diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/app.module.ts b/src-ui/src/app/app.module.ts
index 46d8df9a1..0cc42292b 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/app.module.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/app.module.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ import { CustomDatePipe } from './pipes/custom-date.pipe';
 import { DateComponent } from './components/common/input/date/date.component';
 import { ISODateTimeAdapter } from './utils/ngb-iso-date-time-adapter';
 import { LocalizedDateParserFormatter } from './utils/ngb-date-parser-formatter';
+import { ApiVersionInterceptor } from './interceptors/api-version.interceptor';
 
 import localeFr from '@angular/common/locales/fr';
 import localeNl from '@angular/common/locales/nl';
@@ -144,6 +145,10 @@ registerLocaleData(localeEnGb)
       provide: HTTP_INTERCEPTORS,
       useClass: CsrfInterceptor,
       multi: true
+    },{
+      provide: HTTP_INTERCEPTORS,
+      useClass: ApiVersionInterceptor,
+      multi: true
     },
     FilterPipe,
     DocumentTitlePipe,
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/interceptors/api-version.interceptor.spec.ts b/src-ui/src/app/interceptors/api-version.interceptor.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ad51f687
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/interceptors/api-version.interceptor.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+
+import { ApiVersionInterceptor } from './api-version.interceptor';
+
+describe('ApiVersionInterceptor', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+    providers: [
+      ApiVersionInterceptor
+      ]
+  }));
+
+  it('should be created', () => {
+    const interceptor: ApiVersionInterceptor = TestBed.inject(ApiVersionInterceptor);
+    expect(interceptor).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/interceptors/api-version.interceptor.ts b/src-ui/src/app/interceptors/api-version.interceptor.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95aa6ef16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/interceptors/api-version.interceptor.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import {
+  HttpRequest,
+  HttpHandler,
+  HttpEvent,
+  HttpInterceptor
+} from '@angular/common/http';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { environment } from 'src/environments/environment';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class ApiVersionInterceptor implements HttpInterceptor {
+
+  constructor() {}
+
+  intercept(request: HttpRequest<unknown>, next: HttpHandler): Observable<HttpEvent<unknown>> {
+    request = request.clone({
+        setHeaders: {
+          'Accept': `application/json; version=${environment.apiVersion}`
+        }
+      })
+ 
+    return next.handle(request);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/services/auth.interceptor.ts b/src-ui/src/app/services/auth.interceptor.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/src-ui/src/environments/environment.prod.ts b/src-ui/src/environments/environment.prod.ts
index 6c97ac1cb..50cf6d954 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/environments/environment.prod.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/environments/environment.prod.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 export const environment = {
   production: true,
   apiBaseUrl: "/api/",
+  apiVersion: "1",
   appTitle: "Paperless-ng",
   version: "1.2.1",
   webSocketHost: window.location.host,
diff --git a/src-ui/src/environments/environment.ts b/src-ui/src/environments/environment.ts
index b2c40e261..b0ac843d5 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/environments/environment.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/environments/environment.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 export const environment = {
   production: false,
   apiBaseUrl: "http://localhost:8000/api/",
+  apiVersion: "1",
   appTitle: "Paperless-ng",
   version: "DEVELOPMENT",
   webSocketHost: "localhost:8000",
diff --git a/src/paperless/settings.py b/src/paperless/settings.py
index 4c860351f..48712954c 100644
--- a/src/paperless/settings.py
+++ b/src/paperless/settings.py
@@ -112,7 +112,10 @@ REST_FRAMEWORK = {
         'rest_framework.authentication.BasicAuthentication',
         'rest_framework.authentication.SessionAuthentication',
         'rest_framework.authentication.TokenAuthentication'
-    ]
+    ],
+    'DEFAULT_VERSIONING_CLASS': 'rest_framework.versioning.AcceptHeaderVersioning',
+    'DEFAULT_VERSION': 'v1',
+    'ALLOWED_VERSIONS': ['1', '2']
 }
 
 if DEBUG:
@@ -142,7 +145,7 @@ ASGI_APPLICATION = "paperless.asgi.application"
 
 STATIC_URL = os.getenv("PAPERLESS_STATIC_URL", "/static/")
 
-# what is this used for?
+# TODO: what is this used for?
 TEMPLATES = [
     {
         'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',