diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 3002c3da..1a3da48e 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -1090,8 +1090,9 @@ exports.context = new Context.Context();
  * @param     token    the repo PAT or GITHUB_TOKEN
  * @param     options  other options to set
  */
-function getOctokit(token, options) {
-    return new utils_1.GitHub(utils_1.getOctokitOptions(token, options));
+function getOctokit(token, options, ...additionalPlugins) {
+    const GitHubWithPlugins = utils_1.GitHub.plugin(...additionalPlugins);
+    return new GitHubWithPlugins(utils_1.getOctokitOptions(token, options));
 }
 exports.getOctokit = getOctokit;
 //# sourceMappingURL=github.js.map
@@ -1173,7 +1174,7 @@ var __importStar = (this && this.__importStar) || function (mod) {
     return result;
 };
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
-exports.getOctokitOptions = exports.GitHub = exports.context = void 0;
+exports.getOctokitOptions = exports.GitHub = exports.defaults = exports.context = void 0;
 const Context = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(4087));
 const Utils = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(7914));
 // octokit + plugins
@@ -1182,13 +1183,13 @@ const plugin_rest_endpoint_methods_1 = __nccwpck_require__(3044);
 const plugin_paginate_rest_1 = __nccwpck_require__(4193);
 exports.context = new Context.Context();
 const baseUrl = Utils.getApiBaseUrl();
-const defaults = {
+exports.defaults = {
     baseUrl,
     request: {
         agent: Utils.getProxyAgent(baseUrl)
     }
 };
-exports.GitHub = core_1.Octokit.plugin(plugin_rest_endpoint_methods_1.restEndpointMethods, plugin_paginate_rest_1.paginateRest).defaults(defaults);
+exports.GitHub = core_1.Octokit.plugin(plugin_rest_endpoint_methods_1.restEndpointMethods, plugin_paginate_rest_1.paginateRest).defaults(exports.defaults);
 /**
  * Convience function to correctly format Octokit Options to pass into the constructor.
  *
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index bf5fa2d3..a51c9531 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@actions/core": "^1.10.0",
-        "@actions/github": "^5.0.3",
+        "@actions/github": "^5.1.1",
         "pluralize": "^8.0.0"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@actions/github": {
-      "version": "5.0.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@actions/github/-/github-5.0.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-myjA/pdLQfhUGLtRZC/J4L1RXOG4o6aYdiEq+zr5wVVKljzbFld+xv10k1FX6IkIJtNxbAq44BdwSNpQ015P0A==",
+      "version": "5.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@actions/github/-/github-5.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Nk59rMDoJaV+mHCOJPXuvB1zIbomlKS0dmSIqPGxd0enAXBnOfn4VWF+CGtRCwXZG9Epa54tZA7VIRlJDS8A6g==",
       "dependencies": {
         "@actions/http-client": "^2.0.1",
         "@octokit/core": "^3.6.0",
@@ -8840,9 +8840,9 @@
       }
     },
     "@actions/github": {
-      "version": "5.0.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@actions/github/-/github-5.0.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-myjA/pdLQfhUGLtRZC/J4L1RXOG4o6aYdiEq+zr5wVVKljzbFld+xv10k1FX6IkIJtNxbAq44BdwSNpQ015P0A==",
+      "version": "5.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@actions/github/-/github-5.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Nk59rMDoJaV+mHCOJPXuvB1zIbomlKS0dmSIqPGxd0enAXBnOfn4VWF+CGtRCwXZG9Epa54tZA7VIRlJDS8A6g==",
       "requires": {
         "@actions/http-client": "^2.0.1",
         "@octokit/core": "^3.6.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 199e8dbe..ed0857cd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
     "@actions/core": "^1.10.0",
-    "@actions/github": "^5.0.3",
+    "@actions/github": "^5.1.1",
     "pluralize": "^8.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {