diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fd3f513..d0b9a9b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ go 1.20
 
 require (
 	github.com/bradleyfalzon/ghinstallation/v2 v2.6.0
-	github.com/cbrgm/githubevents v1.8.0
-	github.com/google/go-github/v50 v50.2.0
+	github.com/cbrgm/githubevents v1.9.0
+	github.com/google/go-github/v56 v56.0.0
 	github.com/shurcooL/githubv4 v0.0.0-20230704064427-599ae7bbf278
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231110203233-9a3e6036ecaa
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.7.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.10.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.8.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.1.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.5.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.14.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4a54ee5..fa7ad00 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ github.com/bradleyfalzon/ghinstallation/v2 v2.6.0 h1:IRY7Xy588KylkoycsUhFpW7cdGp
 github.com/bradleyfalzon/ghinstallation/v2 v2.6.0/go.mod h1:oQ3etOwN3TRH4EwgW5/7MxSVMGlMlzG/O8TU7eYdoSk=
 github.com/bwesterb/go-ristretto v1.2.0/go.mod h1:fUIoIZaG73pV5biE2Blr2xEzDoMj7NFEuV9ekS419A0=
 github.com/bwesterb/go-ristretto v1.2.3/go.mod h1:fUIoIZaG73pV5biE2Blr2xEzDoMj7NFEuV9ekS419A0=
-github.com/cbrgm/githubevents v1.8.0 h1:KpGymzMbgw4irNwis7bniBpU+Ql+G4dccuEAtGhWXJs=
-github.com/cbrgm/githubevents v1.8.0/go.mod h1:08VNEshHTaH7HVALVeVDzO/FGs5BVonMg2dtUZGDAnE=
+github.com/cbrgm/githubevents v1.9.0 h1:EK9Il9m+6CKSny4qgOPmmhFQfQZPqaKOhU1U6Nv9Xs8=
+github.com/cbrgm/githubevents v1.9.0/go.mod h1:LpCJq0Bs07f+Jt1Ro/FRUenV2Q9EGTuLvjupr+prK8s=
 github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.1.0/go.mod h1:prBCrKB9DV4poKZY1l9zBXg2QJY7mvgRvtMxxK7fi4I=
 github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.3 h1:fE/Qz0QdIGqeWfnwq0RE0R7MI51s0M2E4Ga9kq5AEMs=
 github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.3/go.mod h1:5XYMA4rFBvNIrhs50XuiBJ15vF2pZn4nnUKZrLbUZFA=
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.8/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 h1:O2Tfq5qg4qc4AmwVlvv0oLiVAGB7enBSJ2x2DqQFi38=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
-github.com/google/go-github/v50 v50.2.0 h1:j2FyongEHlO9nxXLc+LP3wuBSVU9mVxfpdYUexMpIfk=
-github.com/google/go-github/v50 v50.2.0/go.mod h1:VBY8FB6yPIjrtKhozXv4FQupxKLS6H4m6xFZlT43q8Q=
 github.com/google/go-github/v53 v53.2.0 h1:wvz3FyF53v4BK+AsnvCmeNhf8AkTaeh2SoYu/XUvTtI=
 github.com/google/go-github/v53 v53.2.0/go.mod h1:XhFRObz+m/l+UCm9b7KSIC3lT3NWSXGt7mOsAWEloao=
+github.com/google/go-github/v56 v56.0.0 h1:TysL7dMa/r7wsQi44BjqlwaHvwlFlqkK8CtBWCX3gb4=
+github.com/google/go-github/v56 v56.0.0/go.mod h1:D8cdcX98YWJvi7TLo7zM4/h8ZTx6u6fwGEkCdisopo0=
 github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0 h1:AnCroh3fv4ZBgVIf1Iwtovgjaw/GiKJo8M8yD/fhyJ8=
 github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0/go.mod h1:Kcdr2DB4koayq7X8pmAG4sNG59So17icRSOU623lUBU=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
@@ -62,8 +62,9 @@ golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.8.0 h1:6dkIjl3j3LtZ/O3sTgZTMsLKSftL/B8Zgq4huOIIUu8=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.8.0/go.mod h1:yr7u4HXZRm1R1kBWqr/xKNqewf0plRYoB7sla+BCIXE=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20220722155255-886fb9371eb4/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.1.0 h1:wsuoTGHzEhffawBOhz5CYhcrV4IdKZbEyZjBMuTp12o=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.1.0/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.5.0 h1:60k92dhOjHxJkrqnwsfl8KuaHbn/5dl0lUPUklKo3qE=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.5.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210615035016-665e8c7367d1/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
diff --git a/pkg/github/github.go b/pkg/github/github.go
index 8e9b2b6..d3b048b 100644
--- a/pkg/github/github.go
+++ b/pkg/github/github.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package github
 import (
 	"context"
 	"github.com/bradleyfalzon/ghinstallation/v2"
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v50/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v56/github"
 	"github.com/shurcooL/githubv4"
 	"github.com/tjololo/mope/pkg/structs"
 	"github.com/tjololo/mope/pkg/utils"
diff --git a/pkg/handlers/issue.go b/pkg/handlers/issue.go
index 8797586..0d2e2ed 100644
--- a/pkg/handlers/issue.go
+++ b/pkg/handlers/issue.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package handlers
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v50/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v56/github"
 	mopegithub "github.com/tjololo/mope/pkg/github"
 	"github.com/tjololo/mope/pkg/utils"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
diff --git a/pkg/handlers/pullrequest.go b/pkg/handlers/pullrequest.go
index a869fe4..78adb66 100644
--- a/pkg/handlers/pullrequest.go
+++ b/pkg/handlers/pullrequest.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package handlers
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v50/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v56/github"
 	mopegithub "github.com/tjololo/mope/pkg/github"
 	"github.com/tjololo/mope/pkg/utils"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"