diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c937d88..4a0f0c4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.9.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 	github.com/teekennedy/goldmark-markdown v0.5.1
-	github.com/xanzy/go-gitlab v0.114.0
 	github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.7.12
+	gitlab.com/gitlab-org/api/client-go v0.129.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-git/gcfg v1.5.1-0.20230307220236-3a3c6141e376 // indirect
 	github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5 v5.6.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20241129210726-2c02b8208cf8 // indirect
-	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp v0.5.2 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.7.7 // indirect
@@ -43,11 +42,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/xanzy/ssh-agent v0.3.3 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.37.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.39.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.6.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.30.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.32.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/time v0.3.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/time v0.11.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/warnings.v0 v0.1.2 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e488fc9..12e5551 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@ github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.16.1 h1:TuxMBWNL7R05tXsUGi0kh1vi4tq0WfXNLlIrAkXG1
 github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.16.1/go.mod h1:4Ge4alE/5gPs30F2H1esi2gPd69R0C39lolkucHBOp8=
 github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20241129210726-2c02b8208cf8 h1:f+oWsMOmNPc8JmEHVZIycC7hBoQxHH9pNKQORJNozsQ=
 github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20241129210726-2c02b8208cf8/go.mod h1:wcDNUvekVysuuOpQKo3191zZyTpiI6se1N1ULghS0sw=
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.1/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4 h1:i7eJL8qZTpSEXOPTxNKhASYpMn+8e5Q6AdndVa1dWek=
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4/go.mod h1:lnTiLA8Wa4RWRcIUkrtSVa5nRhsEGBg48fD6rSs7xps=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0 h1:wk8382ETsv4JYUZwIsn6YpYiWiBsYLSJiTsyBybVuN8=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0/go.mod h1:pXiqmnSA92OHEEa9HXL2W4E7lf9JzCmGVUdgjX3N/iU=
@@ -104,27 +101,24 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 h1:Xv5erBjTwe/5IxqUQTdXv5kgmIvbHo3QQyRwhJsOf
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 github.com/teekennedy/goldmark-markdown v0.5.1 h1:2lIlJ3AcIwaD1wFl4dflJSJFMhRTKEsEj+asVsu6M/0=
 github.com/teekennedy/goldmark-markdown v0.5.1/go.mod h1:so260mNSPELuRyynZY18719dRYlD+OSnAovqsyrOMOM=
-github.com/xanzy/go-gitlab v0.114.0 h1:0wQr/KBckwrZPfEMjRqpUz0HmsKKON9UhCYv9KDy19M=
-github.com/xanzy/go-gitlab v0.114.0/go.mod h1:wKNKh3GkYDMOsGmnfuX+ITCmDuSDWFO0G+C4AygL9RY=
 github.com/xanzy/ssh-agent v0.3.3 h1:+/15pJfg/RsTxqYcX6fHqOXZwwMP+2VyYWJeWM2qQFM=
 github.com/xanzy/ssh-agent v0.3.3/go.mod h1:6dzNDKs0J9rVPHPhaGCukekBHKqfl+L3KghI1Bc68Uw=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.7.12 h1:YwGP/rrea2/CnCtUHgjuolG/PnMxdQtPMO5PvaE2/nY=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.7.12/go.mod h1:ip/1k0VRfGynBgxOz0yCqHrbZXhcjxyuS66Brc7iBKg=
+gitlab.com/gitlab-org/api/client-go v0.129.0 h1:o9KLn6fezmxBQWYnQrnilwyuOjlx4206KP0bUn3HuBE=
+gitlab.com/gitlab-org/api/client-go v0.129.0/go.mod h1:ZhSxLAWadqP6J9lMh40IAZOlOxBLPRh7yFOXR/bMJWM=
 go.abhg.dev/goldmark/toc v0.11.0 h1:IRixVy3/yVPKvFBc37EeBPi8XLTXrtH6BYaonSjkF8o=
 go.abhg.dev/goldmark/toc v0.11.0/go.mod h1:XMFIoI1Sm6dwF9vKzVDOYE/g1o5BmKXghLG8q/wJNww=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220622213112-05595931fe9d/go.mod h1:IxCIyHEi3zRg3s0A5j5BB6A9Jmi73HwBIUl50j+osU4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.37.0 h1:kJNSjF/Xp7kU0iB2Z+9viTPMW4EqqsrywMXLJOOsXSE=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.37.0/go.mod h1:vg+k43peMZ0pUMhYmVAWysMK35e6ioLh3wB8ZCAfbVc=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240719175910-8a7402abbf56 h1:2dVuKD2vS7b0QIHQbpyTISPd0LeHDbnYEryqj5Q1ug8=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240719175910-8a7402abbf56/go.mod h1:M4RDyNAINzryxdtnbRXRL/OHtkFuWGRjvuhBJpk2IlY=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190603091049-60506f45cf65/go.mod h1:HSz+uSET+XFnRR8LxR5pz3Of3rY3CfYBVs4xY44aLks=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211112202133-69e39bad7dc2/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
 golang.org/x/net v0.39.0 h1:ZCu7HMWDxpXpaiKdhzIfaltL9Lp31x/3fCP11bc6/fY=
 golang.org/x/net v0.39.0/go.mod h1:X7NRbYVEA+ewNkCNyJ513WmMdQ3BineSwVtN2zD/d+E=
-golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.6.0 h1:Lh8GPgSKBfWSwFvtuWOfeI3aAAnbXTSutYxJiOJFgIw=
-golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.6.0/go.mod h1:ycmewcwgD4Rpr3eZJLSB4Kyyljb3qDh40vJ8STE5HKw=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.30.0 h1:dnDm7JmhM45NNpd8FDDeLhK6FwqbOf4MLCM9zb1BOHI=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.30.0/go.mod h1:B++QgG3ZKulg6sRPGD/mqlHQs5rB3Ml9erfeDY7xKlU=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191026070338-33540a1f6037/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210124154548-22da62e12c0c/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
@@ -136,19 +130,13 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.32.0/go.mod h1:BJP2sWEmIv4KK5OTEluFJCKSidICx8ciO85XgH3Ak8k=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/term v0.31.0 h1:erwDkOK1Msy6offm1mOgvspSkslFnIGsFnxOKoufg3o=
 golang.org/x/term v0.31.0/go.mod h1:R4BeIy7D95HzImkxGkTW1UQTtP54tio2RyHz7PwK0aw=
-golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
-golang.org/x/text v0.3.2/go.mod h1:bEr9sfX3Q8Zfm5fL9x+3itogRgK3+ptLWKqgva+5dAk=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.6/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.24.0 h1:dd5Bzh4yt5KYA8f9CJHCP4FB4D51c2c6JvN37xJJkJ0=
 golang.org/x/text v0.24.0/go.mod h1:L8rBsPeo2pSS+xqN0d5u2ikmjtmoJbDBT1b7nHvFCdU=
-golang.org/x/time v0.3.0 h1:rg5rLMjNzMS1RkNLzCG38eapWhnYLFYXDXj2gOlr8j4=
-golang.org/x/time v0.3.0/go.mod h1:tRJNPiyCQ0inRvYxbN9jk5I+vvW/OXSQhTDSoE431IQ=
+golang.org/x/time v0.11.0 h1:/bpjEDfN9tkoN/ryeYHnv5hcMlc8ncjMcM4XBk5NWV0=
+golang.org/x/time v0.11.0/go.mod h1:CDIdPxbZBQxdj6cxyCIdrNogrJKMJ7pr37NYpMcMDSg=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
-google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 h1:FZR1q0exgwxzPzp/aF+VccGrSfxfPpkBqjIIEq3ru6c=
-google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7/go.mod h1:8WjMMxjGQR8xUklV/ARdw2HLXBOI7O7uCIDZVag1xfc=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 h1:uNO2rsAINq/JlFpSdYEKIZ0uKD/R9cpdv0T+yoGwGmI=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
diff --git a/internal/forge/gitlab/gitlab.go b/internal/forge/gitlab/gitlab.go
index aedc4f3..f53777a 100644
--- a/internal/forge/gitlab/gitlab.go
+++ b/internal/forge/gitlab/gitlab.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/blang/semver/v4"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing/transport"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing/transport/http"
-	"github.com/xanzy/go-gitlab"
+	gitlab "gitlab.com/gitlab-org/api/client-go"
 
