diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index fe848d4bf9..817cf18540 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ jobs:
       - run: npm run format-check
       - run: npm run lint
       - run: npm run test
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: dist
           path: dist
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: action.yml
           path: action.yml
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: main
       - if: matrix.target == 'built' || github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: dist
           path: dist
       - if: matrix.target == 'built' || github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: action.yml
           path: .
@@ -119,12 +119,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: dist
           path: dist
       - name: Create Pull Request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v8
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.ACTIONS_BOT_TOKEN }}
           commit-message: 'build: update distribution'
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3ff6bbab66..c3f17b7fd6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ Create Pull Request action will:
       # Make changes to pull request here
 
       - name: Create Pull Request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v8
 ```
 
-You can also pin to a [specific release](https://github.com/peter-evans/create-pull-request/releases) version in the format `@v7.x.x`
+You can also pin to a [specific release](https://github.com/peter-evans/create-pull-request/releases) version in the format `@v8.x.x`
 
 ### Workflow permissions
 
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ If you want branches to be deleted immediately on merge then you should use GitH
 For self-hosted runners behind a corporate proxy set the `https_proxy` environment variable.
 ```yml
       - name: Create Pull Request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v8
         env:
           https_proxy: http://<proxy_address>:<port>
 ```
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ Note that in order to read the step outputs the action step must have an id.
 ```yml
       - name: Create Pull Request
         id: cpr
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v8
       - name: Check outputs
         if: ${{ steps.cpr.outputs.pull-request-number }}
         run: |
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ File changes that do not match one of the paths will be stashed and restored aft
 
 ```yml
       - name: Create Pull Request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v8
         with:
           add-paths: |
             *.java
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ Note that the repository must be checked out on a branch with a remote, it won't
 
 ```yml
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Create commits
         run: |
           git config user.name 'Peter Evans'
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ Note that the repository must be checked out on a branch with a remote, it won't
       - name: Uncommitted change
         run: date +%s > report.txt
       - name: Create Pull Request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v8
 ```
 
 ### Auto-merge
@@ -263,14 +263,14 @@ jobs:
   createPullRequest:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Make changes to pull request
         run: date +%s > report.txt
 
       - name: Create Pull Request
         id: cpr
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v8
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.PAT }}
           commit-message: Update report
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index a0c3f55743..56100057fa 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -458,7 +458,12 @@ function createPullRequest(inputs) {
                 // deleted after being merged or closed. Without this the push using
                 // '--force-with-lease' fails due to "stale info."
                 // https://github.com/peter-evans/create-pull-request/issues/633
-                yield git.exec(['remote', 'prune', branchRemoteName]);
+                try {
+                    yield git.exec(['remote', 'prune', branchRemoteName]);
+                }
+                catch (error) {
+                    core.warning(`Failed to prune remote '${branchRemoteName}': ${error.message}`);
+                }
             }
