diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 12ec7a9..863b5bd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ and **Merged pull requests**. Critical items to know are:
 The versions coincide with releases on pip. Only major versions will be released as tags on Github.
 
 ## [0.0.x](https://github.com/oras-project/oras-py/tree/main) (0.0.x)
+ - Introduce the option to not refresh headers when fetching manifests when pulling artifacts (0.1.27)
  - To make it available for more OCI registries, the value of config used when `manifest_config` is not specified in `client.push()` has been changed from a pure empty string to `{}` (0.1.26)
  - refactor tests using fixtures and rework pre-commit configuration (0.1.25)
  - eliminate the additional subdirectory creation while pulling an image to a custom output directory (0.1.24)
diff --git a/oras/provider.py b/oras/provider.py
index db0ac3a..0abd2d5 100644
--- a/oras/provider.py
+++ b/oras/provider.py
@@ -757,8 +757,10 @@ def push(self, *args, **kwargs) -> requests.Response:
 
         # Config is just another layer blob!
         logger.debug(f"Preparing config {conf}")
-        with temporary_empty_config() if config_file is None else nullcontext(
-            config_file
+        with (
+            temporary_empty_config()
+            if config_file is None
+            else nullcontext(config_file)
         ) as config_file:
             response = self.upload_blob(config_file, container, conf)
 
@@ -780,6 +782,8 @@ def pull(self, *args, **kwargs) -> List[str]:
         :type allowed_media_type: list or None
         :param overwrite: if output file exists, overwrite
         :type overwrite: bool
+        :param refresh_headers: if true, headers are refreshed when fetching manifests
+        :type refresh_headers: bool
         :param manifest_config_ref: save manifest config to this file
         :type manifest_config_ref: str
         :param outdir: output directory path
@@ -788,9 +792,12 @@ def pull(self, *args, **kwargs) -> List[str]:
         :type target: str
         """
         allowed_media_type = kwargs.get("allowed_media_type")
+        refresh_headers = kwargs.get("refresh_headers")
+        if refresh_headers is None:
+            refresh_headers = True
         container = self.get_container(kwargs["target"])
         self.load_configs(container, configs=kwargs.get("config_path"))
-        manifest = self.get_manifest(container, allowed_media_type)
+        manifest = self.get_manifest(container, allowed_media_type, refresh_headers)
         outdir = kwargs.get("outdir") or oras.utils.get_tmpdir()
         overwrite = kwargs.get("overwrite", True)
 
@@ -830,7 +837,10 @@ def pull(self, *args, **kwargs) -> List[str]:
 
     @decorator.ensure_container
     def get_manifest(
-        self, container: container_type, allowed_media_type: Optional[list] = None
+        self,
+        container: container_type,
+        allowed_media_type: Optional[list] = None,
+        refresh_headers: bool = True,
     ) -> dict:
         """
         Retrieve a manifest for a package.
@@ -839,11 +849,16 @@ def get_manifest(
         :type container: oras.container.Container or str
         :param allowed_media_type: one or more allowed media types
         :type allowed_media_type: str
+        :param refresh_headers: if true, headers are refreshed
+        :type refresh_headers: bool
         """
         if not allowed_media_type:
             allowed_media_type = [oras.defaults.default_manifest_media_type]
         headers = {"Accept": ";".join(allowed_media_type)}
 
+        if not refresh_headers:
+            headers.update(self.headers)
+
         get_manifest = f"{self.prefix}://{container.manifest_url()}"  # type: ignore
         response = self.do_request(get_manifest, "GET", headers=headers)
         self._check_200_response(response)
diff --git a/oras/version.py b/oras/version.py
index 8432dbd..b13c0b1 100644
--- a/oras/version.py
+++ b/oras/version.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 __copyright__ = "Copyright The ORAS Authors."
 __license__ = "Apache-2.0"
 
-__version__ = "0.1.26"
+__version__ = "0.1.27"
 AUTHOR = "Vanessa Sochat"
 EMAIL = "vsoch@users.noreply.github.com"
 NAME = "oras"