diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 57b99cb2c..c7684cad4 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ class IssuesProcessor {
         this.addedCloseCommentIssues = [];
         this._logger = new logger_1.Logger();
         this.options = options;
-        this.client = (0, github_1.getOctokit)(this.options.repoToken, {}, plugin_retry_1.retry);
+        this.client = (0, github_1.getOctokit)(this.options.repoToken, undefined, plugin_retry_1.retry);
         this.operations = new stale_operations_1.StaleOperations(this.options);
         this._logger.info(logger_service_1.LoggerService.yellow(`Starting the stale action process...`));
         if (this.options.debugOnly) {
@@ -672,7 +672,6 @@ class IssuesProcessor {
             }
             catch (error) {
                 const rethrow = Error(`Getting issues was blocked by the error: ${error.message}`);
-                rethrow.stack = `${error.stack.split('\n').slice(0, 2).join('\n')}\n${error.stack}`;
                 throw error;
             }
         });
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cdbbaceed..4a0116981 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   ],
   "engines": {
     "node": "16",
-    "npm": "8"
+    "npm": ">=7.0.0 <10.0.0-0"
   },
   "author": "GitHub",
   "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/src/classes/issues-processor.ts b/src/classes/issues-processor.ts
index db885f69b..93ee6dcbc 100644
--- a/src/classes/issues-processor.ts
+++ b/src/classes/issues-processor.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export class IssuesProcessor {
 
   constructor(options: IIssuesProcessorOptions) {
     this.options = options;
-    this.client = getOctokit(this.options.repoToken, {}, retry);
+    this.client = getOctokit(this.options.repoToken, undefined, retry);
     this.operations = new StaleOperations(this.options);
 
     this._logger.info(
@@ -560,9 +560,6 @@ export class IssuesProcessor {
       const rethrow = Error(
         `Getting issues was blocked by the error: ${error.message}`
       );
-      rethrow.stack = `${error.stack.split('\n').slice(0, 2).join('\n')}\n${
-        error.stack
-      }`;
       throw error;
     }
   }