diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json
index 0978a828bb32c9..51c47f2678b35c 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     "morgan": "^1.10.0",
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.7",
     "nunjucks": "^3.2.3",
-    "octokit": "^2.0.0",
+    "octokit": "^3.1.2",
     "octokit-plugin-create-pull-request": "^3.10.0",
     "p-limit": "^3.1.0",
     "p-queue": "^6.6.2",