diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1ccc73a02..9405b3227 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/distribution/distribution/v3 v3.0.0-alpha.1
 	github.com/go-telegram-bot-api/telegram-bot-api v4.6.4+incompatible
 	github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.19.1
-	github.com/google/go-github/v59 v59.0.0
+	github.com/google/go-github/v61 v61.0.0
 	github.com/google/ko v0.15.2
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/goreleaser/fileglob v1.3.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fcad9601f..84e89b498 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -361,8 +361,8 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.19.1 h1:yMQ62Al6/V0Z7CqIrrS1iYoA5/oQCm88DeNujc7C1KY=
 github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.19.1/go.mod h1:YCMFNQeeXeLF+dnhhWkqDItx/JSkH01j1Kis4PsjzFI=
-github.com/google/go-github/v59 v59.0.0 h1:7h6bgpF5as0YQLLkEiVqpgtJqjimMYhBkD4jT5aN3VA=
-github.com/google/go-github/v59 v59.0.0/go.mod h1:rJU4R0rQHFVFDOkqGWxfLNo6vEk4dv40oDjhV/gH6wM=
+github.com/google/go-github/v61 v61.0.0 h1:VwQCBwhyE9JclCI+22/7mLB1PuU9eowCXKY5pNlu1go=
+github.com/google/go-github/v61 v61.0.0/go.mod h1:0WR+KmsWX75G2EbpyGsGmradjo3IiciuI4BmdVCobQY=
 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/go-replayers/grpcreplay v1.1.0 h1:S5+I3zYyZ+GQz68OfbURDdt/+cSMqCK1wrvNx7WBzTE=
diff --git a/internal/client/github.go b/internal/client/github.go
index be81ce229..cc5de30c4 100644
--- a/internal/client/github.go
+++ b/internal/client/github.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/caarlos0/log"
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/x/exp/ordered"
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v59/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v61/github"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/internal/artifact"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/internal/tmpl"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/pkg/config"
diff --git a/internal/client/github_test.go b/internal/client/github_test.go
index 8ab16cd14..d3d209fa2 100644
--- a/internal/client/github_test.go
+++ b/internal/client/github_test.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"text/template"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v59/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v61/github"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/internal/artifact"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/internal/testctx"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/internal/testlib"