diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 3ae5cb0..c6eb243 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
 gem 'xdrgen', git:'https://github.com/stellar/xdrgen.git', branch: 'master'
 gem 'pry'
-gem 'octokit'
+gem 'octokit', '>= 4.8.0'
 gem 'netrc'
 gem 'rake'
 gem 'stellar_core_commander', git: 'https://github.com/stellar/stellar_core_commander.git', branch: 'master'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index f75c343..c879915 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ GEM
       i18n (~> 0.7)
       minitest (~> 5.1)
       tzinfo (~> 1.1)
-    addressable (2.5.2)
-      public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 4.0)
+    addressable (2.8.0)
+      public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 5.0)
     base32 (0.3.2)
     coderay (1.1.2)
     concurrent-ruby (1.0.5)
@@ -54,24 +54,25 @@ GEM
     memoist (0.11.0)
     method_source (0.9.0)
     minitest (5.11.3)
-    multipart-post (2.0.0)
+    multipart-post (2.1.1)
     netrc (0.11.0)
-    octokit (4.8.0)
+    octokit (4.21.0)
+      faraday (>= 0.9)
       sawyer (~> 0.8.0, >= 0.5.3)
     pg (0.18.4)
     polyglot (0.3.5)
     pry (0.11.3)
       coderay (~> 1.1.0)
       method_source (~> 0.9.0)
-    public_suffix (3.0.1)
+    public_suffix (4.0.6)
     rake (12.3.0)
     rbnacl (5.0.0)
       ffi
     rbnacl-libsodium (1.0.16)
       rbnacl (>= 3.0.1)
-    sawyer (0.8.1)
-      addressable (>= 2.3.5, < 2.6)
-      faraday (~> 0.8, < 1.0)
+    sawyer (0.8.2)
+      addressable (>= 2.3.5)
+      faraday (> 0.8, < 2.0)
     sequel (5.5.0)
     slop (3.6.0)
     stellar-base (0.12.0)
@@ -97,11 +98,11 @@ PLATFORMS
 
 DEPENDENCIES
   netrc
-  octokit
+  octokit (>= 4.8.0)
   pry
   rake
   stellar_core_commander!
   xdrgen!
 
 BUNDLED WITH
-   1.16.1
+   1.17.3