             core.endGroup();
             // Apply the branch suffix if set
@@ -1390,6 +1395,7 @@ class GitHubHelper {
             options.baseUrl = 'https://api.github.com';
         }
         options.throttle = octokit_client_1.throttleOptions;
+        options.retry = octokit_client_1.retryOptions;
         this.octokit = new octokit_client_1.Octokit(options);
     }
     parseRepository(repository) {
@@ -1819,14 +1825,15 @@ var __importStar = (this && this.__importStar) || (function () {
     };
 })();
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
-exports.throttleOptions = exports.Octokit = void 0;
+exports.retryOptions = exports.throttleOptions = exports.Octokit = void 0;
 const core = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(7484));
-const core_1 = __nccwpck_require__(767);
+const core_1 = __nccwpck_require__(708);
 const plugin_paginate_rest_1 = __nccwpck_require__(3779);
 const plugin_rest_endpoint_methods_1 = __nccwpck_require__(9210);
+const plugin_retry_1 = __nccwpck_require__(9735);
 const plugin_throttling_1 = __nccwpck_require__(6856);
 const proxy_1 = __nccwpck_require__(3459);
-exports.Octokit = core_1.Octokit.plugin(plugin_paginate_rest_1.paginateRest, plugin_rest_endpoint_methods_1.restEndpointMethods, plugin_throttling_1.throttling, autoProxyAgent);
+exports.Octokit = core_1.Octokit.plugin(plugin_paginate_rest_1.paginateRest, plugin_rest_endpoint_methods_1.restEndpointMethods, plugin_retry_1.retry, plugin_throttling_1.throttling, autoProxyAgent);
 exports.throttleOptions = {
     onRateLimit: (retryAfter, options, _, retryCount) => {
         core.debug(`Hit rate limit for request ${options.method} ${options.url}`);
@@ -1841,6 +1848,10 @@ exports.throttleOptions = {
         core.warning(`Requests may be retried after ${retryAfter} seconds.`);
     }
 };
+exports.retryOptions = {
+    // 429 is handled by the throttling plugin, so we exclude it from retry
+    doNotRetry: [400, 401, 403, 404, 410, 422, 429, 451]
+};
 // Octokit plugin to support the standard environment variables http_proxy, https_proxy and no_proxy
 function autoProxyAgent(octokit) {
     octokit.hook.before('request', options => {
@@ -4511,7 +4522,7 @@ class HttpClient {
         }
         const usingSsl = parsedUrl.protocol === 'https:';
         proxyAgent = new undici_1.ProxyAgent(Object.assign({ uri: proxyUrl.href, pipelining: !this._keepAlive ? 0 : 1 }, ((proxyUrl.username || proxyUrl.password) && {
-            token: `${proxyUrl.username}:${proxyUrl.password}`
+            token: `Basic ${Buffer.from(`${proxyUrl.username}:${proxyUrl.password}`).toString('base64')}`
         })));
         this._proxyAgentDispatcher = proxyAgent;
         if (usingSsl && this._ignoreSslError) {
@@ -4625,11 +4636,11 @@ function getProxyUrl(reqUrl) {
     })();
     if (proxyVar) {
         try {
-            return new URL(proxyVar);
+            return new DecodedURL(proxyVar);
         }
         catch (_a) {
             if (!proxyVar.startsWith('http://') && !proxyVar.startsWith('https://'))
-                return new URL(`http://${proxyVar}`);
+                return new DecodedURL(`http://${proxyVar}`);
         }
     }
     else {
@@ -4688,6 +4699,19 @@ function isLoopbackAddress(host) {
         hostLower.startsWith('[::1]') ||
         hostLower.startsWith('[0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1]'));
 }
+class DecodedURL extends URL {
+    constructor(url, base) {
+        super(url, base);
+        this._decodedUsername = decodeURIComponent(super.username);
+        this._decodedPassword = decodeURIComponent(super.password);
+    }
+    get username() {
+        return this._decodedUsername;
+    }
+    get password() {
+        return this._decodedPassword;
+    }
+}
 //# sourceMappingURL=proxy.js.map
 
 /***/ }),
@@ -32203,7 +32227,7 @@ module.exports = fetch;
 
 /***/ }),
 
-/***/ 767:
+/***/ 708:
 /***/ ((__unused_webpack___webpack_module__, __webpack_exports__, __nccwpck_require__) => {
 
 "use strict";
@@ -32723,46 +32747,8 @@ var endpoint = withDefaults(null, DEFAULTS);
 
 // EXTERNAL MODULE: ./node_modules/fast-content-type-parse/index.js
 var fast_content_type_parse = __nccwpck_require__(8739);
-;// CONCATENATED MODULE: ./node_modules/@octokit/request-error/dist-src/index.js
-class RequestError extends Error {
-  name;
-  /**
-   * http status code
-   */
-  status;
-  /**
-   * Request options that lead to the error.
