diff --git a/app/models/cocina.rb b/app/models/cocina.rb
index bc6d12d0..e56c49bb 100644
--- a/app/models/cocina.rb
+++ b/app/models/cocina.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ class Cocina
   def self.find(druid, version = :head)
     data = Rails.cache.fetch(metadata_cache_key(druid, version), expires_in: 10.minutes) do
       benchmark "Fetching public json for #{druid} version #{version}" do
-        response = Faraday.get(public_json_url(druid, version))
+        connection = Faraday.new({ url: public_json_url(druid, version),
+                                   headers: { user_agent: Settings.user_agent },
+                                   request: { open_timeout: 5 } })
+
+        response = connection.get
         raise Purl::Exception, response.status unless response.success?
 
         JSON.parse(response.body)
diff --git a/app/services/metrics_service.rb b/app/services/metrics_service.rb
index d6264d5f..0a7c7c2b 100644
--- a/app/services/metrics_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/metrics_service.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ def event_data(name, properties)
   end
 
   def default_headers
-    { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }
+    {
+      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+      'User-Agent': Settings.user_agent
+    }
   end
 
   def post_json(url, data, headers)
@@ -50,6 +53,6 @@ def post_json(url, data, headers)
   end
 
   def connection
-    @connection ||= Faraday.new(base_url)
+    @connection ||= Faraday.new({ url: base_url, request: { open_timeout: 5 } })
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/object_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/object_controller_spec.rb
index c4cffa54..7aed97c8 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/object_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/object_controller_spec.rb
@@ -9,13 +9,16 @@
     allow_any_instance_of(StacksFile).to receive(:path).and_return(Rails.root + 'Gemfile')
   end
 
+  let(:connection) { instance_double(Faraday::Connection) }
+
   describe '#show' do
     context 'when not logged in' do
       context "with an invalid druid" do
         let(:druid) { 'foo' }
 
         it 'returns a 404 Not Found' do
-          allow(Faraday).to receive(:get).with('https://purl.stanford.edu/foo.json').and_return(
+          allow(Faraday).to receive(:new).with(hash_including(url: 'https://purl.stanford.edu/foo.json')).and_return(connection)
+          allow(connection).to receive(:get).and_return(
             instance_double(Faraday::Response, status: 404, success?: false)
           )
           get :show, params: { id: 'foo' }
@@ -89,8 +92,8 @@
         end
 
         before do
-          allow(Faraday).to receive(:get).with('https://purl.stanford.edu/fd063dh3727.json')
-                                         .and_return(instance_double(Faraday::Response, success?: true, body: json))
+          allow(Faraday).to receive(:new).with(hash_including(url: 'https://purl.stanford.edu/fd063dh3727.json')).and_return(connection)
+          allow(connection).to receive(:get).and_return(instance_double(Faraday::Response, success?: true, body: json))
         end
 
         it 'creates a zip' do
@@ -145,8 +148,8 @@
         end
 
         before do
-          allow(Faraday).to receive(:get).with('https://purl.stanford.edu/bb142ws0723.json')
-                                         .and_return(instance_double(Faraday::Response, success?: true, body: json))
+          allow(Faraday).to receive(:new).with(hash_including(url: 'https://purl.stanford.edu/bb142ws0723.json')).and_return(connection)
+          allow(connection).to receive(:get).and_return(instance_double(Faraday::Response, success?: true, body: json))
         end
 
         it 'redirects to login' do
@@ -209,8 +212,8 @@
         end
 
         before do
-          allow(Faraday).to receive(:get).with('https://purl.stanford.edu/bb142ws0723.json')
-                                         .and_return(instance_double(Faraday::Response, success?: true, body: json))
+          allow(Faraday).to receive(:new).with(hash_including(url: 'https://purl.stanford.edu/bb142ws0723.json')).and_return(connection)
+          allow(connection).to receive(:get).and_return(instance_double(Faraday::Response, success?: true, body: json))
         end
 
         it 'creates a zip' do