diff --git a/lib/api-client.js b/lib/api-client.js
index d98321e0c..765b0c1da 100644
--- a/lib/api-client.js
+++ b/lib/api-client.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ var __importDefault = (this && this.__importDefault) || function (mod) {
     return (mod && mod.__esModule) ? mod : { "default": mod };
 };
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
-const github = __importStar(require("@actions/github/lib/utils"));
+const github = __importStar(require("@actions/github"));
 const console_log_level_1 = __importDefault(require("console-log-level"));
 const path = __importStar(require("path"));
 const actions_util_1 = require("./actions-util");
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ exports.getApiClient = function (githubAuth, githubUrl, allowLocalRun = false) {
     if (util_1.isLocalRun() && !allowLocalRun) {
         throw new Error("Invalid API call in local run");
     }
-    return new github.GitHub({
-        auth: githubAuth,
+    return github.getOctokit(githubAuth, {
         baseUrl: getApiUrl(githubUrl),
         userAgent: "CodeQL Action",
         log: console_log_level_1.default({ level: "debug" }),
diff --git a/lib/api-client.js.map b/lib/api-client.js.map
index 63c3d144f..a41b8f192 100644
--- a/lib/api-client.js.map
+++ b/lib/api-client.js.map
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diff --git a/src/api-client.ts b/src/api-client.ts
index 30070241d..65761743b 100644
--- a/src/api-client.ts
+++ b/src/api-client.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as github from "@actions/github/lib/utils";
+import * as github from "@actions/github";
 import consoleLogLevel from "console-log-level";
 import * as path from "path";
 
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ export const getApiClient = function (
   if (isLocalRun() && !allowLocalRun) {
     throw new Error("Invalid API call in local run");
   }
-  return new github.GitHub({
-    auth: githubAuth,
+  return github.getOctokit(githubAuth, {
     baseUrl: getApiUrl(githubUrl),
     userAgent: "CodeQL Action",
     log: consoleLogLevel({ level: "debug" }),