diff --git a/docs/docs/providers/github.md b/docs/docs/providers/github.md
index 5a4c73733a..ca4c288c8e 100644
--- a/docs/docs/providers/github.md
+++ b/docs/docs/providers/github.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ https://github.com/settings/apps
 
 The **GitHub Provider** comes with a set of default options:
 
-- [GitHub Provider options](https://github.com/nextauthjs/next-auth/blob/main/packages/next-auth/src/providers/github.js)
+- [GitHub Provider options](https://github.com/nextauthjs/next-auth/blob/main/packages/next-auth/src/providers/github.ts)
 
 You can override any of the options to suit your own use case.
 
diff --git a/docs/versioned_docs/version-v3/providers/github.md b/docs/versioned_docs/version-v3/providers/github.md
index b11693cfcb..08dabd3303 100644
--- a/docs/versioned_docs/version-v3/providers/github.md
+++ b/docs/versioned_docs/version-v3/providers/github.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ https://github.com/settings/apps
 
 The **Github Provider** comes with a set of default options:
 
-- [Github Provider options](https://github.com/nextauthjs/next-auth/blob/main/src/providers/github.js)
+- [Github Provider options](https://github.com/nextauthjs/next-auth/blob/main/src/providers/github.ts)
 
 You can override any of the options to suit your own use case.
 
diff --git a/packages/next-auth/src/providers/github.js b/packages/next-auth/src/providers/github.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b5a21fd710..0000000000
--- a/packages/next-auth/src/providers/github.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-/** @type {import(".").OAuthProvider} */
-export default function GitHub(options) {
-  return {
-    id: "github",
-    name: "GitHub",
-    type: "oauth",
-    authorization: "https://github.com/login/oauth/authorize?scope=read:user+user:email",
-    token: "https://github.com/login/oauth/access_token",
-    userinfo: {
-      url: "https://api.github.com/user",
-      async request({ client, tokens }) {
-        // Get base profile
-        const profile = await client.userinfo(tokens)
-
-        // If user has email hidden, get their primary email from the GitHub API
-        if (!profile.email) {
-          const emails = await (
-            await fetch("https://api.github.com/user/emails", {
-              headers: { Authorization: `token ${tokens.access_token}` },
-            })
-          ).json()
-
-          if (emails?.length > 0) {
-            // Get primary email
-            profile.email = emails.find(email => email.primary)?.email;
-            // And if for some reason it doesn't exist, just use the first
-            if (!profile.email) profile.email = emails[0].email;
-          }
-        }
-
-        return profile
-      },
-    },
-    profile(profile) {
-      return {
-        id: profile.id.toString(),
-        name: profile.name || profile.login,
-        email: profile.email,
-        image: profile.avatar_url,
-      }
-    },
-    options,
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/next-auth/src/providers/github.ts b/packages/next-auth/src/providers/github.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d94f134528
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/next-auth/src/providers/github.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+import type { OAuthConfig, OAuthUserConfig } from "."
+
+/**
+ * Source https://docs.github.com/en/rest/users/users#get-the-authenticated-user
+ */
+export interface GithubProfile extends Record<string, any> {
+  login: string
+  id: number
+  node_id: string
+  avatar_url: string
+  gravatar_id: string | null
+  url: string
+  html_url: string
+  followers_url: string
+  following_url: string
+  gists_url: string
+  starred_url: string
+  subscriptions_url: string
+  organizations_url: string
+  repos_url: string
+  events_url: string
+  received_events_url: string
+  type: string
+  site_admin: boolean
+  name: string | null
+  company: string | null
+  blog: string | null
+  location: string | null
+  email: string | null
+  hireable: boolean | null
+  bio: string | null
+  twitter_username?: string | null
+  public_repos: number
+  public_gists: number
+  followers: number
+  following: number
+  created_at: string
+  updated_at: string
+  private_gists?: number
+  total_private_repos?: number
+  owned_private_repos?: number
+  disk_usage?: number
+  suspended_at?: string | null
+  collaborators?: number
+  two_factor_authentication: boolean
+  plan?: {
+    collaborators: number
+    name: string
+    space: number
+    private_repos: number
+  }
+}
+
+export interface GithubEmail extends Record<string, any> {
+  email: string
+  primary: boolean
+  verified: boolean
+  visibility: string | null
+}
+
+export default function Github<P extends GithubProfile>(
+  options: OAuthUserConfig<P>
+): OAuthConfig<P> {
+  return {
+    id: "github",
+    name: "GitHub",
+    type: "oauth",
+    authorization: {
+      url: "https://github.com/login/oauth/authorize",
+      params: { scope: "read:user+user:email" },
+    },
+    token: "https://github.com/login/oauth/access_token",
+    userinfo: {
+      url: "https://api.github.com/user",
+      async request({ client, tokens }) {
+        // Get base profile
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion
+        const profile = await client.userinfo(tokens.access_token!)
+
+        // If user has email hidden, get their primary email from the GitHub API
+        if (!profile.email) {
+          const emails: GithubEmail[] = await (
+            await fetch("https://api.github.com/user/emails", {
+              headers: { Authorization: `token ${tokens.access_token}` },
+            })
+          ).json()
+
+          if (emails?.length > 0) {
+            // Get primary email
+            profile.email = emails.find((email) => email.primary)?.email
+            // And if for some reason it doesn't exist, just use the first
+            if (!profile.email) profile.email = emails[0].email
+          }
+        }
+
+        return profile
+      },
+    },
+    profile(profile) {
+      return {
+        id: profile.id.toString(),
+        name: profile.name ?? profile.login,
+        email: profile.email,
+        image: profile.avatar_url,
+      }
+    },
+    options,
+  }
+}