diff --git a/assets/backport/go.mod b/assets/backport/go.mod
index 7994e9724e8f1..34d0e7a25fac6 100644
--- a/assets/backport/go.mod
+++ b/assets/backport/go.mod
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ go 1.18
 
 require (
 	github.com/google/go-github/v41 v41.0.0
+	github.com/google/go-github/v54 v54.0.0
 	github.com/gravitational/trace v1.3.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.11.0
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.3
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
 
 require (
@@ -22,6 +24,6 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.11.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.11.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/appengine/v2 v2.0.4 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/assets/backport/go.sum b/assets/backport/go.sum
index f6aebadb08249..60550669b1f64 100644
--- a/assets/backport/go.sum
+++ b/assets/backport/go.sum
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.6/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 h1:O2Tfq5qg4qc4AmwVlvv0oLiVAGB7enBSJ2x2DqQFi38=
 github.com/google/go-github/v41 v41.0.0 h1:HseJrM2JFf2vfiZJ8anY2hqBjdfY1Vlj/K27ueww4gg=
 github.com/google/go-github/v41 v41.0.0/go.mod h1:XgmCA5H323A9rtgExdTcnDkcqp6S30AVACCBDOonIxg=
+github.com/google/go-github/v54 v54.0.0/go.mod h1:Sw1LXWHhXRZtzJ9LI5fyJg9wbQzYvFhW8W5P2yaAQ7s=
 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/uuid v1.1.2/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ google.golang.org/appengine v1.1.0/go.mod h1:EbEs0AVv82hx2wNQdGPgUI5lhzA/G0D9Ywl
 google.golang.org/appengine v1.4.0/go.mod h1:xpcJRLb0r/rnEns0DIKYYv+WjYCduHsrkT7/EB5XEv4=
 google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 h1:FZR1q0exgwxzPzp/aF+VccGrSfxfPpkBqjIIEq3ru6c=
 google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7/go.mod h1:8WjMMxjGQR8xUklV/ARdw2HLXBOI7O7uCIDZVag1xfc=
+google.golang.org/appengine/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:WoEXGoXNfa0mLvaH5sV3ZSGXwVmy8yf7Z1JKf3J3wLI=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20180817151627-c66870c02cf8/go.mod h1:JiN7NxoALGmiZfu7CAH4rXhgtRTLTxftemlI0sWmxmc=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20190819201941-24fa4b261c55/go.mod h1:DMBHOl98Agz4BDEuKkezgsaosCRResVns1a3J2ZsMNc=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20200513103714-09dca8ec2884/go.mod h1:55QSHmfGQM9UVYDPBsyGGes0y52j32PQ3BqQfXhyH3c=
@@ -179,6 +181,7 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqw
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.3 h1:fvjTMHxHEw/mxHbtzPi3JCcKXQRAnQTBRo6YCJSVHKI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.3/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 h1:D8xgwECY7CYvx+Y2n4sBz93Jn9JRvxdiyyo8CTfuKaY=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=