diff --git a/packages/github/package.json b/packages/github/package.json
index c7f899317e..a928fb364a 100644
--- a/packages/github/package.json
+++ b/packages/github/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@actions/http-client": "^1.0.8",
-    "@octokit/core": "^3.1.1",
+    "@octokit/core": "^5.2.1",
     "@octokit/plugin-paginate-rest": "^2.2.3",
     "@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods": "^4.1.0"
   },