diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 25b8cfc23f3e..b3eb5bf4d1cf 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     "@carbon/cli-reporter": "^10.4.0",
     "@octokit/plugin-retry": "^3.0.7",
     "@octokit/plugin-throttling": "^2.6.0",
-    "@octokit/rest": "^16.28.1",
+    "@octokit/rest": "^18.5.2",
     "@rollup/plugin-babel": "^5.2.2",
     "@rollup/plugin-commonjs": "^17.0.0",
     "@rollup/plugin-node-resolve": "^11.1.0",