diff --git a/lib/getPullRequestLabel.js b/lib/getPullRequestLabel.js
index 0959d13e..4dfbcc15 100644
--- a/lib/getPullRequestLabel.js
+++ b/lib/getPullRequestLabel.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ async function getPullRequestLabel(githubRepo, validLabels, pullRequestId, { git
 
     const [ owner, repo ] = githubRepo.split('/');
     const params = { owner, repo, number: pullRequestId };
-    const { data: labels } = await githubClient.issues.getIssueLabels(params);
+    const { data: labels } = await githubClient.issues.listLabelsOnIssue(params);
 
     const listOfLabels = validLabelNames.join(', ');
     const filteredLabels = labels.filter((label) => {
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/getPullRequestLabelSpec.js b/test/unit/lib/getPullRequestLabelSpec.js
index 973f4cbe..c771ff0a 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/getPullRequestLabelSpec.js
+++ b/test/unit/lib/getPullRequestLabelSpec.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import defaultValidLabels from '../../../lib/validLabels';
 function createGithubClient(labels = []) {
     return {
         issues: {
-            getIssueLabels: sinon.stub().resolves({ data: labels })
+            listLabelsOnIssue: sinon.stub().resolves({ data: labels })
         }
     };
 }
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ test('requests the labels for the correct repo and pull request', async (t) => {
 
     await getPullRequestLabel(anyRepo, defaultValidLabels, anyPullRequestId, { githubClient });
 
-    t.is(githubClient.issues.getIssueLabels.callCount, 1);
-    t.deepEqual(githubClient.issues.getIssueLabels.firstCall.args, [
+    t.is(githubClient.issues.listLabelsOnIssue.callCount, 1);
+    t.deepEqual(githubClient.issues.listLabelsOnIssue.firstCall.args, [
         { owner: 'any', repo: 'repo', number: 123 }
     ]);
 });