diff --git a/Refit.Tests/API/ApiApprovalTests.Refit.DotNet6_0.verified.txt b/Refit.Tests/API/ApiApprovalTests.Refit.DotNet6_0.verified.txt
index faa5be175..e702291ea 100644
--- a/Refit.Tests/API/ApiApprovalTests.Refit.DotNet6_0.verified.txt
+++ b/Refit.Tests/API/ApiApprovalTests.Refit.DotNet6_0.verified.txt
@@ -335,6 +335,8 @@ namespace Refit
         public System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary<string, object>? HttpRequestMessageOptions { get; set; }
         public Refit.IUrlParameterFormatter UrlParameterFormatter { get; set; }
         public Refit.IUrlParameterKeyFormatter UrlParameterKeyFormatter { get; set; }
+        public System.Version Version { get; set; }
+        public System.Net.Http.HttpVersionPolicy VersionPolicy { get; set; }
     }
     public static class RequestBuilder
     {
diff --git a/Refit.Tests/API/ApiApprovalTests.Refit.DotNet8_0.verified.txt b/Refit.Tests/API/ApiApprovalTests.Refit.DotNet8_0.verified.txt
index bf8a866b8..4d9b1bc27 100644
--- a/Refit.Tests/API/ApiApprovalTests.Refit.DotNet8_0.verified.txt
+++ b/Refit.Tests/API/ApiApprovalTests.Refit.DotNet8_0.verified.txt
@@ -335,6 +335,8 @@ namespace Refit
         public System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary<string, object>? HttpRequestMessageOptions { get; set; }
         public Refit.IUrlParameterFormatter UrlParameterFormatter { get; set; }
         public Refit.IUrlParameterKeyFormatter UrlParameterKeyFormatter { get; set; }
+        public System.Version Version { get; set; }
+        public System.Net.Http.HttpVersionPolicy VersionPolicy { get; set; }
     }
     public static class RequestBuilder
     {
diff --git a/Refit/RefitSettings.cs b/Refit/RefitSettings.cs
index e7da59125..b439b731e 100644
--- a/Refit/RefitSettings.cs
+++ b/Refit/RefitSettings.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Net;
 using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Runtime.Serialization;
@@ -127,6 +128,12 @@ public Func<
         /// Optional Key-Value pairs, which are displayed in the property <see cref="HttpRequestMessage.Properties"/>.
         /// </summary>
         public Dictionary<string, object>? HttpRequestMessageOptions { get; set; }
+
+#if NET6_0_OR_GREATER
+        public Version Version { get; set; } = HttpVersion.Version11;
+
+        public System.Net.Http.HttpVersionPolicy VersionPolicy { get; set; } = HttpVersionPolicy.RequestVersionOrLower;
+#endif
     }
 
     /// <summary>
diff --git a/Refit/RequestBuilderImplementation.cs b/Refit/RequestBuilderImplementation.cs
index 59ef3affa..807cafb79 100644
--- a/Refit/RequestBuilderImplementation.cs
+++ b/Refit/RequestBuilderImplementation.cs
@@ -737,7 +737,9 @@ bool paramsContainsCancellationToken
                 AddHeadersToRequest(headersToAdd, ret);
 
                 AddPropertiesToRequest(restMethod, ret, paramList);
-
+#if NET6_0_OR_GREATER
+                AddVersionToRequest(ret);
+#endif
                 // NB: The URI methods in .NET are dumb. Also, we do this
                 // UriBuilder business so that we preserve any hardcoded query
                 // parameters as well as add the parameterized ones.
@@ -1032,6 +1034,14 @@ void AddPropertiesToRequest(RestMethodInfoInternal restMethod, HttpRequestMessag
 #endif
         }
 
+        void AddVersionToRequest(HttpRequestMessage ret)
+        {
+#if NET6_0_OR_GREATER
+            ret.Version = settings.Version;
+            ret.VersionPolicy = settings.VersionPolicy;
+#endif
+        }
+
         IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, string?>> ParseQueryParameter(
             object? param,
             ParameterInfo parameterInfo,