diff --git a/github/github.go b/github/github.go
index 38a5bcd29b4..45235cf8f0a 100644
--- a/github/github.go
+++ b/github/github.go
@@ -27,12 +27,14 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	Version = "v48.0.0"
+	Version = "v48.2.0"
 
-	defaultBaseURL   = "https://api.github.com/"
-	defaultUserAgent = "go-github" + "/" + Version
-	uploadBaseURL    = "https://uploads.github.com/"
+	defaultAPIVersion = "2022-11-28"
+	defaultBaseURL    = "https://api.github.com/"
+	defaultUserAgent  = "go-github" + "/" + Version
+	uploadBaseURL     = "https://uploads.github.com/"
 
+	headerAPIVersion    = "X-GitHub-Api-Version"
 	headerRateLimit     = "X-RateLimit-Limit"
 	headerRateRemaining = "X-RateLimit-Remaining"
 	headerRateReset     = "X-RateLimit-Reset"
@@ -392,12 +394,24 @@ func NewEnterpriseClient(baseURL, uploadURL string, httpClient *http.Client) (*C
 	return c, nil
 }
 
+// RequestOption represents an option that can modify an http.Request.
+type RequestOption func(req *http.Request)
+
+// WithVersion modifies the GitHub v3 API version for this individual request.
+// For more information, see:
+// https://github.blog/2022-11-28-to-infinity-and-beyond-enabling-the-future-of-githubs-rest-api-with-api-versioning/
+func WithVersion(version string) RequestOption {
+	return func(req *http.Request) {
+		req.Header.Set(headerAPIVersion, version)
+	}
+}
+
 // NewRequest creates an API request. A relative URL can be provided in urlStr,
 // in which case it is resolved relative to the BaseURL of the Client.
 // Relative URLs should always be specified without a preceding slash. If
 // specified, the value pointed to by body is JSON encoded and included as the
 // request body.
-func (c *Client) NewRequest(method, urlStr string, body interface{}) (*http.Request, error) {
+func (c *Client) NewRequest(method, urlStr string, body interface{}, opts ...RequestOption) (*http.Request, error) {
 	if !strings.HasSuffix(c.BaseURL.Path, "/") {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("BaseURL must have a trailing slash, but %q does not", c.BaseURL)
 	}
@@ -430,6 +444,12 @@ func (c *Client) NewRequest(method, urlStr string, body interface{}) (*http.Requ
 	if c.UserAgent != "" {
 		req.Header.Set("User-Agent", c.UserAgent)
 	}
+	req.Header.Set(headerAPIVersion, defaultAPIVersion)
+
+	for _, opt := range opts {
+		opt(req)
+	}
+
 	return req, nil
 }
 
@@ -437,7 +457,7 @@ func (c *Client) NewRequest(method, urlStr string, body interface{}) (*http.Requ
 // in which case it is resolved relative to the BaseURL of the Client.
 // Relative URLs should always be specified without a preceding slash.
 // Body is sent with Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded.
-func (c *Client) NewFormRequest(urlStr string, body io.Reader) (*http.Request, error) {
+func (c *Client) NewFormRequest(urlStr string, body io.Reader, opts ...RequestOption) (*http.Request, error) {
 	if !strings.HasSuffix(c.BaseURL.Path, "/") {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("BaseURL must have a trailing slash, but %q does not", c.BaseURL)
 	}
@@ -457,13 +477,19 @@ func (c *Client) NewFormRequest(urlStr string, body io.Reader) (*http.Request, e
 	if c.UserAgent != "" {
 		req.Header.Set("User-Agent", c.UserAgent)
 	}
+	req.Header.Set(headerAPIVersion, defaultAPIVersion)
+
+	for _, opt := range opts {
+		opt(req)
+	}
+
 	return req, nil
 }
 
 // NewUploadRequest creates an upload request. A relative URL can be provided in
 // urlStr, in which case it is resolved relative to the UploadURL of the Client.
 // Relative URLs should always be specified without a preceding slash.
-func (c *Client) NewUploadRequest(urlStr string, reader io.Reader, size int64, mediaType string) (*http.Request, error) {
+func (c *Client) NewUploadRequest(urlStr string, reader io.Reader, size int64, mediaType string, opts ...RequestOption) (*http.Request, error) {
 	if !strings.HasSuffix(c.UploadURL.Path, "/") {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("UploadURL must have a trailing slash, but %q does not", c.UploadURL)
 	}
@@ -485,6 +511,12 @@ func (c *Client) NewUploadRequest(urlStr string, reader io.Reader, size int64, m
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", mediaType)
 	req.Header.Set("Accept", mediaTypeV3)
 	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", c.UserAgent)
+	req.Header.Set(headerAPIVersion, defaultAPIVersion)
+
+	for _, opt := range opts {
+		opt(req)
+	}
+
 	return req, nil
 }
 
@@ -1358,8 +1390,8 @@ func formatRateReset(d time.Duration) string {
 
 // When using roundTripWithOptionalFollowRedirect, note that it
 // is the responsibility of the caller to close the response body.
-func (c *Client) roundTripWithOptionalFollowRedirect(ctx context.Context, u string, followRedirects bool) (*http.Response, error) {
-	req, err := c.NewRequest("GET", u, nil)
+func (c *Client) roundTripWithOptionalFollowRedirect(ctx context.Context, u string, followRedirects bool, opts ...RequestOption) (*http.Response, error) {
+	req, err := c.NewRequest("GET", u, nil, opts...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -1380,7 +1412,7 @@ func (c *Client) roundTripWithOptionalFollowRedirect(ctx context.Context, u stri
 	if followRedirects && resp.StatusCode == http.StatusMovedPermanently {
 		resp.Body.Close()
 		u = resp.Header.Get("Location")
-		resp, err = c.roundTripWithOptionalFollowRedirect(ctx, u, false)
+		resp, err = c.roundTripWithOptionalFollowRedirect(ctx, u, false, opts...)
 	}
 	return resp, err
 }
diff --git a/github/github_test.go b/github/github_test.go
index c4ceb89bb54..42e3ce2ce93 100644
--- a/github/github_test.go
+++ b/github/github_test.go
@@ -517,6 +517,17 @@ func TestNewRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	if !strings.Contains(userAgent, Version) {
 		t.Errorf("NewRequest() User-Agent should contain %v, found %v", Version, userAgent)
 	}
+
+	apiVersion := req.Header.Get(headerAPIVersion)
+	if got, want := apiVersion, defaultAPIVersion; got != want {
+		t.Errorf("NewRequest() %v header is %v, want %v", headerAPIVersion, got, want)
+	}
+
+	req, _ = c.NewRequest("GET", inURL, inBody, WithVersion("2022-11-29"))
+	apiVersion = req.Header.Get(headerAPIVersion)
+	if got, want := apiVersion, "2022-11-29"; got != want {
+		t.Errorf("NewRequest() %v header is %v, want %v", headerAPIVersion, got, want)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestNewRequest_invalidJSON(t *testing.T) {