diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 0ebf10b..87de6d0 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+0.16.1 (29-03-2023)
+-------------------
+
+- Add user agent header to geo.api calls (#190)
+
 0.16.0 (29-03-2023)
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/crabpy/gateway/capakey.py b/crabpy/gateway/capakey.py
index 01c2235..f5e8eda 100644
--- a/crabpy/gateway/capakey.py
+++ b/crabpy/gateway/capakey.py
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ def capakey_rest_gateway_request(url, headers={}, params={}):
     :returns: Result of the call.
     """
     try:
+        # calls to geoservices give a 403 if the user-agent is not set
+        headers["user-agent"] = "*"
         res = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=params)
         res.raise_for_status()
         return res
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9d2187d..7635cbb 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='crabpy',
-    version='0.16.0',
+    version='0.16.1',
     description='Interact with geographical webservices by Informatie Vlaanderen.',
     long_description=open('README.rst').read() + '\n\n' +
                      open('CHANGES.rst').read(),