-   */
-  request;
-  /**
-   * Response object if a response was received
-   */
-  response;
-  constructor(message, statusCode, options) {
-    super(message);
-    this.name = "HttpError";
-    this.status = Number.parseInt(statusCode);
-    if (Number.isNaN(this.status)) {
-      this.status = 0;
-    }
-    if ("response" in options) {
-      this.response = options.response;
-    }
-    const requestCopy = Object.assign({}, options.request);
-    if (options.request.headers.authorization) {
-      requestCopy.headers = Object.assign({}, options.request.headers, {
-        authorization: options.request.headers.authorization.replace(
-          /(?<! ) .*$/,
-          " [REDACTED]"
-        )
-      });
-    }
-    requestCopy.url = requestCopy.url.replace(/\bclient_secret=\w+/g, "client_secret=[REDACTED]").replace(/\baccess_token=\w+/g, "access_token=[REDACTED]");
-    this.request = requestCopy;
-  }
-}
-
-
+// EXTERNAL MODULE: ./node_modules/@octokit/request-error/dist-src/index.js
+var dist_src = __nccwpck_require__(1015);
 ;// CONCATENATED MODULE: ./node_modules/@octokit/request/dist-bundle/index.js
 // pkg/dist-src/index.js
 
@@ -32839,7 +32825,7 @@ async function fetchWrapper(requestOptions) {
         }
       }
     }
-    const requestError = new RequestError(message, 500, {
+    const requestError = new dist_src/* RequestError */.G(message, 500, {
       request: requestOptions
     });
     requestError.cause = error;
@@ -32871,21 +32857,21 @@ async function fetchWrapper(requestOptions) {
     if (status < 400) {
       return octokitResponse;
     }
-    throw new RequestError(fetchResponse.statusText, status, {
+    throw new dist_src/* RequestError */.G(fetchResponse.statusText, status, {
       response: octokitResponse,
       request: requestOptions
     });
   }
   if (status === 304) {
     octokitResponse.data = await getResponseData(fetchResponse);
-    throw new RequestError("Not modified", status, {
+    throw new dist_src/* RequestError */.G("Not modified", status, {
       response: octokitResponse,
       request: requestOptions
     });
   }
   if (status >= 400) {
     octokitResponse.data = await getResponseData(fetchResponse);
-    throw new RequestError(toErrorMessage(octokitResponse.data), status, {
+    throw new dist_src/* RequestError */.G(toErrorMessage(octokitResponse.data), status, {
       response: octokitResponse,
       request: requestOptions
     });
@@ -36182,6 +36168,98 @@ legacyRestEndpointMethods.VERSION = VERSION;
 //# sourceMappingURL=index.js.map
 
 
+/***/ }),
+
+/***/ 9735:
+/***/ ((__unused_webpack___webpack_module__, __webpack_exports__, __nccwpck_require__) => {
+
+"use strict";
+__nccwpck_require__.r(__webpack_exports__);
+/* harmony export */ __nccwpck_require__.d(__webpack_exports__, {
+/* harmony export */   VERSION: () => (/* binding */ VERSION),
+/* harmony export */   retry: () => (/* binding */ retry)
+/* harmony export */ });
+/* harmony import */ var bottleneck_light_js__WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_0__ = __nccwpck_require__(3251);
+/* harmony import */ var _octokit_request_error__WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_1__ = __nccwpck_require__(1015);
+// pkg/dist-src/version.js
+var VERSION = "0.0.0-development";
+
+// pkg/dist-src/error-request.js
+async function errorRequest(state, octokit, error, options) {
+  if (!error.request || !error.request.request) {
+    throw error;
+  }
+  if (error.status >= 400 && !state.doNotRetry.includes(error.status)) {
+    const retries = options.request.retries != null ? options.request.retries : state.retries;
+    const retryAfter = Math.pow((options.request.retryCount || 0) + 1, 2);
+    throw octokit.retry.retryRequest(error, retries, retryAfter);
+  }
+  throw error;
+}
+
+// pkg/dist-src/wrap-request.js
+
+
+async function wrapRequest(state, octokit, request, options) {
+  const limiter = new bottleneck_light_js__WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_0__();
+  limiter.on("failed", function(error, info) {
