diff --git a/incubating/github-release/github-release-cli/package.json b/incubating/github-release/github-release-cli/package.json
index 5320d9c56..4b1eb0758 100644
--- a/incubating/github-release/github-release-cli/package.json
+++ b/incubating/github-release/github-release-cli/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "cli"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "@octokit/rest": "16.23.2",
+    "@octokit/rest": "17.0.0",
     "babel-runtime": "^6.26.0",
     "chalk": "^2.4.2",
     "commander": "^2.20.0",