diff --git a/controllers/runnerreplicaset_controller_test.go b/controllers/runnerreplicaset_controller_test.go
index 1d7d68ebc1..a99acbf0e7 100644
--- a/controllers/runnerreplicaset_controller_test.go
+++ b/controllers/runnerreplicaset_controller_test.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v32/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v33/github"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
diff --git a/github/fake/runners.go b/github/fake/runners.go
index 1a60b67375..fbae51fe0f 100644
--- a/github/fake/runners.go
+++ b/github/fake/runners.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"strconv"
 
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v32/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v33/github"
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 )
 
diff --git a/github/github.go b/github/github.go
index 7ffc5890a5..5ab41d177d 100644
--- a/github/github.go
+++ b/github/github.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/bradleyfalzon/ghinstallation"
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v32/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v33/github"
 	"golang.org/x/oauth2"
 )
 
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ type Client struct {
 	GithubBaseURL string
 }
 
+// NewClient creates a Github Client
 func (c *Config) NewClient() (*Client, error) {
 	var (
 		httpClient *http.Client
@@ -179,25 +180,25 @@ func (c *Client) cleanup() {
 func (c *Client) createRegistrationToken(ctx context.Context, owner, repo string) (*github.RegistrationToken, *github.Response, error) {
 	if len(repo) > 0 {
 		return c.Client.Actions.CreateRegistrationToken(ctx, owner, repo)
-	} else {
-		return CreateOrganizationRegistrationToken(ctx, c, owner)
 	}
+
+	return CreateOrganizationRegistrationToken(ctx, c, owner)
 }
 
 func (c *Client) removeRunner(ctx context.Context, owner, repo string, runnerID int64) (*github.Response, error) {
 	if len(repo) > 0 {
 		return c.Client.Actions.RemoveRunner(ctx, owner, repo, runnerID)
-	} else {
-		return RemoveOrganizationRunner(ctx, c, owner, runnerID)
 	}
+
+	return RemoveOrganizationRunner(ctx, c, owner, runnerID)
 }
 
 func (c *Client) listRunners(ctx context.Context, owner, repo string, opts *github.ListOptions) (*github.Runners, *github.Response, error) {
 	if len(repo) > 0 {
 		return c.Client.Actions.ListRunners(ctx, owner, repo, opts)
-	} else {
-		return ListOrganizationRunners(ctx, c, owner, opts)
 	}
+
+	return ListOrganizationRunners(ctx, c, owner, opts)
 }
 
 // Validates owner and repo arguments. Both are optional, but at least one should be specified
@@ -214,9 +215,8 @@ func getOwnerAndRepo(org, repo string) (string, string, error) {
 func getRegistrationKey(org, repo string) string {
 	if len(org) > 0 {
 		return org
-	} else {
-		return repo
 	}
+	return repo
 }
 
 func splitOwnerAndRepo(repo string) (string, string, error) {
diff --git a/github/github_beta.go b/github/github_beta.go
index e4611040b1..d1e3cc639e 100644
--- a/github/github_beta.go
+++ b/github/github_beta.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"reflect"
 
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v32/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v33/github"
 	"github.com/google/go-querystring/query"
 )
 
diff --git a/github/github_test.go b/github/github_test.go
index 6776c68fbb..90832d58c2 100644
--- a/github/github_test.go
+++ b/github/github_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/google/go-github/v32/github"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v33/github"
 	"github.com/summerwind/actions-runner-controller/github/fake"
 )
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 26d10e5add..29c388a4a6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/bradleyfalzon/ghinstallation v1.1.1
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v0.1.0
+	github.com/google/go-github v17.0.0+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-github/v32 v32.1.1-0.20200822031813-d57a3a84ba04
+	github.com/google/go-github/v33 v33.0.0
 	github.com/google/go-querystring v1.0.0
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0
 	github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig v1.4.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f6b3a7647d..d4c55973bc 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -116,10 +116,14 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.0 h1:crn/baboCvb5fXaQ0IJ1SGTsTVrWpDsCWC8EGETZijY=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.0/go.mod h1:8QqcDgzrUqlUb/G2PQTWiueGozuR1884gddMywk6iLU=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.1 h1:Xye71clBPdm5HgqGwUkwhbynsUJZhDbS20FvLhQ2izg=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.1/go.mod h1:8QqcDgzrUqlUb/G2PQTWiueGozuR1884gddMywk6iLU=
+github.com/google/go-github v17.0.0+incompatible h1:N0LgJ1j65A7kfXrZnUDaYCs/Sf4rEjNlfyDHW9dolSY=
+github.com/google/go-github v17.0.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:zLgOLi98H3fifZn+44m+umXrS52loVEgC2AApnigrVQ=
 github.com/google/go-github/v29 v29.0.2 h1:opYN6Wc7DOz7Ku3Oh4l7prmkOMwEcQxpFtxdU8N8Pts=
 github.com/google/go-github/v29 v29.0.2/go.mod h1:CHKiKKPHJ0REzfwc14QMklvtHwCveD0PxlMjLlzAM5E=
 github.com/google/go-github/v32 v32.1.1-0.20200822031813-d57a3a84ba04 h1:wEYk2h/GwOhImcVjiTIceP88WxVbXw2F+ARYUQMEsfg=
 github.com/google/go-github/v32 v32.1.1-0.20200822031813-d57a3a84ba04/go.mod h1:rIEpZD9CTDQwDK9GDrtMTycQNA4JU3qBsCizh3q2WCI=
+github.com/google/go-github/v33 v33.0.0 h1:qAf9yP0qc54ufQxzwv+u9H0tiVOnPJxo0lI/JXqw3ZM=
+github.com/google/go-github/v33 v33.0.0/go.mod h1:GMdDnVZY/2TsWgp/lkYnpSAh6TrzhANBBwm6k6TTEXg=
 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/gofuzz v0.0.0-20161122191042-44d81051d367/go.mod h1:HP5RmnzzSNb993RKQDq4+1A4ia9nllfqcQFTQJedwGI=