diff --git a/appconfig/appconfig.go b/appconfig/appconfig.go
index e03820cb..ac4cfaaa 100644
--- a/appconfig/appconfig.go
+++ b/appconfig/appconfig.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v79/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v81/github"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 )
diff --git a/appconfig/appconfig_test.go b/appconfig/appconfig_test.go
index b4c8443f..07d43cee 100644
--- a/appconfig/appconfig_test.go
+++ b/appconfig/appconfig_test.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v79/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v81/github"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/changelog/.gitkeep b/changelog/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/example/issue_comment.go b/example/issue_comment.go
index b96ea698..869bb95a 100644
--- a/example/issue_comment.go
+++ b/example/issue_comment.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v79/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v81/github"
 	"github.com/palantir/go-githubapp/githubapp"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
diff --git a/githubapp/caching_client_creator.go b/githubapp/caching_client_creator.go
index 49df58e7..5ab7239e 100644
--- a/githubapp/caching_client_creator.go
+++ b/githubapp/caching_client_creator.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ package githubapp
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v79/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v81/github"
 	lru "github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/shurcooL/githubv4"
diff --git a/githubapp/client_creator.go b/githubapp/client_creator.go
index 24d4d6aa..32371b8f 100644
--- a/githubapp/client_creator.go
+++ b/githubapp/client_creator.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/bradleyfalzon/ghinstallation/v2"
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v79/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v81/github"
 	"github.com/gregjones/httpcache"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/shurcooL/githubv4"
diff --git a/githubapp/context.go b/githubapp/context.go
index d6c3accb..b3dfa53e 100644
--- a/githubapp/context.go
+++ b/githubapp/context.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ package githubapp
 import (
 	"context"
 
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v79/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v81/github"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 )
 
diff --git a/githubapp/context_test.go b/githubapp/context_test.go
index 34e71dd4..22c881fe 100644
--- a/githubapp/context_test.go
+++ b/githubapp/context_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v79/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v81/github"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 )
 
diff --git a/githubapp/dispatcher.go b/githubapp/dispatcher.go
index a2391b5c..d689f7eb 100644
--- a/githubapp/dispatcher.go
+++ b/githubapp/dispatcher.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v79/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v81/github"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
diff --git a/githubapp/installations.go b/githubapp/installations.go
index 28afd9a2..1ce00fdc 100644
--- a/githubapp/installations.go
+++ b/githubapp/installations.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v79/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v81/github"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ffec399c..9992caba 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.25.0
 require (
 	github.com/alexedwards/scs v1.4.1
 	github.com/bradleyfalzon/ghinstallation/v2 v2.17.0
-	github.com/google/go-github/v79 v79.0.0
+	github.com/google/go-github/v81 v81.0.0
 	github.com/gregjones/httpcache v0.0.0-20190611155906-901d90724c79
 	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v1.0.2
 	github.com/patrickmn/go-cache v2.1.0+incompatible
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2c25ca0e..088f1cb9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ 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/v75 v75.0.0 h1:k7q8Bvg+W5KxRl9Tjq16a9XEgVY1pwuiG5sIL7435Ic=
 github.com/google/go-github/v75 v75.0.0/go.mod h1:H3LUJEA1TCrzuUqtdAQniBNwuKiQIqdGKgBo1/M/uqI=
-github.com/google/go-github/v79 v79.0.0 h1:MdodQojuFPBhmtwHiBcIGLw/e/wei2PvFX9ndxK0X4Y=
-github.com/google/go-github/v79 v79.0.0/go.mod h1:OAFbNhq7fQwohojb06iIIQAB9CBGYLq999myfUFnrS4=
+github.com/google/go-github/v81 v81.0.0 h1:hTLugQRxSLD1Yei18fk4A5eYjOGLUBKAl/VCqOfFkZc=
+github.com/google/go-github/v81 v81.0.0/go.mod h1:upyjaybucIbBIuxgJS7YLOZGziyvvJ92WX6WEBNE3sM=
 github.com/google/go-querystring v1.2.0 h1:yhqkPbu2/OH+V9BfpCVPZkNmUXhb2gBxJArfhIxNtP0=
 github.com/google/go-querystring v1.2.0/go.mod h1:8IFJqpSRITyJ8QhQ13bmbeMBDfmeEJZD5A0egEOmkqU=
 github.com/gregjones/httpcache v0.0.0-20190611155906-901d90724c79 h1:+ngKgrYPPJrOjhax5N+uePQ0Fh1Z7PheYoUI/0nzkPA=