diff --git a/packages/github/package.json b/packages/github/package.json
index 3bcbe30c06..b0f88d6707 100644
--- a/packages/github/package.json
+++ b/packages/github/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@actions/http-client": "^2.0.1",
-    "@octokit/core": "^3.6.0",
+    "@octokit/core": "^5.2.1",
     "@octokit/plugin-paginate-rest": "^2.17.0",
     "@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods": "^5.13.0"
   },