diff --git a/packages/repo-metadata-lint/package.json b/packages/repo-metadata-lint/package.json
index 5b5c4e6a5c0..0afb0e646c2 100644
--- a/packages/repo-metadata-lint/package.json
+++ b/packages/repo-metadata-lint/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@google-automations/git-file-utils": "^1.2.5",
     "@google-cloud/bigquery": "^6.2.0",
-    "@octokit/rest": "^19.0.4",
+    "@octokit/rest": "^21.0.2",
     "ajv": "^8.11.0",
     "gaxios": "^5.0.1",
     "gcf-utils": "^14.2.0",