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index aad4628ce00..e70002e9fc1 100644
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+        "node": ">= 20"
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-    "node_modules/@octokit/request/node_modules/@octokit/openapi-types": {
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diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/package.json b/extensions/ql-vscode/package.json
index a5503d14702..29f156cc910 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/package.json
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/package.json
@@ -2070,7 +2070,7 @@
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-    "@octokit/plugin-retry": "^7.2.0",
+    "@octokit/plugin-retry": "^8.1.0",
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diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/test/unit-tests/variant-analysis/custom-errors.test.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/test/unit-tests/variant-analysis/custom-errors.test.ts
index e35442480df..9f50bf6e1c8 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/test/unit-tests/variant-analysis/custom-errors.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/test/unit-tests/variant-analysis/custom-errors.test.ts
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ function mockRequestError(status: number, body: any): RequestError {
           "Content-Type": "application/json",
         },
         data: body,
-        retryCount: 0,
       },
     },
   );
diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/test/vscode-tests/activated-extension/variant-analysis/variant-analysis-monitor.test.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/test/vscode-tests/activated-extension/variant-analysis/variant-analysis-monitor.test.ts
index 736df7daf4f..9e30f1cff93 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/test/vscode-tests/activated-extension/variant-analysis/variant-analysis-monitor.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/test/vscode-tests/activated-extension/variant-analysis/variant-analysis-monitor.test.ts
@@ -325,7 +325,6 @@ describe("Variant Analysis Monitor", () => {
               headers: {},
               url: "",
               data: {},
-              retryCount: 0,
             },
           }),
         );
diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/test/vscode-tests/no-workspace/databases/github-databases/api.test.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/test/vscode-tests/no-workspace/databases/github-databases/api.test.ts
index ed1e9f031a8..966e51e5158 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/test/vscode-tests/no-workspace/databases/github-databases/api.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/test/vscode-tests/no-workspace/databases/github-databases/api.test.ts
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ describe("listDatabases", () => {
               headers: {},
               url: "",
               data: {},
-              retryCount: 0,
             },
           }),
         );
@@ -146,7 +145,6 @@ describe("listDatabases", () => {
               headers: {},
               url: "",
               data: {},
-              retryCount: 0,
             },
           }),
         );
@@ -195,7 +193,6 @@ describe("listDatabases", () => {
                 headers: {},
                 url: "",
                 data: {},
-                retryCount: 0,
               },
             }),
           );
@@ -229,7 +226,6 @@ describe("listDatabases", () => {
               headers: {},
               url: "",
               data: {},
-              retryCount: 0,
             },
           }),
         );
@@ -266,7 +262,6 @@ describe("listDatabases", () => {
                   headers: {},
                   url: "",
                   data: {},
-                  retryCount: 0,
                 },
               }),
             );
@@ -293,7 +288,6 @@ describe("listDatabases", () => {
                   headers: {},
                   url: "",
                   data: {},
-                  retryCount: 0,
                 },
               }),
             );