diff --git a/packages/github/package-lock.json b/packages/github/package-lock.json
index c3bcb49cf7..88a861af87 100644
--- a/packages/github/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/github/package-lock.json
@@ -391,6 +391,14 @@
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+        "@octokit/request-error": "^1.0.2",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/atob-lite/-/atob-lite-2.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-D+9a1G8b16hQLGVyfwNn1e5D1pY="
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@@ -971,9 +971,9 @@
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+      "version": "2.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/before-after-hook/-/before-after-hook-2.1.0.tgz",
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@@ -5084,11 +5084,11 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/universal-user-agent/-/universal-user-agent-4.0.0.tgz",
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       "requires": {
-        "os-name": "^3.0.0"
+        "os-name": "^3.1.0"
       }
     },
     "unset-value": {
@@ -5152,11 +5152,6 @@
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-    "url-template": {
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/url-template/-/url-template-2.0.8.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-/FZaPMy/93MMd19WQflVV5FDnyE="
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     "use": {
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diff --git a/packages/github/package.json b/packages/github/package.json
index ee68a04fc5..e706854310 100644
--- a/packages/github/package.json
+++ b/packages/github/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@actions/http-client": "^1.0.3",
     "@octokit/graphql": "^4.3.1",
-    "@octokit/rest": "^16.15.0"
+    "@octokit/rest": "^16.43.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "jest": "^24.7.1",
diff --git a/packages/github/src/github.ts b/packages/github/src/github.ts
index a2ef233875..515f3700c1 100644
--- a/packages/github/src/github.ts
+++ b/packages/github/src/github.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
   RequestParameters as GraphQLRequestParameters
 } from '@octokit/graphql/dist-types/types'
 
-import Octokit from '@octokit/rest'
+import {Octokit} from '@octokit/rest'
 import * as Context from './context'
 import * as http from 'http'
 import * as httpClient from '@actions/http-client'