+    const maxRetries = ~~error.request.request.retries;
+    const after = ~~error.request.request.retryAfter;
+    options.request.retryCount = info.retryCount + 1;
+    if (maxRetries > info.retryCount) {
+      return after * state.retryAfterBaseValue;
+    }
+  });
+  return limiter.schedule(
+    requestWithGraphqlErrorHandling.bind(null, state, octokit, request),
+    options
+  );
+}
+async function requestWithGraphqlErrorHandling(state, octokit, request, options) {
+  const response = await request(request, options);
+  if (response.data && response.data.errors && response.data.errors.length > 0 && /Something went wrong while executing your query/.test(
+    response.data.errors[0].message
+  )) {
+    const error = new _octokit_request_error__WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_1__/* .RequestError */ .G(response.data.errors[0].message, 500, {
+      request: options,
+      response
+    });
+    return errorRequest(state, octokit, error, options);
+  }
+  return response;
+}
+
+// pkg/dist-src/index.js
+function retry(octokit, octokitOptions) {
+  const state = Object.assign(
+    {
+      enabled: true,
+      retryAfterBaseValue: 1e3,
+      doNotRetry: [400, 401, 403, 404, 410, 422, 451],
+      retries: 3
+    },
+    octokitOptions.retry
+  );
+  if (state.enabled) {
+    octokit.hook.error("request", errorRequest.bind(null, state, octokit));
+    octokit.hook.wrap("request", wrapRequest.bind(null, state, octokit));
+  }
+  return {
+    retry: {
+      retryRequest: (error, retries, retryAfter) => {
+        error.request.request = Object.assign({}, error.request.request, {
+          retries,
+          retryAfter
+        });
+        return error;
+      }
+    }
+  };
+}
+retry.VERSION = VERSION;
+
+
+
 /***/ }),
 
 /***/ 6856:
@@ -36421,6 +36499,55 @@ throttling.triggersNotification = triggersNotification;
 
 
 
+/***/ }),
+
+/***/ 1015:
+/***/ ((__unused_webpack___webpack_module__, __webpack_exports__, __nccwpck_require__) => {
+
+"use strict";
+/* harmony export */ __nccwpck_require__.d(__webpack_exports__, {
+/* harmony export */   G: () => (/* binding */ RequestError)
+/* harmony export */ });
+class RequestError extends Error {
+  name;
+  /**
+   * http status code
+   */
+  status;
+  /**
+   * Request options that lead to the error.
+   */
+  request;
+  /**
+   * Response object if a response was received
+   */
+  response;
+  constructor(message, statusCode, options) {
+    super(message);
+    this.name = "HttpError";
+    this.status = Number.parseInt(statusCode);
+    if (Number.isNaN(this.status)) {
+      this.status = 0;
+    }
+    if ("response" in options) {
+      this.response = options.response;
+    }
+    const requestCopy = Object.assign({}, options.request);
+    if (options.request.headers.authorization) {
+      requestCopy.headers = Object.assign({}, options.request.headers, {
+        authorization: options.request.headers.authorization.replace(
+          /(?<! ) .*$/,
+          " [REDACTED]"
+        )
+      });
+    }
+    requestCopy.url = requestCopy.url.replace(/\bclient_secret=\w+/g, "client_secret=[REDACTED]").replace(/\baccess_token=\w+/g, "access_token=[REDACTED]");
+    this.request = requestCopy;
+  }
+}
+
+
+
 /***/ }),
 
 /***/ 7989:
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e1c1131146..d410be79a8 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
         "@octokit/core": "^6.1.6",
         "@octokit/plugin-paginate-rest": "^11.6.0",
         "@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods": "^13.5.0",
+        "@octokit/plugin-retry": "^7.2.1",
         "@octokit/plugin-throttling": "^9.6.1",
         "node-fetch-native": "^1.6.7",
         "p-limit": "^6.2.0",
@@ -35,10 +36,10 @@
         "jest-circus": "^29.7.0",
         "jest-environment-jsdom": "^29.7.0",
         "js-yaml": "^4.1.1",
-        "prettier": "^3.7.3",
-        "ts-jest": "^29.4.5",
+        "prettier": "^3.7.4",
+        "ts-jest": "^29.4.6",
