diff --git a/src/buildx/install.ts b/src/buildx/install.ts
index 1cac89e..2fc61f8 100644
--- a/src/buildx/install.ts
+++ b/src/buildx/install.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export class Install {
     const version: DownloadVersion = await Install.getDownloadVersion(v);
     core.debug(`Install.download version: ${version.version}`);
 
-    const release: GitHubRelease = await Install.getRelease(version);
+    const release: GitHubRelease = await Install.getRelease(version, this.githubToken);
     core.debug(`Install.download release tag name: ${release.tag_name}`);
 
     const vspec = await this.vspec(release.tag_name);
@@ -315,8 +315,8 @@ export class Install {
     }
   }
 
-  public static async getRelease(version: DownloadVersion): Promise<GitHubRelease> {
-    const github = new GitHub();
+  public static async getRelease(version: DownloadVersion, githubToken?: string): Promise<GitHubRelease> {
+    const github = new GitHub({token: githubToken});
     const releases = await github.releases('Buildx', version.contentOpts);
     if (!releases[version.version]) {
       throw new Error(`Cannot find Buildx release ${version.version} in releases JSON`);
diff --git a/src/compose/install.ts b/src/compose/install.ts
index 67bd80d..1034982 100644
--- a/src/compose/install.ts
+++ b/src/compose/install.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export class Install {
     const version: DownloadVersion = await Install.getDownloadVersion(v);
     core.debug(`Install.download version: ${version.version}`);
 
-    const release: GitHubRelease = await Install.getRelease(version);
+    const release: GitHubRelease = await Install.getRelease(version, this.githubToken);
     core.debug(`Install.download release tag name: ${release.tag_name}`);
 
     const vspec = await this.vspec(release.tag_name);
@@ -213,8 +213,8 @@ export class Install {
     }
   }
 
-  public static async getRelease(version: DownloadVersion): Promise<GitHubRelease> {
-    const github = new GitHub();
+  public static async getRelease(version: DownloadVersion, githubToken?: string): Promise<GitHubRelease> {
+    const github = new GitHub({token: githubToken});
     const releases = await github.releases('Compose', version.contentOpts);
     if (!releases[version.version]) {
       throw new Error(`Cannot find Compose release ${version.version} in releases JSON`);
diff --git a/src/docker/install.ts b/src/docker/install.ts
index 376f9a9..7984199 100644
--- a/src/docker/install.ts
+++ b/src/docker/install.ts
@@ -208,14 +208,14 @@ export class Install {
   }
 
   private async downloadSourceArchive(component: 'docker' | 'docker-rootless-extras', src: InstallSourceArchive): Promise<string> {
-    const release: GitHubRelease = await Install.getRelease(src.version);
+    const release: GitHubRelease = await Install.getRelease(src.version, this.githubToken);
     this._version = release.tag_name.replace(/^(docker-)?v+/, '');
     core.debug(`docker.Install.downloadSourceArchive version: ${this._version}`);
 
     const downloadURL = this.downloadURL(component, this._version, src.channel);
     core.info(`Downloading ${downloadURL}`);
 
-    const downloadPath = await tc.downloadTool(downloadURL, undefined, this.githubToken);
+    const downloadPath = await tc.downloadTool(downloadURL);
     core.debug(`docker.Install.downloadSourceArchive downloadPath: ${downloadPath}`);
 
     let extractFolder;
@@ -698,8 +698,8 @@ EOF`,
       });
   }
 
-  public static async getRelease(version: string): Promise<GitHubRelease> {
-    const github = new GitHub();
+  public static async getRelease(version: string, githubToken?: string): Promise<GitHubRelease> {
+    const github = new GitHub({token: githubToken});
     const releases = await github.releases('Docker', {
       owner: 'docker',
       repo: 'actions-toolkit',
diff --git a/src/github.ts b/src/github.ts
index c99d295..8d285c4 100644
--- a/src/github.ts
+++ b/src/github.ts
@@ -45,10 +45,12 @@ export interface GitHubOpts {
 }
 
 export class GitHub {
+  private readonly githubToken?: string;
   public readonly octokit: InstanceType<typeof Octokit>;
 
   constructor(opts?: GitHubOpts) {
-    this.octokit = github.getOctokit(`${opts?.token}`);
+    this.githubToken = opts?.token || process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN;
+    this.octokit = github.getOctokit(`${this.githubToken}`);
   }
 
   public repoData(): Promise<GitHubRepo> {
@@ -58,7 +60,10 @@ export class GitHub {
   public async releases(name: string, opts: GitHubContentOpts): Promise<Record<string, GitHubRelease>> {
     const url = `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/${opts.owner}/${opts.repo}/${opts.ref}/${opts.path}`;
     const http: httpm.HttpClient = new httpm.HttpClient('docker-actions-toolkit');
-    const httpResp: httpm.HttpClientResponse = await http.get(url);
+    // prettier-ignore
+    const httpResp: httpm.HttpClientResponse = await http.get(url, this.githubToken ? {
+      Authorization: `token ${this.githubToken}`
+    } : undefined);
     const dt = await httpResp.readBody();
     const statusCode = httpResp.message.statusCode || 500;
     if (statusCode >= 400) {
diff --git a/src/regclient/install.ts b/src/regclient/install.ts
index c9a6231..5c14aaf 100644
--- a/src/regclient/install.ts
+++ b/src/regclient/install.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export class Install {
     const version: DownloadVersion = await Install.getDownloadVersion(v);
     core.debug(`Install.download version: ${version.version}`);
 
-    const release: GitHubRelease = await Install.getRelease(version);
+    const release: GitHubRelease = await Install.getRelease(version, this.githubToken);
     core.debug(`Install.download release tag name: ${release.tag_name}`);
 
     const vspec = await this.vspec(release.tag_name);
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ export class Install {
     };
   }
 
-  public static async getRelease(version: DownloadVersion): Promise<GitHubRelease> {
-    const github = new GitHub();
+  public static async getRelease(version: DownloadVersion, githubToken?: string): Promise<GitHubRelease> {
+    const github = new GitHub({token: githubToken});
     const releases = await github.releases('regclient', version.contentOpts);
     if (!releases[version.version]) {
       throw new Error(`Cannot find regclient release ${version.version} in releases JSON`);
diff --git a/src/undock/install.ts b/src/undock/install.ts
index 00027df..1bc766b 100644
--- a/src/undock/install.ts
+++ b/src/undock/install.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export class Install {
     const version: DownloadVersion = await Install.getDownloadVersion(v);
     core.debug(`Install.download version: ${version.version}`);
 
-    const release: GitHubRelease = await Install.getRelease(version);
+    const release: GitHubRelease = await Install.getRelease(version, this.githubToken);
     core.debug(`Install.download release tag name: ${release.tag_name}`);
 
     const vspec = await this.vspec(release.tag_name);
@@ -164,8 +164,8 @@ export class Install {
     };
   }
 
-  public static async getRelease(version: DownloadVersion): Promise<GitHubRelease> {
-    const github = new GitHub();
+  public static async getRelease(version: DownloadVersion, githubToken?: string): Promise<GitHubRelease> {
+    const github = new GitHub({token: githubToken});
     const releases = await github.releases('Undock', version.contentOpts);
     if (!releases[version.version]) {
       throw new Error(`Cannot find Undock release ${version.version} in releases JSON`);