diff --git a/plugins/github-actions/package.json b/plugins/github-actions/package.json
index 1d2f7aad45..e55a195f6e 100644
--- a/plugins/github-actions/package.json
+++ b/plugins/github-actions/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "@material-ui/icons": "^4.9.1",
     "@material-ui/lab": "4.0.0-alpha.45",
     "@octokit/rest": "^18.0.0",
-    "@octokit/types": "^5.0.1",
+    "@octokit/types": "^5.4.1",
     "moment": "^2.27.0",
     "react": "^16.13.1",
     "react-dom": "^16.13.1",
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json
index 720eb7cc15..2fe27f4eb7 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@backstage/cli": "^0.1.1-alpha.21",
-    "@octokit/types": "^5.0.1",
+    "@octokit/types": "^5.4.1",
     "@types/fs-extra": "^9.0.1",
     "@types/git-url-parse": "^9.0.0",
     "@types/nodegit": "0.26.8",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index acda227e55..42e2cc25c9 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2694,12 +2694,12 @@
     "@octokit/types" "^2.0.1"
     deprecation "^2.3.1"
 
-"@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods@4.0.0":
-  version "4.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods/-/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods-4.0.0.tgz#b02a2006dda8e908c3f8ab381dd5475ef5a810a8"
-  integrity sha512-emS6gysz4E9BNi9IrCl7Pm4kR+Az3MmVB0/DoDCmF4U48NbYG3weKyDlgkrz6Jbl4Mu4nDx8YWZwC4HjoTdcCA==
+"@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods@4.1.4":
+  version "4.1.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods/-/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods-4.1.4.tgz#ca60736d761b304fec02a2608caaec2d822e9835"
+  integrity sha512-Y2tVpSa7HjV3DGIQrQOJcReJ2JtcN9FaGr9jDa332Flro923/h3/Iu9e7Y4GilnzfLclHEh5iCQoCkHm7tWOcg==
   dependencies:
-    "@octokit/types" "^5.0.0"
+    "@octokit/types" "^5.4.1"
     deprecation "^2.3.1"
 
 "@octokit/request-error@^1.0.2":
@@ -2757,14 +2757,14 @@
     universal-user-agent "^4.0.0"
 
 "@octokit/rest@^18.0.0":
-  version "18.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/rest/-/rest-18.0.0.tgz#7f401d9ce13530ad743dfd519ae62ce49bcc0358"
-  integrity sha512-4G/a42lry9NFGuuECnua1R1eoKkdBYJap97jYbWDNYBOUboWcM75GJ1VIcfvwDV/pW0lMPs7CEmhHoVrSV5shg==
+  version "18.0.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/rest/-/rest-18.0.5.tgz#1f1498dcdc2d85d0f86b8168e4ff5779842b2742"
+  integrity sha512-SPKI24tQXrr1XsnaIjv2x0rl4M5eF1+hj8+vMe3d/exZ7NnL5sTe1BuFyCyJyrc+j1HkXankvgGN9zT0rwBwtg==
   dependencies:
     "@octokit/core" "^3.0.0"
     "@octokit/plugin-paginate-rest" "^2.2.0"
     "@octokit/plugin-request-log" "^1.0.0"
-    "@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods" "4.0.0"
+    "@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods" "4.1.4"
 
 "@octokit/types@^2.0.0", "@octokit/types@^2.0.1":
   version "2.5.0"
@@ -2780,6 +2780,13 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" ">= 8"
 
+"@octokit/types@^5.4.1":
+  version "5.4.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/types/-/types-5.4.1.tgz#d5d5f2b70ffc0e3f89467c3db749fa87fc3b7031"
+  integrity sha512-OlMlSySBJoJ6uozkr/i03nO5dlYQyE05vmQNZhAh9MyO4DPBP88QlwsDVLmVjIMFssvIZB6WO0ctIGMRG+xsJQ==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/node" ">= 8"
+
 "@open-draft/until@^1.0.0", "@open-draft/until@^1.0.3":
   version "1.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@open-draft/until/-/until-1.0.3.tgz#db9cc719191a62e7d9200f6e7bab21c5b848adca"