diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 3f8d57f6a..e2bbde7ce 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         "auto-bind": "^4.0.0",
         "aws-lambda": "^1.0.7",
         "aws-sdk": "^2.1428.0",
-        "axios": "~0.27.2",
+        "axios": "^1.6.5",
         "axios-cache-interceptor": "^0.10.7",
         "base-64": "^0.1.0",
         "bcryptjs": "^2.4.3",
@@ -5518,12 +5518,13 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/axios": {
-      "version": "0.27.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/axios/-/axios-0.27.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-t+yRIyySRTp/wua5xEr+z1q60QmLq8ABsS5O9Me1AsE5dfKqgnCFzwiCZZ/cGNd1lq4/7akDWMxdhVlucjmnOQ==",
+      "version": "1.6.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/axios/-/axios-1.6.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Ii012v05KEVuUoFWmMW/UQv9aRIc3ZwkWDcM+h5Il8izZCtRVpDUfwpoFf7eOtajT3QiGR4yDUx7lPqHJULgbg==",
       "dependencies": {
-        "follow-redirects": "^1.14.9",
-        "form-data": "^4.0.0"
+        "follow-redirects": "^1.15.4",
+        "form-data": "^4.0.0",
+        "proxy-from-env": "^1.1.0"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/axios-cache-interceptor": {
@@ -14026,6 +14027,11 @@
         "node": ">= 0.10"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/proxy-from-env": {
+      "version": "1.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/proxy-from-env/-/proxy-from-env-1.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-D+zkORCbA9f1tdWRK0RaCR3GPv50cMxcrz4X8k5LTSUD1Dkw47mKJEZQNunItRTkWwgtaUSo1RVFRIG9ZXiFYg=="
+    },
     "node_modules/psl": {
       "version": "1.9.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/psl/-/psl-1.9.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index be403fa13..bc2a49e26 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     "auto-bind": "^4.0.0",
     "aws-lambda": "^1.0.7",
     "aws-sdk": "^2.1428.0",
-    "axios": "~0.27.2",
+    "axios": "^1.6.5",
     "axios-cache-interceptor": "^0.10.7",
     "base-64": "^0.1.0",
     "bcryptjs": "^2.4.3",
diff --git a/src/middleware/__tests__/errorHandler.spec.ts b/src/middleware/__tests__/errorHandler.spec.ts
index 5a4ba75b8..5f3d82b02 100644
--- a/src/middleware/__tests__/errorHandler.spec.ts
+++ b/src/middleware/__tests__/errorHandler.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { AxiosError } from "axios"
+import { AxiosError, AxiosRequestHeaders } from "axios"
 import _ from "lodash"
 import { serializeError } from "serialize-error"
 
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ const mockRes = {
 }
 const mockNext = jest.fn()
 const mockAxiosError: AxiosError = {
-  config: {},
+  config: {
+    headers: ({} as unknown) as AxiosRequestHeaders,
+  },
   request: {},
   isAxiosError: true,
   toJSON: jest.fn().mockReturnThis(),
diff --git a/src/services/api/AxiosInstance.ts b/src/services/api/AxiosInstance.ts
index 767f5db66..1a78320d2 100644
--- a/src/services/api/AxiosInstance.ts
+++ b/src/services/api/AxiosInstance.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import axios, { AxiosRequestConfig, AxiosResponse } from "axios"
-import { setupCache } from "axios-cache-interceptor"
+import axios, { AxiosRequestConfig } from "axios"
+import { CacheAxiosResponse, setupCache } from "axios-cache-interceptor"
 import _ from "lodash"
 
 import { config } from "@config/config"
@@ -91,13 +91,13 @@ const requestFormatter = async (axiosConfig: AxiosRequestConfig) => {
   }
 }
 
-const respHandler = (response: AxiosResponse) => {
+const respHandler = (response: CacheAxiosResponse) => {
   // Any status code that lie within the range of 2xx will cause this function to trigger
   tokenServiceInstance.onResponse(response)
   return response
 }
 
-const githubApiInterceptor = (resp: AxiosResponse) => {
+const githubApiInterceptor = (resp: CacheAxiosResponse) => {
   const fullUrl = `${resp.config.baseURL || ""}${resp.config.url || ""}`
   if (
     resp.status !== 304 &&
@@ -126,7 +126,11 @@ isomerRepoAxiosInstance.interceptors.request.use(requestFormatter)
 isomerRepoAxiosInstance.interceptors.response.use(respHandler)
 isomerRepoAxiosInstance.interceptors.response.use(githubApiInterceptor)
 
-const genericGitHubAxiosInstance = axios.create()
+const genericGitHubAxiosInstance = setupCache(axios.create(), {
+  interpretHeader: true,
+  etag: true,
+  headerInterpreter: customHeaderInterpreter,
+})
 genericGitHubAxiosInstance.interceptors.request.use(requestFormatter)
 genericGitHubAxiosInstance.interceptors.response.use(respHandler)
 genericGitHubAxiosInstance.interceptors.response.use(githubApiInterceptor)
diff --git a/src/services/db/__tests__/TokenService.spec.ts b/src/services/db/__tests__/TokenService.spec.ts
index 64dd0779c..a097f37f8 100644
--- a/src/services/db/__tests__/TokenService.spec.ts
+++ b/src/services/db/__tests__/TokenService.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { expect, jest } from "@jest/globals"
-import { AxiosResponse } from "axios"
+import { AxiosRequestHeaders, AxiosResponse } from "axios"
 import { ok, err } from "neverthrow"
 import { ModelStatic } from "sequelize"
 
@@ -594,9 +594,9 @@ describe("Token Service", () => {
       (resetTime: number) =>
         ({
           config: {
-            headers: {
+            headers: ({
               Authorization: `token ${sampleGithubToken}`,
-            },
+            } as unknown) as AxiosRequestHeaders,
           },
           headers: {
             [GITHUB_TOKEN_REMAINING_HEADER]: "1234",