diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2705659..15b0fbc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,16 +4,20 @@ go 1.18
 
 require (
 	code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea v0.14.0
-	github.com/google/go-github/v32 v32.1.0
+	github.com/google/go-github/v50 v50.0.0
 	github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.2.0
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20180821212333-d2e6202438be
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.3.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/google/go-querystring v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
+	github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v1.0.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200728195943-123391ffb6de // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210817164053-32db794688a5 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210226172049-e18ecbb05110 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 83e07fd..09a7632 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -6,11 +6,15 @@ github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0 h1:EoUDS0afbrsXAZ9YQ9jdu/mZ2sXgT1/2yyNng
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:maD7wRr/U5Z6m/iR4s+kqSMx2CaBsrgA7czyZG/E6dU=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0 h1:ZDRjVQ15GmhC3fiQ8ni8+OwkZQO4DARzQgrnXU1Liz8=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.1/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.2 h1:6nsPYzhq5kReh6QImI3k5qWzO4PEbvbIW2cwSfR/6xs=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.2/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
-github.com/google/go-github/v32 v32.1.0 h1:GWkQOdXqviCPx7Q7Fj+KyPoGm4SwHRh8rheoPhd27II=
-github.com/google/go-github/v32 v32.1.0/go.mod h1:rIEpZD9CTDQwDK9GDrtMTycQNA4JU3qBsCizh3q2WCI=
-github.com/google/go-querystring v1.0.0 h1:Xkwi/a1rcvNg1PPYe5vI8GbeBY/jrVuDX5ASuANWTrk=
-github.com/google/go-querystring v1.0.0/go.mod h1:odCYkC5MyYFN7vkCjXpyrEuKhc/BUO6wN/zVPAxq5ck=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 h1:O2Tfq5qg4qc4AmwVlvv0oLiVAGB7enBSJ2x2DqQFi38=
+github.com/google/go-github/v50 v50.0.0 h1:gdO1AeuSZZK4iYWwVbjni7zg8PIQhp7QfmPunr016Jk=
+github.com/google/go-github/v50 v50.0.0/go.mod h1:Ev4Tre8QoKiolvbpOSG3FIi4Mlon3S2Nt9W5JYqKiwA=
+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/hashicorp/go-version v1.2.1 h1:zEfKbn2+PDgroKdiOzqiE8rsmLqU2uwi5PB5pBJ3TkI=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.2.1/go.mod h1:fltr4n8CU8Ke44wwGCBoEymUuxUHl09ZGVZPK5anwXA=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
@@ -25,15 +29,23 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81P
 github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.2.0 h1:JTTnM6wKzdA0Jqodd966MVj4vWbbquZykeX1sKbe2C4=
 github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.2.0/go.mod h1:SE9GqnLQmjVa0iPEY0f1w3ygNIYcIJ0OKPMoW2caLfQ=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200728195943-123391ffb6de h1:ikNHVSjEfnvz6sxdSPCaPt572qowuyMDMJLLm3Db3ig=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200728195943-123391ffb6de/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190311183353-d8887717615a/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210817164053-32db794688a5 h1:HWj/xjIHfjYU5nVXpTM0s39J9CbLn7Cc5a7IC5rwsMQ=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210817164053-32db794688a5/go.mod h1:GvvjBRRGRdwPK5ydBHafDWAxML/pGHZbMvKqRZ5+Abc=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190603091049-60506f45cf65/go.mod h1:HSz+uSET+XFnRR8LxR5pz3Of3rY3CfYBVs4xY44aLks=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210226172049-e18ecbb05110 h1:qWPm9rbaAMKs8Bq/9LRpbMqxWRVUAQwMI9fVrssnTfw=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210226172049-e18ecbb05110/go.mod h1:m0MpNAwzfU5UDzcl9v0D8zg8gWTRqZa9RBIspLL5mdg=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20180821212333-d2e6202438be h1:vEDujvNQGv4jgYKudGeI/+DAX4Jffq6hpD55MmoEvKs=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20180821212333-d2e6202438be/go.mod h1:N/0e6XlmueqKjAGxoOufVs8QHGRruUQn6yWY3a++T0U=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
-google.golang.org/appengine v1.1.0/go.mod h1:EbEs0AVv82hx2wNQdGPgUI5lhzA/G0D9YwlJXL52JkM=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.2/go.mod h1:bEr9sfX3Q8Zfm5fL9x+3itogRgK3+ptLWKqgva+5dAk=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
+golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
+google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 h1:FZR1q0exgwxzPzp/aF+VccGrSfxfPpkBqjIIEq3ru6c=
+google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7/go.mod h1:8WjMMxjGQR8xUklV/ARdw2HLXBOI7O7uCIDZVag1xfc=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
diff --git a/service/github.go b/service/github.go
index 38654ac..5a0193d 100644
--- a/service/github.go
+++ b/service/github.go
@@ -7,9 +7,12 @@ package service
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v32/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v50/github"
+	"golang.org/x/oauth2"
 )
 
 // GitHub defines a GitHub service
@@ -25,7 +28,7 @@ type GitHub struct {
 func (gh *GitHub) Generate() (string, []Entry, error) {
 	tagURL := fmt.Sprintf("## [%s](https://github.com/%s/releases/tag/%s) - %s", gh.Milestone, gh.Repo, gh.GitTag, time.Now().Format("2006-01-02"))
 
-	client := github.NewClient(nil)
+	client := github.NewClient(httpClient())
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
 	prs := make([]Entry, 0)
@@ -81,7 +84,7 @@ func (gh *GitHub) Generate() (string, []Entry, error) {
 
 // Contributors returns a list of contributors from GitHub
 func (gh *GitHub) Contributors() (ContributorList, error) {
-	client := github.NewClient(nil)
+	client := github.NewClient(httpClient())
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
 	contributorsMap := make(map[string]bool)
@@ -119,3 +122,15 @@ func (gh *GitHub) Contributors() (ContributorList, error) {
 
 	return contributors, nil
 }
+
+func httpClient() *http.Client {
+	cl := http.DefaultClient
+	if token, ok := os.LookupEnv("CHANGELOG_GITHUB_TOKEN"); ok {
+		ctx := context.Background()
+		ts := oauth2.StaticTokenSource(
+			&oauth2.Token{AccessToken: token},
+		)
+		cl = oauth2.NewClient(ctx, ts)
+	}
+	return cl
+}