diff --git a/components/rss/actions/merge-rss-feeds/merge-rss-feeds.ts b/components/rss/actions/merge-rss-feeds/merge-rss-feeds.ts
index f5f8ac20c5d4e..700f60163dfe7 100644
--- a/components/rss/actions/merge-rss-feeds/merge-rss-feeds.ts
+++ b/components/rss/actions/merge-rss-feeds/merge-rss-feeds.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-import rss from "../../app/rss.app";
 import { defineAction } from "@pipedream/types";
+import rss from "../../app/rss.app";
 
 export default defineAction({
   name: "Merge RSS Feeds",
   description: "Retrieve multiple RSS feeds and return a merged array of items sorted by date [See documentation](https://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification)",
   key: "rss-merge-rss-feeds",
-  version: "1.2.8",
+  version: "1.2.9",
   annotations: {
     destructiveHint: false,
     openWorldHint: true,
diff --git a/components/rss/app/rss.app.ts b/components/rss/app/rss.app.ts
index 1739b56bb7dc9..8ee01c2582154 100644
--- a/components/rss/app/rss.app.ts
+++ b/components/rss/app/rss.app.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export default defineApp({
   },
   methods: {
     // in theory if alternate setting title and description or aren't unique this won't work
-    itemTs(item = {} as (Item | any)): number {
+    itemTs(item = {} as (Item | any)): number { // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
       const {
         pubdate, pubDate, date_published,
       } = item;
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export default defineApp({
       }
       return +new Date();
     },
-    itemKey(item = {} as (Item | any)): string {
+    itemKey(item = {} as (Item | any)): string { // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
       const {
         id, guid, link, title,
       } = item;
@@ -53,12 +53,13 @@ export default defineApp({
       }
       return hash(item);
     },
-    async fetchFeed(url: string): Promise<any> {
+    async fetchFeed(url: string): Promise<any> { // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
       const res = await axios(this, {
         url,
         method: "GET",
         headers: {
           "accept": "text/html, application/xhtml+xml, application/xml;q=0.9, */*;q=0.8, application/json, application/feed+json",
+          "User-Agent": "@PipedreamHQ/pipedream v1.0",
         },
         validateStatus: () => true, // does not throw on any bad status code
         responseType: "stream", // stream is required for feedparser
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ export default defineApp({
         feedparser.on("error", reject);
         feedparser.on("end", resolve);
         feedparser.on("readable", function (this: FeedParser) {
-          let item: any = this.read();
+          let item: any = this.read(); // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
 
           while (item) {
             /*
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ export default defineApp({
       });
       return items;
     },
-    isJSONFeed(response: any): boolean {
+    isJSONFeed(response: any): boolean { // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
       const acceptedJsonFeedMimes = [
         "application/feed+json",
         "application/json",
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ export default defineApp({
       return url;
     },
     sortItems(items) {
-      return items.sort((itemA: any, itemB: any) => {
+      return items.sort((itemA: any, itemB: any) => { // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
         if (this.itemTs(itemA) > this.itemTs(itemB)) {
           return 1;
         }
diff --git a/components/rss/package.json b/components/rss/package.json
index 6c432addcc367..9b58edaf73628 100644
--- a/components/rss/package.json
+++ b/components/rss/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@pipedream/rss",
-  "version": "0.5.8",
+  "version": "0.5.9",
   "description": "Pipedream RSS Components",
   "main": "dist/app/rss.app.mjs",
   "types": "dist/app/rss.app.d.ts",
diff --git a/components/rss/sources/new-item-from-multiple-feeds/new-item-from-multiple-feeds.ts b/components/rss/sources/new-item-from-multiple-feeds/new-item-from-multiple-feeds.ts
index eb144d57c1171..683e3413d63ea 100644
--- a/components/rss/sources/new-item-from-multiple-feeds/new-item-from-multiple-feeds.ts
+++ b/components/rss/sources/new-item-from-multiple-feeds/new-item-from-multiple-feeds.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import rss from "../../app/rss.app";
 import { defineSource } from "@pipedream/types";
+import rss from "../../app/rss.app";
 import rssCommon from "../common/common";
 
 export default defineSource({
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export default defineSource({
   name: "New Item From Multiple RSS Feeds",
   type: "source",
   description: "Emit new items from multiple RSS feeds",
-  version: "1.2.7",
+  version: "1.2.8",
   props: {
     ...rssCommon.props,
     urls: {
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export default defineSource({
       console.log(`Retrieved items from ${url}`);
       items.push(...feedItems);
     }
-    this.rss.sortItems(items).forEach((item: any) => {
+    this.rss.sortItems(items).forEach((item: any) => { // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
       const meta = this.generateMeta(item);
       this.$emit(item, meta);
     });
diff --git a/components/rss/sources/new-item-in-feed/new-item-in-feed.ts b/components/rss/sources/new-item-in-feed/new-item-in-feed.ts
index f0219faf1ecfc..d346e2391c104 100644
--- a/components/rss/sources/new-item-in-feed/new-item-in-feed.ts
+++ b/components/rss/sources/new-item-in-feed/new-item-in-feed.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export default defineSource({
   key: "rss-new-item-in-feed",
   name: "New Item in Feed",
   description: "Emit new items from an RSS feed",
-  version: "1.2.7",
+  version: "1.2.8",
   type: "source",
   dedupe: "unique",
   props: {
diff --git a/components/rss/sources/random-item-in-multiple-feeds/random-item-in-multiple-feeds.ts b/components/rss/sources/random-item-in-multiple-feeds/random-item-in-multiple-feeds.ts
index 766db6bc227e9..ee5d73e35bc12 100644
--- a/components/rss/sources/random-item-in-multiple-feeds/random-item-in-multiple-feeds.ts
+++ b/components/rss/sources/random-item-in-multiple-feeds/random-item-in-multiple-feeds.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import rss from "../../app/rss.app";
 import { defineSource } from "@pipedream/types";
+import rss from "../../app/rss.app";
 import rssCommon from "../common/common";
 
 export default defineSource({
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export default defineSource({
   name: "Random item from multiple RSS feeds",
   type: "source",
   description: "Emit a random item from multiple RSS feeds",
-  version: "0.2.7",
+  version: "0.2.8",
   props: {
     ...rssCommon.props,
     urls: {