diff --git a/packages/cli-alert/package.json b/packages/cli-alert/package.json
index 3285406cd7..0e96c576c3 100644
--- a/packages/cli-alert/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli-alert/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   "author": "snyk.io",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@octokit/rest": "^18.0.5",
+    "@octokit/rest": "^21.0.2",
     "@pagerduty/pdjs": "^2.2.0",
     "@slack/webhook": "7.0.2",
     "typescript": "^4.0.2"