diff --git a/homeassistant/components/dwd_weather_warnings/sensor.py b/homeassistant/components/dwd_weather_warnings/sensor.py
index 4d7ad04e382..2484ba70074 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/dwd_weather_warnings/sensor.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/dwd_weather_warnings/sensor.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ from datetime import timedelta
 import voluptuous as vol
 
 import homeassistant.helpers.config_validation as cv
+from homeassistant.helpers.aiohttp_client import SERVER_SOFTWARE as HA_USER_AGENT
 from homeassistant.helpers.entity import Entity
 from homeassistant.components.sensor import PLATFORM_SCHEMA
 from homeassistant.const import ATTR_ATTRIBUTION, CONF_NAME, CONF_MONITORED_CONDITIONS
@@ -184,7 +185,10 @@ class DwdWeatherWarningsAPI:
             "jsonp=loadWarnings",
         )
 
-        self._rest = RestData("GET", resource, None, None, None, True)
+        # a User-Agent is necessary for this rest api endpoint (#29496)
+        headers = {"User-Agent": HA_USER_AGENT}
+
+        self._rest = RestData("GET", resource, None, headers, None, True)
         self.region_name = region_name
         self.region_id = None
         self.region_state = None