diff --git a/pkg/issuer/venafi/client/request.go b/pkg/issuer/venafi/client/request.go
index 57a7bfbca..7b8e4034d 100644
--- a/pkg/issuer/venafi/client/request.go
+++ b/pkg/issuer/venafi/client/request.go
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ func newVRequest(cert *x509.Certificate) *certificate.Request {
 	req.CustomFields = []certificate.CustomField{
 		{
 			Type:  certificate.CustomFieldOrigin,
-			Value: "Jetstack cert-manager",
+			Value: "cert-manager",
 		},
 	}
 	return req
diff --git a/pkg/util/useragent.go b/pkg/util/useragent.go
index 0517aea63..2a1626e54 100644
--- a/pkg/util/useragent.go
+++ b/pkg/util/useragent.go
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ limitations under the License.
 package util
 
 // CertManagerUserAgent is the user agent that http clients in this codebase should use
-var CertManagerUserAgent = "jetstack-cert-manager/" + version()
+var CertManagerUserAgent = "cert-manager/" + version()