diff --git a/client/github.go b/client/github.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c9a7c632
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/github.go
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package client
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/http"
+
+	// import for side effect of sql packages
+	_ "github.com/lib/pq"
+
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v41/github"
+	"golang.org/x/oauth2"
+)
+
+type GithubClient struct {
+	client *github.Client
+}
+
+func NewGithubClient(token string) *GithubClient {
+	// Optional: Authenticate with a personal access token if necessary
+	// This is recommended to avoid rate limits for unauthenticated requests
+	var tc *http.Client
+	if token != "" {
+		ctx := context.Background()
+		ts := oauth2.StaticTokenSource(
+			&oauth2.Token{AccessToken: token},
+		)
+		tc = oauth2.NewClient(ctx, ts)
+	}
+
+	client := github.NewClient(tc)
+
+	return &GithubClient{
+		client: client,
+	}
+}
+
+func (g *GithubClient) ListLatestCLCoreReleases(count int) ([]*github.RepositoryRelease, error) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	releases, _, err := g.client.Repositories.ListReleases(ctx, "smartcontractkit", "chainlink", &github.ListOptions{PerPage: count})
+	return releases, err
+}
+
+func (g *GithubClient) ListLatestCLCoreTags(count int) ([]*github.RepositoryTag, error) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	tags, _, err := g.client.Repositories.ListTags(ctx, "smartcontractkit", "chainlink", &github.ListOptions{PerPage: count})
+	return tags, err
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9f5784355..fa21534fa 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/docker/go-connections v0.4.0
 	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.12.0
 	github.com/go-resty/resty/v2 v2.7.0
+	github.com/google/go-github/v41 v41.0.0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.1
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.16
 	github.com/jmoiron/sqlx v1.3.5
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/containerd/log v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc // indirect
 	github.com/gballet/go-libpcsclite v0.0.0-20191108122812-4678299bea08 // indirect
+	github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20230705174524-200ffdc848b8 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/lufia/plan9stats v0.0.0-20211012122336-39d0f177ccd0 // indirect
@@ -261,14 +263,14 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/ratelimit v0.2.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/arch v0.4.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.14.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.17.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230713183714-613f0c0eb8a1 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.13.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.17.0
-	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.10.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/term v0.13.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.13.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.10.0
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.15.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.3.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.14.0 // indirect
 	gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a1a6e3275..a1f03deab 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -878,6 +878,8 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.7/go.mod h1:n+brtR0CgQNWTVd5ZUFpTBC8YFBDLK/h/bpaJ8
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.8/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 h1:O2Tfq5qg4qc4AmwVlvv0oLiVAGB7enBSJ2x2DqQFi38=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
+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-querystring v1.0.0/go.mod h1:odCYkC5MyYFN7vkCjXpyrEuKhc/BUO6wN/zVPAxq5ck=
 github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0 h1:AnCroh3fv4ZBgVIf1Iwtovgjaw/GiKJo8M8yD/fhyJ8=
 github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0/go.mod h1:Kcdr2DB4koayq7X8pmAG4sNG59So17icRSOU623lUBU=
