diff --git a/cmd/cmrel/cmd/gcb_publish.go b/cmd/cmrel/cmd/gcb_publish.go
index 952fe87..bb05363 100644
--- a/cmd/cmrel/cmd/gcb_publish.go
+++ b/cmd/cmrel/cmd/gcb_publish.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import (
 
 	"cloud.google.com/go/storage"
 	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v5"
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v35/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v80/github"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	flag "github.com/spf13/pflag"
 	"golang.org/x/oauth2"
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8201138..4ea5b05 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v5 v5.0.3
 	github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0
-	github.com/google/go-github/v35 v35.3.0
+	github.com/google/go-github/v80 v80.0.0
 	github.com/google/martian v2.1.0+incompatible
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.2
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 v4.1.3 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
-	github.com/google/go-querystring v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/s2a-go v0.1.9 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/googleapis/enterprise-certificate-proxy v0.3.7 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index aa8426a..0de51d6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -62,16 +62,15 @@ github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3 h1:CjnDlHq8ikf6E492q6eKboGOC0T8CDaOvkHCIg8idEI=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3/go.mod h1:9T104GzyrTigFIr8wt5mBrctHMim0Nb2HLGrmQ40KvY=
 github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 h1:hSWxHoqTgW2S2qGc0LTAI563KZ5YKYRhT3MFKZMbjag=
 github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:mMo/vtBO5dYbehREoey6XUKy/eSumjCCveDpRre4VKE=
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.2/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4 h1:i7eJL8qZTpSEXOPTxNKhASYpMn+8e5Q6AdndVa1dWek=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4/go.mod h1:lnTiLA8Wa4RWRcIUkrtSVa5nRhsEGBg48fD6rSs7xps=
-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.6/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0 h1:wk8382ETsv4JYUZwIsn6YpYiWiBsYLSJiTsyBybVuN8=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0/go.mod h1:pXiqmnSA92OHEEa9HXL2W4E7lf9JzCmGVUdgjX3N/iU=
-github.com/google/go-github/v35 v35.3.0 h1:fU+WBzuukn0VssbayTT+Zo3/ESKX9JYWjbZTLOTEyho=
-github.com/google/go-github/v35 v35.3.0/go.mod h1:yWB7uCcVWaUbUP74Aq3whuMySRMatyRmq5U9FTNlbio=
-github.com/google/go-querystring v1.0.0 h1:Xkwi/a1rcvNg1PPYe5vI8GbeBY/jrVuDX5ASuANWTrk=
-github.com/google/go-querystring v1.0.0/go.mod h1:odCYkC5MyYFN7vkCjXpyrEuKhc/BUO6wN/zVPAxq5ck=
+github.com/google/go-github/v80 v80.0.0 h1:BTyk3QOHekrk5VF+jIGz1TNEsmeoQG9K/UWaaP+EWQs=
+github.com/google/go-github/v80 v80.0.0/go.mod h1:pRo4AIMdHW83HNMGfNysgSAv0vmu+/pkY8nZO9FT9Yo=
+github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0 h1:AnCroh3fv4ZBgVIf1Iwtovgjaw/GiKJo8M8yD/fhyJ8=
+github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0/go.mod h1:Kcdr2DB4koayq7X8pmAG4sNG59So17icRSOU623lUBU=
 github.com/google/martian v2.1.0+incompatible h1:/CP5g8u/VJHijgedC/Legn3BAbAaWPgecwXBIDzw5no=
 github.com/google/martian v2.1.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:9I4somxYTbIHy5NJKHRl3wXiIaQGbYVAs8BPL6v8lEs=
 github.com/google/martian/v3 v3.3.3 h1:DIhPTQrbPkgs2yJYdXU/eNACCG5DVQjySNRNlflZ9Fc=
