diff --git a/msys2_autobuild/gh.py b/msys2_autobuild/gh.py
index 501baa5..0e823c7 100644
--- a/msys2_autobuild/gh.py
+++ b/msys2_autobuild/gh.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ def get_github(write: bool = False) -> Github:
     kwargs['per_page'] = 100
     kwargs['timeout'] = sum(REQUESTS_TIMEOUT)
     kwargs['seconds_between_requests'] = None
+    kwargs['lazy'] = True
     gh = Github(**kwargs)
     if auth is None and not write:
         print(f"[Warning] Rate limit status: {gh.get_rate_limit().core}", file=sys.stderr)
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 7241963..89cacd2 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -927,4 +927,4 @@ files = [
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.1"
 python-versions = "^3.10"
-content-hash = "8137910be83a0332aa71d0b3db583e40b251c17e9238f537a47d7fd892a16850"
+content-hash = "a3bec96df66794a5e5342117a9c6d70dce2cc233611f0479275c8eed6dc54211"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 96a4b31..3b7060c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ authors = ["Christoph Reiter <reiter.christoph@gmail.com>"]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.10"
-PyGithub = "^2.1.1"
+PyGithub = "^2.6.0"
 tabulate = "^0.9.0"
 requests = "^2.28.1"
 requests-cache = "^1.0.0"