diff --git a/desktop/app/src/dispatcher/pluginDownloads.tsx b/desktop/app/src/dispatcher/pluginDownloads.tsx
index 8257d6bcc..6bb7f0acc 100644
--- a/desktop/app/src/dispatcher/pluginDownloads.tsx
+++ b/desktop/app/src/dispatcher/pluginDownloads.tsx
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ async function handlePluginDownload(
         adapter: axiosHttpAdapter,
         cancelToken: cancellationSource.token,
         responseType: 'stream',
+        headers: {
+          'Sec-Fetch-Site': 'none',
+          'Sec-Fetch-Mode': 'navigate',
+        },
         onDownloadProgress: async (progressEvent) => {
           const newPercentCompleted = !progressEvent.total
             ? 0
diff --git a/desktop/static/main.ts b/desktop/static/main.ts
index 0e23f02fd..cbd840b98 100644
--- a/desktop/static/main.ts
+++ b/desktop/static/main.ts
@@ -253,6 +253,9 @@ function configureSession() {
       urls: ['*://*/*'],
     },
     (details, callback) => {
+      // setting sec-fetch-site to always be 'none' so Flipper requests are not blocked by SecFetch policies
+      details.requestHeaders['Sec-Fetch-Site'] = 'none';
+      details.requestHeaders['Sec-Fetch-Mode'] = 'navigate';
       // setting Origin to always be 'localhost' to avoid issues when dev version and release version behaves differently.
       details.requestHeaders.origin = 'http://localhost:3000';
       details.requestHeaders.referer = 'http://localhost:3000/index.dev.html';