diff --git a/scripts/scraper/batocera_scraper.py b/scripts/scraper/batocera_scraper.py
index ed259741..74e33a80 100644
--- a/scripts/scraper/batocera_scraper.py
+++ b/scripts/scraper/batocera_scraper.py
@@ -41,18 +41,20 @@ def pick_stable_tag(names: list[str]) -> str | None:
 def fetch_stable_tag() -> str | None:
     """Return the newest stable batocera-N(.M) tag name."""
     import json
+    import os
     import urllib.error
     import urllib.request
 
     url = "https://api.github.com/repos/batocera-linux/batocera.linux/tags?per_page=100"
+    headers = {
+        "User-Agent": "retrobios-scraper/1.0",
+        "Accept": "application/vnd.github.v3+json",
+    }
+    token = os.environ.get("GITHUB_TOKEN")
+    if token:
+        headers["Authorization"] = f"Bearer {token}"
     try:
-        req = urllib.request.Request(
-            url,
-            headers={
-                "User-Agent": "retrobios-scraper/1.0",
-                "Accept": "application/vnd.github.v3+json",
-            },
-        )
+        req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers=headers)
         with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=15) as resp:
             tags = json.loads(resp.read())
     except (urllib.error.URLError, urllib.error.HTTPError, json.JSONDecodeError):
diff --git a/scripts/scraper/targets/batocera_targets_scraper.py b/scripts/scraper/targets/batocera_targets_scraper.py
index 59007fce..e29fd73b 100644
--- a/scripts/scraper/targets/batocera_targets_scraper.py
+++ b/scripts/scraper/targets/batocera_targets_scraper.py
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ _HEADERS = {
     "User-Agent": "retrobios-scraper/1.0",
     "Accept": "application/vnd.github.v3+json",
 }
+import os as _os
+if _os.environ.get("GITHUB_TOKEN"):
+    _HEADERS["Authorization"] = f"Bearer {_os.environ['GITHUB_TOKEN']}"
 
 _TARGET_FLAG_RE = re.compile(r"^(BR2_PACKAGE_BATOCERA_TARGET_\w+)=y", re.MULTILINE)
 
diff --git a/scripts/scraper/targets/emudeck_targets_scraper.py b/scripts/scraper/targets/emudeck_targets_scraper.py
index 96c61a88..a1d2b6df 100644
--- a/scripts/scraper/targets/emudeck_targets_scraper.py
+++ b/scripts/scraper/targets/emudeck_targets_scraper.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import argparse
 import json
+import os
 import re
 import sys
 import urllib.error
@@ -49,10 +50,12 @@ _SKIP = {"retroarch_maincfg", "retroarch"}
 
 
 def _fetch(url: str) -> str | None:
+    headers = {"User-Agent": "retrobios-scraper/1.0"}
+    token = os.environ.get("GITHUB_TOKEN")
+    if token and "api.github.com" in url:
+        headers["Authorization"] = f"Bearer {token}"
     try:
-        req = urllib.request.Request(
-            url, headers={"User-Agent": "retrobios-scraper/1.0"}
-        )
+        req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers=headers)
         with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30) as resp:
             return resp.read().decode("utf-8")
     except urllib.error.URLError as e:
diff --git a/scripts/scraper/targets/retropie_targets_scraper.py b/scripts/scraper/targets/retropie_targets_scraper.py
index 5b965bea..c266d69a 100644
--- a/scripts/scraper/targets/retropie_targets_scraper.py
+++ b/scripts/scraper/targets/retropie_targets_scraper.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import argparse
 import json
+import os
 import re
 import sys
 import urllib.error
@@ -59,11 +60,12 @@ _MODULE_FLAGS_RE = re.compile(r'rp_module_flags\s*=\s*["\']([^"\']*)["\']')
 
 
 def _fetch(url: str, accept: str = "text/plain") -> str | None:
+    headers = {"User-Agent": "retrobios-scraper/1.0", "Accept": accept}
+    token = os.environ.get("GITHUB_TOKEN")
+    if token and "api.github.com" in url:
+        headers["Authorization"] = f"Bearer {token}"
     try:
-        req = urllib.request.Request(
-            url,
-            headers={"User-Agent": "retrobios-scraper/1.0", "Accept": accept},
-        )
+        req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers=headers)
         with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30) as resp:
             return resp.read().decode("utf-8")
     except urllib.error.URLError as e: