diff --git a/cmd/githubgen/codeowners.go b/cmd/githubgen/codeowners.go
index 70f1b2f9450f..615429be9c57 100644
--- a/cmd/githubgen/codeowners.go
+++ b/cmd/githubgen/codeowners.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v67/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v68/github"
 )
 
 const allowlistHeader = `# Code generated by githubgen. DO NOT EDIT.
diff --git a/cmd/githubgen/go.mod b/cmd/githubgen/go.mod
index c7108ef12e46..e39ee8fea136 100644
--- a/cmd/githubgen/go.mod
+++ b/cmd/githubgen/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ module github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/cmd/githubgen
 go 1.22.0
 
 require (
-	github.com/google/go-github/v67 v67.0.0
 	github.com/google/go-github/v68 v68.0.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v1.22.1-0.20250107062214-ced38e8af2ae
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/provider/fileprovider v1.22.1-0.20250107062214-ced38e8af2ae
diff --git a/cmd/githubgen/go.sum b/cmd/githubgen/go.sum
index f4e9bb96955d..3114367e552b 100644
--- a/cmd/githubgen/go.sum
+++ b/cmd/githubgen/go.sum
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.2.1/go.mod h1:oJDH3BJKyqBA2TXFhDsKDGDTlnd
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
-github.com/google/go-github/v67 v67.0.0 h1:g11NDAmfaBaCO8qYdI9fsmbaRipHNWRIU/2YGvlh4rg=
-github.com/google/go-github/v67 v67.0.0/go.mod h1:zH3K7BxjFndr9QSeFibx4lTKkYS3K9nDanoI1NjaOtY=
+github.com/google/go-github/v68 v68.0.0 h1:ZW57zeNZiXTdQ16qrDiZ0k6XucrxZ2CGmoTvcCyQG6s=
 github.com/google/go-github/v68 v68.0.0/go.mod h1:K9HAUBovM2sLwM408A18h+wd9vqdLOEqTUCbnRIcx68=
 github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0 h1:AnCroh3fv4ZBgVIf1Iwtovgjaw/GiKJo8M8yD/fhyJ8=
 github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0/go.mod h1:Kcdr2DB4koayq7X8pmAG4sNG59So17icRSOU623lUBU=
diff --git a/receiver/githubreceiver/go.sum b/receiver/githubreceiver/go.sum
index a64eeb195172..78a7a0bb192a 100644
--- a/receiver/githubreceiver/go.sum
+++ b/receiver/githubreceiver/go.sum
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEW
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
-github.com/google/go-github/v67 v67.0.0 h1:g11NDAmfaBaCO8qYdI9fsmbaRipHNWRIU/2YGvlh4rg=
-github.com/google/go-github/v67 v67.0.0/go.mod h1:zH3K7BxjFndr9QSeFibx4lTKkYS3K9nDanoI1NjaOtY=
+github.com/google/go-github/v68 v68.0.0 h1:ZW57zeNZiXTdQ16qrDiZ0k6XucrxZ2CGmoTvcCyQG6s=
+github.com/google/go-github/v68 v68.0.0/go.mod h1:K9HAUBovM2sLwM408A18h+wd9vqdLOEqTUCbnRIcx68=
 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/google/gofuzz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
diff --git a/receiver/githubreceiver/internal/scraper/githubscraper/github_scraper_test.go b/receiver/githubreceiver/internal/scraper/githubscraper/github_scraper_test.go
index 85e8cec8de4c..991cb2d30ed9 100644
--- a/receiver/githubreceiver/internal/scraper/githubscraper/github_scraper_test.go
+++ b/receiver/githubreceiver/internal/scraper/githubscraper/github_scraper_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v67/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v68/github"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componenttest"
diff --git a/receiver/githubreceiver/internal/scraper/githubscraper/helpers.go b/receiver/githubreceiver/internal/scraper/githubscraper/helpers.go
index 4630ec1acb10..4a9753525176 100644
--- a/receiver/githubreceiver/internal/scraper/githubscraper/helpers.go
+++ b/receiver/githubreceiver/internal/scraper/githubscraper/helpers.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/Khan/genqlient/graphql"
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v67/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v68/github"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/receiver/githubreceiver/internal/scraper/githubscraper/helpers_test.go b/receiver/githubreceiver/internal/scraper/githubscraper/helpers_test.go
index 859859f1e36d..38e646d94e94 100644
--- a/receiver/githubreceiver/internal/scraper/githubscraper/helpers_test.go
+++ b/receiver/githubreceiver/internal/scraper/githubscraper/helpers_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/Khan/genqlient/graphql"
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v67/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v68/github"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/receivertest"
 )
diff --git a/receiver/githubreceiver/traces_receiver.go b/receiver/githubreceiver/traces_receiver.go
index 7a9ebc62c382..13486b70ab1d 100644
--- a/receiver/githubreceiver/traces_receiver.go
+++ b/receiver/githubreceiver/traces_receiver.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v67/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v68/github"
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componentstatus"