diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8d6e4a2cd..81b8be993 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gofrs/flock v0.13.0
 	github.com/google/cel-go v0.26.1
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0
-	github.com/google/go-github/v77 v77.0.0
+	github.com/google/go-github/v78 v78.0.0
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/gorilla/securecookie v1.1.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c6e3b0653..b840e1d40 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -249,8 +249,8 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0 h1:wk8382ETsv4JYUZwIsn6YpYiWiBsYLSJiTsyBybVuN8=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0/go.mod h1:pXiqmnSA92OHEEa9HXL2W4E7lf9JzCmGVUdgjX3N/iU=
 github.com/google/go-github/v73 v73.0.0 h1:aR+Utnh+Y4mMkS+2qLQwcQ/cF9mOTpdwnzlaw//rG24=
 github.com/google/go-github/v73 v73.0.0/go.mod h1:fa6w8+/V+edSU0muqdhCVY7Beh1M8F1IlQPZIANKIYw=
-github.com/google/go-github/v77 v77.0.0 h1:9DsKKbZqil5y/4Z9mNpZDQnpli6PJbqipSuuNdcbjwI=
-github.com/google/go-github/v77 v77.0.0/go.mod h1:c8VmGXRUmaZUqbctUcGEDWYnMrtzZfJhDSylEf1wfmA=
+github.com/google/go-github/v78 v78.0.0 h1:b1tytzFE8i//lRVDx5Qh/EdJbtTPtSVD3nF7hraEs9w=
+github.com/google/go-github/v78 v78.0.0/go.mod h1:Uxvdzy82AkNlC6JQ57se9TqvmgBT7RF0ouHDNg2jd6g=
 github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0 h1:AnCroh3fv4ZBgVIf1Iwtovgjaw/GiKJo8M8yD/fhyJ8=
 github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0/go.mod h1:Kcdr2DB4koayq7X8pmAG4sNG59So17icRSOU623lUBU=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
diff --git a/internal/githubclient/githubclient.go b/internal/githubclient/githubclient.go
index c584edd52..9bb806a07 100644
--- a/internal/githubclient/githubclient.go
+++ b/internal/githubclient/githubclient.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v77/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v78/github"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 
 	"go.pinniped.dev/internal/plog"
diff --git a/internal/githubclient/githubclient_test.go b/internal/githubclient/githubclient_test.go
index 1665b36ec..c0f424b92 100644
--- a/internal/githubclient/githubclient_test.go
+++ b/internal/githubclient/githubclient_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v77/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v78/github"
 	"github.com/migueleliasweb/go-github-mock/src/mock"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/cert"