@@ -1559,12 +1561,13 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200302210943-78000ba7a073/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPh
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210322153248-0c34fe9e7dc2/go.mod h1:T9bdIzuCu7OtxOm1hfPfRQxPLYneinmdGuTeoZ9dtd4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210421170649-83a5a9bb288b/go.mod h1:T9bdIzuCu7OtxOm1hfPfRQxPLYneinmdGuTeoZ9dtd4=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210817164053-32db794688a5/go.mod h1:GvvjBRRGRdwPK5ydBHafDWAxML/pGHZbMvKqRZ5+Abc=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210921155107-089bfa567519/go.mod h1:GvvjBRRGRdwPK5ydBHafDWAxML/pGHZbMvKqRZ5+Abc=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20211108221036-ceb1ce70b4fa/go.mod h1:GvvjBRRGRdwPK5ydBHafDWAxML/pGHZbMvKqRZ5+Abc=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220622213112-05595931fe9d/go.mod h1:IxCIyHEi3zRg3s0A5j5BB6A9Jmi73HwBIUl50j+osU4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20221012134737-56aed061732a/go.mod h1:IxCIyHEi3zRg3s0A5j5BB6A9Jmi73HwBIUl50j+osU4=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.14.0 h1:wBqGXzWJW6m1XrIKlAH0Hs1JJ7+9KBwnIO8v66Q9cHc=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.14.0/go.mod h1:MVFd36DqK4CsrnJYDkBA3VC4m2GkXAM0PvzMCn4JQf4=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.17.0 h1:r8bRNjWL3GshPW3gkd+RpvzWrZAwPS49OmTGZ/uhM4k=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.17.0/go.mod h1:gCAAfMLgwOJRpTjQ2zCCt2OcSfYMTeZVSRtQlPC7Nq4=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190121172915-509febef88a4/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190306152737-a1d7652674e8/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190510132918-efd6b22b2522/go.mod h1:ZjyILWgesfNpC6sMxTJOJm9Kp84zZh5NQWvqDGG3Qr8=
@@ -1835,15 +1838,15 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.11.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0 h1:Af8nKPmuFypiUBjVoU9V20FiaFXOcuZI21p0ycVYYGE=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0 h1:h48lPFYpsTvQJZF4EKyI4aLHaev3CxivZmv7yZig9pc=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
 golang.org/x/term v0.1.0/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
 golang.org/x/term v0.2.0/go.mod h1:TVmDHMZPmdnySmBfhjOoOdhjzdE1h4u1VwSiw2l1Nuc=
 golang.org/x/term v0.4.0/go.mod h1:9P2UbLfCdcvo3p/nzKvsmas4TnlujnuoV9hGgYzW1lQ=
-golang.org/x/term v0.13.0 h1:bb+I9cTfFazGW51MZqBVmZy7+JEJMouUHTUSKVQLBek=
-golang.org/x/term v0.13.0/go.mod h1:LTmsnFJwVN6bCy1rVCoS+qHT1HhALEFxKncY3WNNh4U=
+golang.org/x/term v0.15.0 h1:y/Oo/a/q3IXu26lQgl04j/gjuBDOBlx7X6Om1j2CPW4=
+golang.org/x/term v0.15.0/go.mod h1:BDl952bC7+uMoWR75FIrCDx79TPU9oHkTZ9yRbYOrX0=
 golang.org/x/text v0.0.0-20170915032832-14c0d48ead0c/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.1-0.20180807135948-17ff2d5776d2/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
@@ -1857,8 +1860,8 @@ golang.org/x/text v0.3.8/go.mod h1:E6s5w1FMmriuDzIBO73fBruAKo1PCIq6d2Q6DHfQ8WQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.4.0/go.mod h1:mrYo+phRRbMaCq/xk9113O4dZlRixOauAjOtrjsXDZ8=
 golang.org/x/text v0.6.0/go.mod h1:mrYo+phRRbMaCq/xk9113O4dZlRixOauAjOtrjsXDZ8=
 golang.org/x/text v0.7.0/go.mod h1:mrYo+phRRbMaCq/xk9113O4dZlRixOauAjOtrjsXDZ8=
-golang.org/x/text v0.13.0 h1:ablQoSUd0tRdKxZewP80B+BaqeKJuVhuRxj/dkrun3k=
-golang.org/x/text v0.13.0/go.mod h1:TvPlkZtksWOMsz7fbANvkp4WM8x/WCo/om8BMLbz+aE=
+golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 h1:ScX5w1eTa3QqT8oi6+ziP7dTV1S2+ALU0bI+0zXKWiQ=
+golang.org/x/text v0.14.0/go.mod h1:18ZOQIKpY8NJVqYksKHtTdi31H5itFRjB5/qKTNYzSU=
 golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20181108054448-85acf8d2951c/go.mod h1:tRJNPiyCQ0inRvYxbN9jk5I+vvW/OXSQhTDSoE431IQ=
 golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20190308202827-9d24e82272b4/go.mod h1:tRJNPiyCQ0inRvYxbN9jk5I+vvW/OXSQhTDSoE431IQ=
 golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20191024005414-555d28b269f0/go.mod h1:tRJNPiyCQ0inRvYxbN9jk5I+vvW/OXSQhTDSoE431IQ=