diff --git a/.github/tools/go.mod b/.github/tools/go.mod
index 89083924..71a59c46 100644
--- a/.github/tools/go.mod
+++ b/.github/tools/go.mod
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ module github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go-compile-instrumentation/.githu
 
 go 1.23.0
 
-require github.com/google/go-github/v70 v70.0.0
+require github.com/google/go-github/v79 v79.0.0
 
 require github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0 // indirect