diff --git a/sdk/builder_test.go b/sdk/builder_test.go
index 083fbc02d..8f25face9 100644
--- a/sdk/builder_test.go
+++ b/sdk/builder_test.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3"
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v64/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v65/github"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 
diff --git a/sdk/client.go b/sdk/client.go
index 902ef76d9..bbf4c1db5 100644
--- a/sdk/client.go
+++ b/sdk/client.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3"
 	"github.com/giantswarm/microerror"
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v64/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v65/github"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 
 	. "github.com/giantswarm/releases/sdk/api/v1alpha1"
diff --git a/sdk/client_test.go b/sdk/client_test.go
index 80a60334e..046e82e6c 100644
--- a/sdk/client_test.go
+++ b/sdk/client_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v64/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v65/github"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 
diff --git a/sdk/go.mod b/sdk/go.mod
index 0386ee315..d2fb97f7e 100644
--- a/sdk/go.mod
+++ b/sdk/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ go 1.22.6
 require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.3.0
 	github.com/giantswarm/microerror v0.4.1
-	github.com/google/go-github/v64 v64.0.0
 	github.com/google/go-github/v65 v65.0.0
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.20.2
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.34.2
diff --git a/sdk/go.sum b/sdk/go.sum
index dc42dd31e..d7fe38538 100644
--- a/sdk/go.sum
+++ b/sdk/go.sum
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
-github.com/google/go-github/v64 v64.0.0 h1:4G61sozmY3eiPAjjoOHponXDBONm+utovTKbyUb2Qdg=
-github.com/google/go-github/v64 v64.0.0/go.mod h1:xB3vqMQNdHzilXBiO2I+M7iEFtHf+DP/omBOv6tQzVo=
+github.com/google/go-github/v65 v65.0.0 h1:pQ7BmO3DZivvFk92geC0jB0q2m3gyn8vnYPgV7GSLhQ=
 github.com/google/go-github/v65 v65.0.0/go.mod h1:DvrqWo5hvsdhJvHd4WyVF9ttANN3BniqjP8uTFMNb60=
 github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0 h1:AnCroh3fv4ZBgVIf1Iwtovgjaw/GiKJo8M8yD/fhyJ8=
 github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0/go.mod h1:Kcdr2DB4koayq7X8pmAG4sNG59So17icRSOU623lUBU=
@@ -98,8 +97,6 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 h1:D8xgwECY7CYvx+Y2n4sBz93Jn9JRvxdiyyo8CTfuKaY=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.0 h1:m9jOiSr3FoSSL5WO9bjm1n6B9KROYYgNZOb4tyZ1lBc=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.0/go.mod h1:rsPdaZJfTfLsNJSQzNHQvYoTmxhoOEofxtOsF3rtsMo=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.1 h1:mhcUBbj7KUjaVhyXILglcVjuS4nYXiwC+KKFBgIVy7U=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.1/go.mod h1:rsPdaZJfTfLsNJSQzNHQvYoTmxhoOEofxtOsF3rtsMo=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 h1:n9Xl7H1Xvksem4KFG4PYbdQCQxqc/tTUyrgXaOhHSzk=