diff --git a/scripts/bin/update-packages b/scripts/bin/update-packages
index 42685181b1fcf6..af8b271f150f17 100755
--- a/scripts/bin/update-packages
+++ b/scripts/bin/update-packages
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ TERMUX_PACKAGES_DIRECTORIES=$(jq --raw-output 'del(.pkg_format) | keys | .[]' "$
 # shellcheck source=scripts/properties.sh
 . "${TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR}/scripts/properties.sh"
 
+# my GH_TOKEN for debugging, this is already passed in for the CI.
+. "${TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR}/gh.env" || :
+
 # Utility function to write error message to stderr.
 # shellcheck source=scripts/updates/utils/termux_error_exit.sh
 . "${TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR}"/scripts/updates/utils/termux_error_exit.sh
@@ -77,7 +80,7 @@ TERMUX_PACKAGES_DIRECTORIES=$(jq --raw-output 'del(.pkg_format) | keys | .[]' "$
 # shellcheck source=scripts/updates/termux_pkg_auto_update.sh
 . "${TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR}"/scripts/updates/termux_pkg_auto_update.sh
 
-# Converts milliseconds to human-readable format. 
+# Converts milliseconds to human-readable format.
 # Example: `ms_to_human_readable 123456789` => 34h 17m 36s 789ms
 ms_to_human_readable() {
 	echo "$(($1/3600000))h $(($1%3600000/60000))m $(($1%60000/1000))s $(($1%1000))ms" | sed 's/0h //;s/0m //;s/0s //'
@@ -94,6 +97,15 @@ quiet() {
 	return $?
 }
 
+# Check GitHub rate limits
+_gh_check_rate_limit() {
+	curl -L \
+		-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+		-H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
+		-H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
+		https://api.github.com/rate_limit | jq '.resources.core'
+}
+
 _update() {
 	export TERMUX_PKG_NAME
 	TERMUX_PKG_NAME="$(basename "$1")"
@@ -117,6 +129,10 @@ _update() {
 	. "${TERMUX_PKG_BUILDER_DIR}"/build.sh 2>/dev/null
 	set -e -u
 
+	[[ "$TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL" == *"github.com"* ]] && {
+		_gh_check_rate_limit
+	}
+
 	echo # Newline.
 	echo "INFO: Updating ${TERMUX_PKG_NAME} [Current version: ${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}]"
 	termux_pkg_auto_update