diff --git a/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp b/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
index 1ff83a185..c060c7976 100644
--- a/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
+++ b/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 
 static const char PEER_ID[] = "qB";
 static const char RESUME_FOLDER[] = "BT_backup";
-static const char USER_AGENT[] = "qBittorrent/" QBT_VERSION;  // to pass trackers whitelists, using the "v" prefixed version string
+static const char USER_AGENT[] = "qBittorrent/" QBT_VERSION_2;
 
 namespace libt = libtorrent;
 using namespace BitTorrent;