diff --git a/mcp_python/client/sse.py b/mcp_python/client/sse.py
index 918fa96..93d026d 100644
--- a/mcp_python/client/sse.py
+++ b/mcp_python/client/sse.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
+from typing import Any
 from urllib.parse import urljoin, urlparse
 
 import anyio
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ def remove_request_params(url: str) -> str:
 
 
 @asynccontextmanager
-async def sse_client(url: str, timeout: float = 5, sse_read_timeout: float = 60 * 5):
+async def sse_client(url: str, headers: dict[str, Any] | None = None, timeout: float = 5, sse_read_timeout: float = 60 * 5):
     """
     Client transport for SSE.
 
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ async def sse_client(url: str, timeout: float = 5, sse_read_timeout: float = 60
     async with anyio.create_task_group() as tg:
         try:
             logger.info(f"Connecting to SSE endpoint: {remove_request_params(url)}")
-            async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+            async with httpx.AsyncClient(headers=headers) as client:
                 async with aconnect_sse(
                     client,
                     "GET",
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9710bec..9b01f45 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "mcp-python"
-version = "0.1.2"
+version = "0.1.3"
 description = "Model Context Protocol implementation for Python"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"