diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 825a8968..e3e68e3f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@dvcorg/gatsby-theme-iterative": "0.3.5",
     "@dvcorg/websites-server": "0.1.1",
-    "@octokit/request": "6.2.4",
+    "@octokit/request": "8.1.6",
     "autoprefixer": "10.4.14",
     "classnames": "2.3.2",
     "gatsby": "5.10.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index ea634bc9..fc6ee2af 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2157,15 +2157,23 @@
     is-plain-object "^5.0.0"
     universal-user-agent "^6.0.0"
 
+"@octokit/endpoint@^9.0.0":
+  version "9.0.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/endpoint/-/endpoint-9.0.4.tgz#8afda5ad1ffc3073d08f2b450964c610b821d1ea"
+  integrity sha512-DWPLtr1Kz3tv8L0UvXTDP1fNwM0S+z6EJpRcvH66orY6Eld4XBMCSYsaWp4xIm61jTWxK68BrR7ibO+vSDnZqw==
+  dependencies:
+    "@octokit/types" "^12.0.0"
+    universal-user-agent "^6.0.0"
+
 "@octokit/openapi-types@^14.0.0":
   version "14.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/openapi-types/-/openapi-types-14.0.0.tgz#949c5019028c93f189abbc2fb42f333290f7134a"
   integrity sha512-HNWisMYlR8VCnNurDU6os2ikx0s0VyEjDYHNS/h4cgb8DeOxQ0n72HyinUtdDVxJhFy3FWLGl0DJhfEWk3P5Iw==
 
-"@octokit/openapi-types@^17.1.2":
-  version "17.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/openapi-types/-/openapi-types-17.2.0.tgz#f1800b5f9652b8e1b85cc6dfb1e0dc888810bdb5"
-  integrity sha512-MazrFNx4plbLsGl+LFesMo96eIXkFgEtaKbnNpdh4aQ0VM10aoylFsTYP1AEjkeoRNZiiPe3T6Gl2Hr8dJWdlQ==
+"@octokit/openapi-types@^19.0.2":
+  version "19.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/openapi-types/-/openapi-types-19.1.0.tgz#75ec7e64743870fc73e1ab4bc6ec252ecdd624dc"
+  integrity sha512-6G+ywGClliGQwRsjvqVYpklIfa7oRPA0vyhPQG/1Feh+B+wU0vGH1JiJ5T25d3g1JZYBHzR2qefLi9x8Gt+cpw==
 
 "@octokit/request-error@^3.0.0":
   version "3.0.2"
@@ -2176,16 +2184,23 @@
     deprecation "^2.0.0"
     once "^1.4.0"
 
-"@octokit/request@6.2.4":
-  version "6.2.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/request/-/request-6.2.4.tgz#b00a7185865c72bdd432e63168b1e900953ded0c"
-  integrity sha512-at92SYQstwh7HH6+Kf3bFMnHrle7aIrC0r5rTP+Bb30118B6j1vI2/M4walh6qcQgfuLIKs8NUO5CytHTnUI3A==
+"@octokit/request-error@^5.0.0":
+  version "5.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/request-error/-/request-error-5.0.1.tgz#277e3ce3b540b41525e07ba24c5ef5e868a72db9"
+  integrity sha512-X7pnyTMV7MgtGmiXBwmO6M5kIPrntOXdyKZLigNfQWSEQzVxR4a4vo49vJjTWX70mPndj8KhfT4Dx+2Ng3vnBQ==
   dependencies:
-    "@octokit/endpoint" "^7.0.0"
-    "@octokit/request-error" "^3.0.0"
-    "@octokit/types" "^9.0.0"
-    is-plain-object "^5.0.0"
-    node-fetch "^2.6.7"
+    "@octokit/types" "^12.0.0"
+    deprecation "^2.0.0"
+    once "^1.4.0"
+
+"@octokit/request@8.1.6":
+  version "8.1.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/request/-/request-8.1.6.tgz#a76a859c30421737a3918b40973c2ff369009571"
+  integrity sha512-YhPaGml3ncZC1NfXpP3WZ7iliL1ap6tLkAp6MvbK2fTTPytzVUyUesBBogcdMm86uRYO5rHaM1xIWxigWZ17MQ==
+  dependencies:
+    "@octokit/endpoint" "^9.0.0"
+    "@octokit/request-error" "^5.0.0"
+    "@octokit/types" "^12.0.0"
     universal-user-agent "^6.0.0"
 
 "@octokit/request@^6.2.2":
@@ -2200,6 +2215,13 @@
     node-fetch "^2.6.7"
     universal-user-agent "^6.0.0"
 
+"@octokit/types@^12.0.0":
+  version "12.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/types/-/types-12.3.0.tgz#e3f8bc53f65ef551e19cc1a0fea15adadec17d2d"
+  integrity sha512-nJ8X2HRr234q3w/FcovDlA+ttUU4m1eJAourvfUUtwAWeqL8AsyRqfnLvVnYn3NFbUnsmzQCzLNdFerPwdmcDQ==
+  dependencies:
+    "@octokit/openapi-types" "^19.0.2"
+
 "@octokit/types@^8.0.0":
   version "8.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/types/-/types-8.1.1.tgz#92e304e0f00d563667dfdbe0ae6b52e70d5149bb"
@@ -2207,13 +2229,6 @@
   dependencies:
     "@octokit/openapi-types" "^14.0.0"
 
-"@octokit/types@^9.0.0":
-  version "9.2.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/types/-/types-9.2.2.tgz#d111d33928f288f48083bfe49d8a9a5945e67db1"
-  integrity sha512-9BjDxjgQIvCjNWZsbqyH5QC2Yni16oaE6xL+8SUBMzcYPF4TGQBXGA97Cl3KceK9mwiNMb1mOYCz6FbCCLEL+g==
-  dependencies:
-    "@octokit/openapi-types" "^17.1.2"
-
 "@parcel/bundler-default@2.8.3":
   version "2.8.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@parcel/bundler-default/-/bundler-default-2.8.3.tgz#d64739dbc2dbd59d6629861bf77a8083aced5229"