diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9547d06064..fd85284ed2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/bradleyfalzon/ghinstallation/v2 v2.10.0
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
-	github.com/google/go-github/v45 v45.2.0
+	github.com/google/go-github/v72 v72.0.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1
 	github.com/konflux-ci/application-api v0.0.0-20240527211352-be061932d497
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.21.0