 	"github.com/apricote/releaser-pleaser/internal/forge"
 	"github.com/apricote/releaser-pleaser/internal/git"
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func (g *GitLab) prForCommit(ctx context.Context, commit git.Commit) (*git.PullR
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	var mergeRequest *gitlab.MergeRequest
+	var mergeRequest *gitlab.BasicMergeRequest
 	for _, mr := range associatedMRs {
 		// We only look for the MR that has this commit set as the "merge/squash commit" => The result of squashing this branch onto main
 		if mr.MergeCommitSHA == commit.Hash || mr.SquashCommitSHA == commit.Hash {
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ func (g *GitLab) ClosePullRequest(ctx context.Context, pr *releasepr.ReleasePull
 }
 
 func (g *GitLab) PendingReleases(ctx context.Context, pendingLabel releasepr.Label) ([]*releasepr.ReleasePullRequest, error) {
-	glMRs, err := all(func(listOptions gitlab.ListOptions) ([]*gitlab.MergeRequest, *gitlab.Response, error) {
+	glMRs, err := all(func(listOptions gitlab.ListOptions) ([]*gitlab.BasicMergeRequest, *gitlab.Response, error) {
 		return g.client.MergeRequests.ListMergeRequests(&gitlab.ListMergeRequestsOptions{
 			State:        pointer.Pointer(PRStateMerged),
 			Labels:       &gitlab.LabelOptions{pendingLabel.Name},
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ func all[T any](f func(listOptions gitlab.ListOptions) ([]T, *gitlab.Response, e
 	}
 }
 
-func gitlabMRToPullRequest(pr *gitlab.MergeRequest) *git.PullRequest {
+func gitlabMRToPullRequest(pr *gitlab.BasicMergeRequest) *git.PullRequest {
 	return &git.PullRequest{
 		ID:          pr.IID,
 		Title:       pr.Title,
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ func gitlabMRToPullRequest(pr *gitlab.MergeRequest) *git.PullRequest {
 	}
 }
 
-func gitlabMRToReleasePullRequest(pr *gitlab.MergeRequest) *releasepr.ReleasePullRequest {
+func gitlabMRToReleasePullRequest(pr *gitlab.BasicMergeRequest) *releasepr.ReleasePullRequest {
 	labels := make([]releasepr.Label, 0, len(pr.Labels))
 	for _, labelName := range pr.Labels {
 		if i := slices.IndexFunc(releasepr.KnownLabels, func(label releasepr.Label) bool {