         "typescript": "^5.9.3",
-        "undici": "^6.22.0"
+        "undici": "^6.23.0"
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=24.4.0"
@@ -62,9 +63,10 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@actions/http-client": {
-      "version": "2.2.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@actions/http-client/-/http-client-2.2.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-KhC/cZsq7f8I4LfZSJKgCvEwfkE8o1538VoBeoGzokVLLnbFDEAdFD3UhoMklxo2un9NJVBdANOresx7vTHlHw==",
+      "version": "2.2.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@actions/http-client/-/http-client-2.2.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-mx8hyJi/hjFvbPokCg4uRd4ZX78t+YyRPtnKWwIl+RzNaVuFpQHfmlGVfsKEJN8LwTCvL+DfVgAM04XaHkm6bA==",
+      "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "tunnel": "^0.0.6",
         "undici": "^5.25.4"
@@ -1374,6 +1376,38 @@
         "@octokit/core": ">=6"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/@octokit/plugin-retry": {
+      "version": "7.2.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/plugin-retry/-/plugin-retry-7.2.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-wUc3gv0D6vNHpGxSaR3FlqJpTXGWgqmk607N9L3LvPL4QjaxDgX/1nY2mGpT37Khn+nlIXdljczkRnNdTTV3/A==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@octokit/request-error": "^6.1.8",
+        "@octokit/types": "^14.0.0",
+        "bottleneck": "^2.15.3"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 18"
+      },
+      "peerDependencies": {
+        "@octokit/core": ">=6"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/@octokit/plugin-retry/node_modules/@octokit/openapi-types": {
+      "version": "25.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/openapi-types/-/openapi-types-25.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-idsIggNXUKkk0+BExUn1dQ92sfysJrje03Q0bv0e+KPLrvyqZF8MnBpFz8UNfYDwB3Ie7Z0TByjWfzxt7vseaA==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
+    "node_modules/@octokit/plugin-retry/node_modules/@octokit/types": {
+      "version": "14.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/types/-/types-14.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-1y6DgTy8Jomcpu33N+p5w58l6xyt55Ar2I91RPiIA0xCJBXyUAhXCcmZaDWSANiha7R9a6qJJ2CRomGPZ6f46g==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@octokit/openapi-types": "^25.1.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/@octokit/plugin-throttling": {
       "version": "9.6.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/plugin-throttling/-/plugin-throttling-9.6.1.tgz",
@@ -7234,9 +7268,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/prettier": {
-      "version": "3.7.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/prettier/-/prettier-3.7.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-QgODejq9K3OzoBbuyobZlUhznP5SKwPqp+6Q6xw6o8gnhr4O85L2U915iM2IDcfF2NPXVaM9zlo9tdwipnYwzg==",
+      "version": "3.7.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/prettier/-/prettier-3.7.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-v6UNi1+3hSlVvv8fSaoUbggEM5VErKmmpGA7Pl3HF8V6uKY7rvClBOJlH6yNwQtfTueNkGVpOv/mtWL9L4bgRA==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "peer": true,
@@ -8179,9 +8213,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/ts-jest": {
-      "version": "29.4.5",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ts-jest/-/ts-jest-29.4.5.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-HO3GyiWn2qvTQA4kTgjDcXiMwYQt68a1Y8+JuLRVpdIzm+UOLSHgl/XqR4c6nzJkq5rOkjc02O2I7P7l/Yof0Q==",
+      "version": "29.4.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ts-jest/-/ts-jest-29.4.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-fSpWtOO/1AjSNQguk43hb/JCo16oJDnMJf3CdEGNkqsEX3t0KX96xvyX1D7PfLCpVoKu4MfVrqUkFyblYoY4lA==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
@@ -8474,9 +8508,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/undici": {
-      "version": "6.22.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/undici/-/undici-6.22.0.tgz",
