diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index b4752c745..f669660dd 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ gem 'telephone_number'
 gem 'time_diff'
 gem 'tzinfo-data'
 gem 'valid_email2'
+gem 'octokit'
 # compress javascript config.assets.js_compressor
 gem 'uglifier'
 ##-- used for single column multiple binary flags in notification settings/feature flagging --##
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index d9908f5e1..6b7848b2f 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -524,6 +524,9 @@ GEM
       rack (>= 1.2, < 4)
       snaky_hash (~> 2.0)
       version_gem (~> 1.1)
+    octokit (10.0.0)
+      faraday (>= 1, < 3)
+      sawyer (~> 0.9)
     oj (3.16.10)
       bigdecimal (>= 3.0)
       ostruct (>= 0.2)
@@ -728,6 +731,9 @@ GEM
       sprockets (> 3.0)
       sprockets-rails
       tilt
+    sawyer (0.9.2)
+      addressable (>= 2.3.5)
+      faraday (>= 0.17.3, < 3)
     scout_apm (5.3.3)
       parser
     scss_lint (0.60.0)
@@ -955,6 +961,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   net-smtp (~> 0.3.4)
   newrelic-sidekiq-metrics (>= 1.6.2)
   newrelic_rpm
+  octokit
   omniauth (>= 2.1.2)
   omniauth-google-oauth2 (>= 1.1.3)
   omniauth-oauth2