diff --git a/aiogithubapi/repository.py b/aiogithubapi/repository.py
index 7d70630..611f0e9 100644
--- a/aiogithubapi/repository.py
+++ b/aiogithubapi/repository.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ async def get_rendered_contents(self, path, ref=None):
     @backoff.on_exception(
         backoff.expo, (ClientError, CancelledError, TimeoutError, KeyError), max_tries=5
     )
-    async def get_releases(self, prerelease=False):
+    async def get_releases(self, prerelease=False, returnlimit=5):
         """Retrun a list of repository release objects."""
         endpoint = "/repos/{}/releases".format(self.full_name)
         url = BASE_URL + endpoint
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ async def get_releases(self, prerelease=False):
             contents = []
 
             for content in response:
-                if len(contents) == 5:
+                if len(contents) == returnlimit:
                     break
                 if not prerelease:
                     if content.get("prerelease", False):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ccd68f6..28532a8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="aiogithubapi",
-    version="0.4.1",
+    version="0.4.2",
     author="Joakim Sorensen (@ludeeus)",
     author_email="hi@ludeeus.dev",
     description="Python async client for the GitHub API.",