diff --git a/.github/workflows/maintainer_check.yml b/.github/workflows/maintainer_check.yml
index ba28d22ca66..096fede5e3e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maintainer_check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maintainer_check.yml
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           pip install -r scripts/requirements-actions.txt --require-hashes
 
-      - name: Fetch MAINTAINERS.yml from mainline
+      - name: Fetch MAINTAINERS.yml from pull request
         run: |
-          git fetch origin main
-          git show origin/main:MAINTAINERS.yml > mainline_MAINTAINERS.yml
+          git fetch origin pull/${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}/head
+          git show FETCH_HEAD:MAINTAINERS.yml > pr_MAINTAINERS.yml
 
       - name: Check maintainer file changes
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ZB_PR_ASSIGNER_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           python  ./scripts/ci/check_maintainer_changes.py  \
-            --repo zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr mainline_MAINTAINERS.yml MAINTAINERS.yml
+            --repo zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr MAINTAINERS.yml pr_MAINTAINERS.yml
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS.yml b/MAINTAINERS.yml
index 097f310d682..580bc2af9f4 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS.yml
+++ b/MAINTAINERS.yml
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ ARM64 arch:
     - wearyzen
     - ithinuel
     - JiafeiPan
+    - carlocaione
   files:
     - arch/arm64/
     - include/zephyr/arch/arm64/
diff --git a/scripts/ci/check_maintainer_changes.py b/scripts/ci/check_maintainer_changes.py
index 748eb4430f7..fdb69989be9 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/check_maintainer_changes.py
+++ b/scripts/ci/check_maintainer_changes.py
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ def check_github_access(usernames, repo_fullname, token):
     missing_access = set()
     for username in usernames:
         try:
-            collab = repo.get_collaborator_permission(username)
-            # Permissions: admin, maintain, write, triage, read
+            collab = repo.get_collaborator_role_name(username)
+            # Roles: admin, maintain, write, triage, read
             if collab not in ("admin", "maintain", "write", "triage"):
                 missing_access.add(username)
         except Exception:
diff --git a/scripts/requirements-actions.in b/scripts/requirements-actions.in
index 492a1a4fa84..997afed3871 100644
--- a/scripts/requirements-actions.in
+++ b/scripts/requirements-actions.in
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ natsort
 ply>=3.10
 psutil>=5.6.6
 pyelftools>=0.29
-pygithub
+pygithub>=2.7.0
 pykwalify
 pylint>=3
 pyserial
diff --git a/scripts/requirements-actions.txt b/scripts/requirements-actions.txt
index 4a987e9f0de..8c28b2d22f7 100644
--- a/scripts/requirements-actions.txt
+++ b/scripts/requirements-actions.txt
@@ -302,10 +302,6 @@ cryptography==45.0.5 \
     --hash=sha256:e74d30ec9c7cb2f404af331d5b4099a9b322a8a6b25c4632755c8757345baac5 \
     --hash=sha256:f3562c2f23c612f2e4a6964a61d942f891d29ee320edb62ff48ffb99f3de9ae8
     # via pyjwt
-deprecated==1.2.18 \
-    --hash=sha256:422b6f6d859da6f2ef57857761bfb392480502a64c3028ca9bbe86085d72115d \
-    --hash=sha256:bd5011788200372a32418f888e326a09ff80d0214bd961147cfed01b5c018eec
-    # via pygithub
 dill==0.4.0 \
     --hash=sha256:0633f1d2df477324f53a895b02c901fb961bdbf65a17122586ea7019292cbcf0 \
     --hash=sha256:44f54bf6412c2c8464c14e8243eb163690a9800dbe2c367330883b19c7561049
@@ -816,9 +812,9 @@ pyelftools==0.32 \
     --hash=sha256:013df952a006db5e138b1edf6d8a68ecc50630adbd0d83a2d41e7f846163d738 \
     --hash=sha256:6de90ee7b8263e740c8715a925382d4099b354f29ac48ea40d840cf7aa14ace5
     # via -r requirements-actions.in
-pygithub==2.6.1 \
-    --hash=sha256:6f2fa6d076ccae475f9fc392cc6cdbd54db985d4f69b8833a28397de75ed6ca3 \
-    --hash=sha256:b5c035392991cca63959e9453286b41b54d83bf2de2daa7d7ff7e4312cebf3bf
+pygithub==2.8.1 \
+    --hash=sha256:23a0a5bca93baef082e03411bf0ce27204c32be8bfa7abc92fe4a3e132936df0 \
+    --hash=sha256:341b7c78521cb07324ff670afd1baa2bf5c286f8d9fd302c1798ba594a5400c9
     # via -r requirements-actions.in
 pygments==2.19.2 \
     --hash=sha256:636cb2477cec7f8952536970bc533bc43743542f70392ae026374600add5b887 \
@@ -1344,9 +1340,7 @@ wrapt==1.17.2 \
     --hash=sha256:f917c1180fdb8623c2b75a99192f4025e412597c50b2ac870f156de8fb101119 \
     --hash=sha256:fc78a84e2dfbc27afe4b2bd7c80c8db9bca75cc5b85df52bfe634596a1da846b \
     --hash=sha256:ff04ef6eec3eee8a5efef2401495967a916feaa353643defcc03fc74fe213b58
-    # via
-    #   deprecated
-    #   python-can
+    # via python-can
 xlsxwriter==3.2.5 \
     --hash=sha256:4f4824234e1eaf9d95df9a8fe974585ff91d0f5e3d3f12ace5b71e443c1c6abd \
     --hash=sha256:7e88469d607cdc920151c0ab3ce9cf1a83992d4b7bc730c5ffdd1a12115a7dbe