diff --git a/.changeset/tame-trainers-rule.md b/.changeset/tame-trainers-rule.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c51eb868d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tame-trainers-rule.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend': patch
+---
+
+Disable octokit throttling in publish:github:pull-request
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/githubPullRequest.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/githubPullRequest.ts
index 20b0ba83aa..d0ee979be3 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/githubPullRequest.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/githubPullRequest.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,10 @@ export const defaultClientFactory = async ({
   });
 
   const OctokitPR = Octokit.plugin(createPullRequest);
-  return new OctokitPR(octokitOptions);
+  return new OctokitPR({
+    ...octokitOptions,
+    ...{ throttle: { enabled: false } },
+  });
 };
 
 /**