diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2becbc46..ad63d1a2 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -3885,6 +3885,14 @@
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@@ -5003,6 +5011,28 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fetch-blob/-/fetch-blob-3.2.0.tgz",
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+      "funding": [
+        {
+          "type": "github",
+          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/jimmywarting"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "paypal",
+          "url": "https://paypal.me/jimmywarting"
+        }
+      ],
+      "dependencies": {
+        "node-domexception": "^1.0.0",
+        "web-streams-polyfill": "^3.0.3"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": "^12.20 || >= 14.13"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/figures": {
       "version": "3.2.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/figures/-/figures-3.2.0.tgz",
@@ -5109,6 +5139,17 @@
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       }
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+    "node_modules/formdata-polyfill": {
+      "version": "4.0.10",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/formdata-polyfill/-/formdata-polyfill-4.0.10.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-buewHzMvYL29jdeQTVILecSaZKnt/RJWjoZCF5OW60Z67/GmSLBkOFM7qh1PI3zFNtJbaZL5eQu1vLfazOwj4g==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "fetch-blob": "^3.1.2"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=12.20.0"
+      }
+    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/from2/-/from2-2.3.0.tgz",
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       "dev": true
     },
+    "node_modules/node-domexception": {
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-domexception/-/node-domexception-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-/jKZoMpw0F8GRwl4/eLROPA3cfcXtLApP0QzLmUT/HuPCZWyB7IY9ZrMeKw2O/nFIqPQB3PVM9aYm0F312AXDQ==",
+      "funding": [
+        {
+          "type": "github",
+          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/jimmywarting"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "github",
+          "url": "https://paypal.me/jimmywarting"
+        }
+      ],
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=10.5.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/node-emoji": {
       "version": "1.11.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-emoji/-/node-emoji-1.11.0.tgz",
@@ -12767,6 +12826,14 @@
         "makeerror": "1.0.12"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/web-streams-polyfill": {
+      "version": "3.2.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/web-streams-polyfill/-/web-streams-polyfill-3.2.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-e0MO3wdXWKrLbL0DgGnUV7WHVuw9OUvL4hjgnPkIeEvESk74gAITi5G606JtZPp39cd8HA9VQzCIvA49LpPN5Q==",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 8"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/webidl-conversions": {
       "version": "3.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/webidl-conversions/-/webidl-conversions-3.0.1.tgz",
@@ -12982,7 +13049,8 @@
         "adm-zip": "~0.5.10",
         "fs-extra": "^11.1.0",
         "got": "^11.8.6",
-        "luxon": "^3.3.0"
+        "luxon": "^3.3.0",
+        "node-fetch": "^2.6.9"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@types/adm-zip": "0.5.0",
@@ -13091,6 +13159,23 @@
         "graceful-fs": "^4.1.6"
       }
     },
+    "packages/osv-offline/node_modules/node-fetch": {
+      "version": "3.3.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-3.3.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-cRVc/kyto/7E5shrWca1Wsea4y6tL9iYJE5FBCius3JQfb/4P4I295PfhgbJQBLTx6lATE4z+wK0rPM4VS2uow==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "data-uri-to-buffer": "^4.0.0",
+        "fetch-blob": "^3.1.4",
+        "formdata-polyfill": "^4.0.10"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": "^12.20.0 || ^14.13.1 || >=16.0.0"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "type": "opencollective",
+        "url": "https://opencollective.com/node-fetch"
+      }
+    },
     "packages/osv-offline/node_modules/universalify": {
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/universalify/-/universalify-2.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/packages/osv-offline/package.json b/packages/osv-offline/package.json
index b6a43b9a..e49ff53e 100644
--- a/packages/osv-offline/package.json
+++ b/packages/osv-offline/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
     "adm-zip": "~0.5.10",
     "fs-extra": "^11.1.0",
     "got": "^11.8.6",
-    "luxon": "^3.3.0"
+    "luxon": "^3.3.0",
+    "node-fetch": "^2.6.9"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/adm-zip": "0.5.0",
diff --git a/packages/osv-offline/src/lib/download.ts b/packages/osv-offline/src/lib/download.ts
index fe4a752b..3aaeaff6 100644
--- a/packages/osv-offline/src/lib/download.ts
+++ b/packages/osv-offline/src/lib/download.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
+import fetch from 'node-fetch';
 import { Octokit } from '@octokit/rest';
 import got from 'got';
 import { Stream } from 'stream';
@@ -34,9 +35,7 @@ export async function tryDownloadDb(): Promise<boolean> {
     return true;
   }
 
-  const octokitOptions = process.env.GITHUB_COM_TOKEN
-    ? { auth: process.env.GITHUB_COM_TOKEN }
-    : undefined;
+  const octokitOptions = { auth: process.env.GITHUB_COM_TOKEN, request: { fetch } };
 
   let latestRelease = null;
   try {