diff --git a/tools/release/requirements.txt b/tools/release/requirements.txt
index 32db012d0..529a67f75 100644
--- a/tools/release/requirements.txt
+++ b/tools/release/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-PyGithub==1.59.1
+PyGithub==2.1.1
 pytest==7.4.0