diff --git a/build-branches.sh b/build-branches.sh
index 36c55d7..3bd93a9 100755
--- a/build-branches.sh
+++ b/build-branches.sh
@@ -3,9 +3,17 @@
 
 echo "▶️ $0 $*"
 
+if [ ! -z "${GITHUB_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID}" ] && [ ! -z "${GITHUB_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET}" ]; then
+  echo "🗝 Performing authenticated Github API calls."
+  GITHUB_OAUTH_PARAMS="client_id=${GITHUB_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID}&client_secret=${GITHUB_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET}"
+else
+  echo "🕶 Performing unauthenticated Github API calls. This might result in lower Github rate limits!"
+  GITHUB_OAUTH_PARAMS=""
+fi
+
 ORIGINAL_GITHUB_REPO="digitalocean/netbox"
 GITHUB_REPO="${GITHUB_REPO-$ORIGINAL_GITHUB_REPO}"
-URL_RELEASES="https://api.github.com/repos/${GITHUB_REPO}/branches"
+URL_RELEASES="https://api.github.com/repos/${GITHUB_REPO}/branches?${GITHUB_OAUTH_PARAMS}"
 
 CURL="curl -sS"
 
diff --git a/build-latest.sh b/build-latest.sh
index e996251..d903f8f 100755
--- a/build-latest.sh
+++ b/build-latest.sh
@@ -3,9 +3,17 @@
 
 echo "▶️ $0 $*"
 
+if [ ! -z "${GITHUB_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID}" ] && [ ! -z "${GITHUB_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET}" ]; then
+  echo "🗝 Performing authenticated Github API calls."
+  GITHUB_OAUTH_PARAMS="client_id=${GITHUB_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID}&client_secret=${GITHUB_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET}"
+else
+  echo "🕶 Performing unauthenticated Github API calls. This might result in lower Github rate limits!"
+  GITHUB_OAUTH_PARAMS=""
+fi
+
 ORIGINAL_GITHUB_REPO="digitalocean/netbox"
 GITHUB_REPO="${GITHUB_REPO-$ORIGINAL_GITHUB_REPO}"
-URL_RELEASES="https://api.github.com/repos/${GITHUB_REPO}/releases"
+URL_RELEASES="https://api.github.com/repos/${GITHUB_REPO}/releases?${GITHUB_OAUTH_PARAMS}"
 
 JQ_LATEST="group_by(.prerelease) | .[] | sort_by(.published_at) | reverse | .[0] | select(.prerelease==${PRERELEASE-false}) | .tag_name"