CLUSTER_ENDPOINT"); ok {
 		restCfg.Host = endpoint
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/utils/eventrecorder/eventrecorder.go b/pkg/utils/eventrecorder/eventrecorder.go
index b0f59d181e..3af53d6c58 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/eventrecorder/eventrecorder.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/eventrecorder/eventrecorder.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ type EventRecorder struct {
 }
 
 func Init(k8sClient client.Client) error {
-	clientSet, err := k8sapi.GetKubeClientSet(appName)
+	clientSet, err := k8sapi.GetKubeClientSet()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Error Fetching Kubernetes Client: %s", err)
 		return err
diff --git a/scripts/generate-cni-yaml.sh b/scripts/generate-cni-yaml.sh
index aaf0db21a5..69c9583ada 100755
--- a/scripts/generate-cni-yaml.sh
+++ b/scripts/generate-cni-yaml.sh
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ jq -c '.[]' $REGIONS_FILE | while read i; do
       --set nodeAgent.image.region=$ecrRegion \
       --set nodeAgent.image.domain=$ecrDomain \
       --set nodeAgent.image.tag=$NODE_AGENT_VERSION \
+      --set env.VPC_CNI_VERSION=$VPC_CNI_VERSION \
       --namespace $NAMESPACE \
       $SCRIPTPATH/../charts/aws-vpc-cni > $NEW_CNI_RESOURCES_YAML
     # Remove 'managed-by: Helm' annotation