diff --git a/backend/src/utils/auth.ts b/backend/src/utils/auth.ts
index f7a1a504c..3a04639a6 100644
--- a/backend/src/utils/auth.ts
+++ b/backend/src/utils/auth.ts
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ import {
 } from "../config";
 import { getSSOConfigHelper } from "../ee/helpers/organizations";
 import { InternalServerError, OrganizationNotFoundError } from "./errors";
-import { ACCEPTED, INVITED, MEMBER } from "../variables";
+import { ACCEPTED, INTEGRATION_GITHUB_API_URL, INVITED, MEMBER } from "../variables";
 import { getSiteURL } from "../config";
+import { standardRequest } from "../config/request";
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
 const GoogleStrategy = require("passport-google-oauth20").Strategy;
@@ -143,10 +144,28 @@ const initializePassport = async () => {
       passReqToCallback: true,
       clientID: clientIdGitHubLogin,
       clientSecret: clientSecretGitHubLogin,
-      callbackURL: "/api/v1/sso/github"
+      callbackURL: "/api/v1/sso/github",
+      scope: ["user:email"]
     },
     async (req : express.Request, accessToken : any, refreshToken : any, profile : any, done : any) => {
-      const email = profile.emails[0].value;
+      interface GitHubEmail {
+        email: string;
+        primary: boolean;
+        verified: boolean;
+        visibility: null | string;
+      }
+      
+      const { data }: { data: GitHubEmail[] } = await standardRequest.get(
+        `${INTEGRATION_GITHUB_API_URL}/user/emails`,
+        {
+          headers: {
+            Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`
+          }
+        }
+      );
+      
+      const primaryEmail = data.filter((gitHubEmail: GitHubEmail) => gitHubEmail.primary)[0];
+      const email = primaryEmail.email;
       
       let user = await User.findOne({
         email
diff --git a/backend/src/variables/integration.ts b/backend/src/variables/integration.ts
index e8bf78b19..5caa975b2 100644
--- a/backend/src/variables/integration.ts
+++ b/backend/src/variables/integration.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ export const INTEGRATION_BITBUCKET_TOKEN_URL = "https://bitbucket.org/site/oauth
 export const INTEGRATION_GCP_API_URL = "https://cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com";
 export const INTEGRATION_HEROKU_API_URL = "https://api.heroku.com";
 export const INTEGRATION_GITLAB_API_URL = "https://gitlab.com/api";
+export const INTEGRATION_GITHUB_API_URL = "https://api.github.com";
 export const INTEGRATION_VERCEL_API_URL = "https://api.vercel.com";
 export const INTEGRATION_NETLIFY_API_URL = "https://api.netlify.com";
 export const INTEGRATION_RENDER_API_URL = "https://api.render.com";