diff --git a/beetsplug/_utils/requests.py b/beetsplug/_utils/requests.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b82d4538
--- /dev/null
+++ b/beetsplug/_utils/requests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import atexit
+from http import HTTPStatus
+
+import requests
+
+from beets import __version__
+
+
+class NotFoundError(requests.exceptions.HTTPError):
+    pass
+
+
+class CaptchaError(requests.exceptions.HTTPError):
+    pass
+
+
+class TimeoutSession(requests.Session):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.headers["User-Agent"] = f"beets/{__version__} https://beets.io/"
+
+        @atexit.register
+        def close_session():
+            """Close the requests session on shut down."""
+            self.close()
+
+    def request(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Wrap the request method to raise an exception on HTTP errors."""
+        kwargs.setdefault("timeout", 10)
+        r = super().request(*args, **kwargs)
+        if r.status_code == HTTPStatus.NOT_FOUND:
+            raise NotFoundError("HTTP Error: Not Found", response=r)
+        if 300 <= r.status_code < 400:
+            raise CaptchaError("Captcha is required", response=r)
+
+        r.raise_for_status()
+
+        return r
diff --git a/beetsplug/lyrics.py b/beetsplug/lyrics.py
index 677467776..145438f19 100644
--- a/beetsplug/lyrics.py
+++ b/beetsplug/lyrics.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import atexit
 import itertools
 import math
 import re
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@ from contextlib import contextmanager, suppress
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from functools import cached_property, partial, total_ordering
 from html import unescape
-from http import HTTPStatus
 from itertools import groupby
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, NamedTuple
@@ -41,6 +39,8 @@ from beets import plugins, ui
 from beets.autotag.distance import string_dist
 from beets.util.config import sanitize_choices
 
+from ._utils.requests import TimeoutSession
+
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Iterable, Iterator
 
@@ -56,41 +56,10 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
         TranslatorAPI,
     )
 
-USER_AGENT = f"beets/{beets.__version__}"
 INSTRUMENTAL_LYRICS = "[Instrumental]"
 
 
-class NotFoundError(requests.exceptions.HTTPError):
-    pass
-
-
-class CaptchaError(requests.exceptions.HTTPError):
-    pass
-
-
-class TimeoutSession(requests.Session):
-    def request(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        """Wrap the request method to raise an exception on HTTP errors."""
-        kwargs.setdefault("timeout", 10)
-        r = super().request(*args, **kwargs)
-        if r.status_code == HTTPStatus.NOT_FOUND:
-            raise NotFoundError("HTTP Error: Not Found", response=r)
-        if 300 <= r.status_code < 400:
-            raise CaptchaError("Captcha is required", response=r)
-
-        r.raise_for_status()
-
-        return r
-
-
 r_session = TimeoutSession()
-r_session.headers.update({"User-Agent": USER_AGENT})
-
-
-@atexit.register
-def close_session():
-    """Close the requests session on shut down."""
-    r_session.close()
 
 
 # Utilities.