diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 7fed649f200..7c38b613722 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ PATH
       gitlab (= 4.19.0)
       json (< 2.7)
       nokogiri (~> 1.8)
-      octokit (>= 4.6, < 7.0)
+      octokit (>= 4.6, < 9.0)
       opentelemetry-sdk (~> 1.3)
       parser (>= 2.5, < 4.0)
       psych (~> 5.0)
@@ -215,7 +215,8 @@ GEM
       racc (~> 1.4)
     nokogiri (1.16.0-x86_64-linux)
       racc (~> 1.4)
-    octokit (6.1.1)
+    octokit (8.1.0)
+      base64
       faraday (>= 1, < 3)
       sawyer (~> 0.9)
     opentelemetry-api (1.2.3)
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ GEM
     prism (0.24.0)
     psych (5.1.2)
       stringio
-    public_suffix (5.0.4)
+    public_suffix (5.0.5)
     racc (1.7.3)
     rainbow (3.1.1)
     rake (13.1.0)
diff --git a/common/dependabot-common.gemspec b/common/dependabot-common.gemspec
index 5d002925d12..9a7b4c64523 100644
--- a/common/dependabot-common.gemspec
+++ b/common/dependabot-common.gemspec
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_dependency "gitlab", "4.19.0"
   spec.add_dependency "json", "< 2.7"
   spec.add_dependency "nokogiri", "~> 1.8"
-  spec.add_dependency "octokit", ">= 4.6", "< 7.0"
+  spec.add_dependency "octokit", ">= 4.6", "< 9.0"
   spec.add_dependency "opentelemetry-sdk", "~> 1.3"
   spec.add_dependency "parser", ">= 2.5", "< 4.0"
   spec.add_dependency "psych", "~> 5.0"