@@ -132,25 +131,20 @@ go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.2 h1:DzmwEr2rDGHl7lsFgAHxmNz/1NlQ7xLIrlN2h5d1eGI=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.2/go.mod h1:081UH+NErpNdqlCXm3TtEran0rJZGxAYx9hb/ELlsPU=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 h1:tfq32ie2Jv2UxXFdLJdh3jXuOzWiL1fo0bu/FbuKpbc=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4/go.mod h1:DhzuOOF2ATzADvBadXxruRBLzYTpT36CKvDb3+aBEFg=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.46.0 h1:cKRW/pmt1pKAfetfu+RCEvjvZkA9RimPbh7bhFjGVBU=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.46.0/go.mod h1:Evb/oLKmMraqjZ2iQTwDwvCtJkczlDuTmdJXoZVzqU0=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20251209150349-8475f28825e9 h1:MDfG8Cvcqlt9XXrmEiD4epKn7VJHZO84hejP9Jmp0MM=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20251209150349-8475f28825e9/go.mod h1:EPRbTFwzwjXj9NpYyyrvenVh9Y+GFeEvMNh7Xuz7xgU=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.31.0 h1:HaW9xtz0+kOcWKwli0ZXy79Ix+UW/vOfmWI5QVd2tgI=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.31.0/go.mod h1:43JraMp9cGx1Rx3AqioxrbrhNsLl2l/iNAvuBkrezpg=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190311183353-d8887717615a/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
 golang.org/x/net v0.48.0 h1:zyQRTTrjc33Lhh0fBgT/H3oZq9WuvRR5gPC70xpDiQU=
 golang.org/x/net v0.48.0/go.mod h1:+ndRgGjkh8FGtu1w1FGbEC31if4VrNVMuKTgcAAnQRY=
-golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20180821212333-d2e6202438be/go.mod h1:N/0e6XlmueqKjAGxoOufVs8QHGRruUQn6yWY3a++T0U=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.34.0 h1:hqK/t4AKgbqWkdkcAeI8XLmbK+4m4G5YeQRrmiotGlw=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.34.0/go.mod h1:lzm5WQJQwKZ3nwavOZ3IS5Aulzxi68dUSgRHujetwEA=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.19.0 h1:vV+1eWNmZ5geRlYjzm2adRgW2/mcpevXNg50YZtPCE4=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.19.0/go.mod h1:9KTHXmSnoGruLpwFjVSX0lNNA75CykiMECbovNTZqGI=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.39.0 h1:CvCKL8MeisomCi6qNZ+wbb0DN9E5AATixKsvNtMoMFk=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.39.0/go.mod h1:OgkHotnGiDImocRcuBABYBEXf8A9a87e/uXjp9XT3ks=
-golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.32.0 h1:ZD01bjUt1FQ9WJ0ClOL5vxgxOI/sVCNgX1YtKwcY0mU=
 golang.org/x/text v0.32.0/go.mod h1:o/rUWzghvpD5TXrTIBuJU77MTaN0ljMWE47kxGJQ7jY=
 golang.org/x/time v0.14.0 h1:MRx4UaLrDotUKUdCIqzPC48t1Y9hANFKIRpNx+Te8PI=
@@ -160,7 +154,6 @@ gonum.org/v1/gonum v0.16.0 h1:5+ul4Swaf3ESvrOnidPp4GZbzf0mxVQpDCYUQE7OJfk=
 gonum.org/v1/gonum v0.16.0/go.mod h1:fef3am4MQ93R2HHpKnLk4/Tbh/s0+wqD5nfa6Pnwy4E=
 google.golang.org/api v0.258.0 h1:IKo1j5FBlN74fe5isA2PVozN3Y5pwNKriEgAXPOkDAc=
 google.golang.org/api v0.258.0/go.mod h1:qhOMTQEZ6lUps63ZNq9jhODswwjkjYYguA7fA3TBFww=
-google.golang.org/appengine v1.1.0/go.mod h1:EbEs0AVv82hx2wNQdGPgUI5lhzA/G0D9YwlJXL52JkM=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20250922171735-9219d122eba9 h1:LvZVVaPE0JSqL+ZWb6ErZfnEOKIqqFWUJE2D0fObSmc=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20250922171735-9219d122eba9/go.mod h1:QFOrLhdAe2PsTp3vQY4quuLKTi9j3XG3r6JPPaw7MSc=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20251111163417-95abcf5c77ba h1:B14OtaXuMaCQsl2deSvNkyPKIzq3BjfxQp8d00QyWx4=
diff --git a/pkg/release/helm/github_client.go b/pkg/release/helm/github_client.go
index 5f5dc1d..2c3150a 100644
--- a/pkg/release/helm/github_client.go
+++ b/pkg/release/helm/github_client.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package helm
 import (
 	"context"
 
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v35/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v80/github"
 )
 
 // GitHubClient provides the minimum necessary GitHub API client methods
diff --git a/pkg/release/helm/helm.go b/pkg/release/helm/helm.go
index 3838245..851cff6 100644
--- a/pkg/release/helm/helm.go
+++ b/pkg/release/helm/helm.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v35/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v80/github"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	utilerrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
diff --git a/pkg/release/helm/helm_test.go b/pkg/release/helm/helm_test.go
index 98a4b11..ea3fe4c 100644
--- a/pkg/release/helm/helm_test.go
+++ b/pkg/release/helm/helm_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v35/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v80/github"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"golang.org/x/oauth2"