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+      "version": "6.23.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/undici/-/undici-6.23.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-VfQPToRA5FZs/qJxLIinmU59u0r7LXqoJkCzinq3ckNJp3vKEh7jTWN589YQ5+aoAC/TGRLyJLCPKcLQbM8r9g==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b957b29860..32572fb849 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     "@octokit/core": "^6.1.6",
     "@octokit/plugin-paginate-rest": "^11.6.0",
     "@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods": "^13.5.0",
+    "@octokit/plugin-retry": "^7.2.1",
     "@octokit/plugin-throttling": "^9.6.1",
     "node-fetch-native": "^1.6.7",
     "p-limit": "^6.2.0",
@@ -58,9 +59,9 @@
     "jest-circus": "^29.7.0",
     "jest-environment-jsdom": "^29.7.0",
     "js-yaml": "^4.1.1",
-    "prettier": "^3.7.3",
-    "ts-jest": "^29.4.5",
+    "prettier": "^3.7.4",
+    "ts-jest": "^29.4.6",
     "typescript": "^5.9.3",
-    "undici": "^6.22.0"
+    "undici": "^6.23.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/create-pull-request.ts b/src/create-pull-request.ts
index 10b037751f..2e3f0e0a29 100644
--- a/src/create-pull-request.ts
+++ b/src/create-pull-request.ts
@@ -127,7 +127,13 @@ export async function createPullRequest(inputs: Inputs): Promise<void> {
       // deleted after being merged or closed. Without this the push using
       // '--force-with-lease' fails due to "stale info."
       // https://github.com/peter-evans/create-pull-request/issues/633
-      await git.exec(['remote', 'prune', branchRemoteName])
+      try {
+        await git.exec(['remote', 'prune', branchRemoteName])
+      } catch (error) {
+        core.warning(
+          `Failed to prune remote '${branchRemoteName}': ${(error as Error).message}`
+        )
+      }
     }
     core.endGroup()
 
diff --git a/src/github-helper.ts b/src/github-helper.ts
index 1779f7c165..85439dddf0 100644
--- a/src/github-helper.ts
+++ b/src/github-helper.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 import * as core from '@actions/core'
 import {Inputs} from './create-pull-request'
 import {Commit, GitCommandManager} from './git-command-manager'
-import {Octokit, OctokitOptions, throttleOptions} from './octokit-client'
+import {
+  Octokit,
+  OctokitOptions,
+  retryOptions,
+  throttleOptions
+} from './octokit-client'
 import pLimit from 'p-limit'
 import * as utils from './utils'
 
@@ -52,6 +57,7 @@ export class GitHubHelper {
       options.baseUrl = 'https://api.github.com'
     }
     options.throttle = throttleOptions
+    options.retry = retryOptions
     this.octokit = new Octokit(options)
   }
 
diff --git a/src/octokit-client.ts b/src/octokit-client.ts
index 8c2c02addf..11b0e3a6fa 100644
--- a/src/octokit-client.ts
+++ b/src/octokit-client.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import * as core from '@actions/core'
 import {Octokit as OctokitCore} from '@octokit/core'
 import {paginateRest} from '@octokit/plugin-paginate-rest'
 import {restEndpointMethods} from '@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods'
+import {retry} from '@octokit/plugin-retry'
 import {throttling} from '@octokit/plugin-throttling'
 import {fetch} from 'node-fetch-native/proxy'
 export {RestEndpointMethodTypes} from '@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods'
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ export {OctokitOptions} from '@octokit/core/dist-types/types'
 export const Octokit = OctokitCore.plugin(
   paginateRest,
   restEndpointMethods,
+  retry,
   throttling,
   autoProxyAgent
 )
@@ -32,6 +34,11 @@ export const throttleOptions = {
   }
 }
 
+export const retryOptions = {
+  // 429 is handled by the throttling plugin, so we exclude it from retry
+  doNotRetry: [400, 401, 403, 404, 410, 422, 429, 451]
+}
+
 // Octokit plugin to support the standard environment variables http_proxy, https_proxy and no_proxy
 function autoProxyAgent(octokit: OctokitCore) {
   octokit.hook.before('request', options => {