diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 587fefa0..e90df7d4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+## [v1.17.6] - 2022-03-07
+
+[Release notes](https://github.com/betahuhn/repo-file-sync-action/releases/tag/v1.17.6) · [Compare](https://github.com/betahuhn/repo-file-sync-action/compare/v1.17.5...v1.17.6) · [Tag](https://github.com/betahuhn/repo-file-sync-action/tree/v1.17.6) · Archive ([zip](https://github.com/betahuhn/repo-file-sync-action/archive/v1.17.6.zip) · [tar.gz](https://github.com/betahuhn/repo-file-sync-action/archive/v1.17.6.tar.gz))
+
+### Dependency updates
+
+- [`36cbece`](https://github.com/betahuhn/repo-file-sync-action/commit/36cbece)  Bump @octokit/plugin-throttling from 3.5.2 to 3.6.1
+
 ## [v1.17.5] - 2022-02-28
 
 [Release notes](https://github.com/betahuhn/repo-file-sync-action/releases/tag/v1.17.5) · [Compare](https://github.com/betahuhn/repo-file-sync-action/compare/v1.17.4...v1.17.5) · [Tag](https://github.com/betahuhn/repo-file-sync-action/tree/v1.17.5) · Archive ([zip](https://github.com/betahuhn/repo-file-sync-action/archive/v1.17.5.zip) · [tar.gz](https://github.com/betahuhn/repo-file-sync-action/archive/v1.17.5.tar.gz))
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 7ffc1d28..a881c51a 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -3994,7 +3994,7 @@ function _defineProperty(obj, key, value) {
   return obj;
 }
 
-const VERSION = "3.5.2";
+const VERSION = "3.6.1";
 
 const noop = () => Promise.resolve(); // @ts-ignore
 
@@ -4145,21 +4145,21 @@ function throttling(octokit, octokitOptions = {}) {
   const state = Object.assign(_objectSpread2({
     clustering: connection != null,
     triggersNotification,
-    minimumAbuseRetryAfter: 5,
+    minimumSecondaryRateRetryAfter: 5,
     retryAfterBaseValue: 1000,
     retryLimiter: new Bottleneck(),
     id
   }, groups), // @ts-ignore
   octokitOptions.throttle);
 
-  if (typeof state.onAbuseLimit !== "function" || typeof state.onRateLimit !== "function") {
+  if (typeof state.onSecondaryRateLimit !== "function" && typeof state.onAbuseLimit !== "function" || typeof state.onRateLimit !== "function") {
     throw new Error(`octokit/plugin-throttling error:
-        You must pass the onAbuseLimit and onRateLimit error handlers.
+        You must pass the onSecondaryRateLimit and onRateLimit error handlers.
         See https://github.com/octokit/rest.js#throttling
 
         const octokit = new Octokit({
           throttle: {
-            onAbuseLimit: (retryAfter, options) => {/* ... */},
+            onSecondaryRateLimit: (retryAfter, options) => {/* ... */},
             onRateLimit: (retryAfter, options) => {/* ... */}
           }
         })
@@ -4169,11 +4169,14 @@ function throttling(octokit, octokitOptions = {}) {
   const events = {};
   const emitter = new Bottleneck.Events(events); // @ts-ignore
 
-  events.on("abuse-limit", state.onAbuseLimit); // @ts-ignore
+  events.on("secondary-limit", state.onSecondaryRateLimit || function (...args) {
+    octokit.log.warn("[@octokit/plugin-throttling] `onAbuseLimit()` is deprecated and will be removed in a future release of `@octokit/plugin-throttling`, please use the `onSecondaryRateLimit` handler instead");
+    return state.onAbuseLimit(...args);
+  }); // @ts-ignore
 
   events.on("rate-limit", state.onRateLimit); // @ts-ignore
 
-  events.on("error", e => console.warn("Error in throttling-plugin limit handler", e)); // @ts-ignore
+  events.on("error", e => octokit.log.warn("Error in throttling-plugin limit handler", e)); // @ts-ignore
 
   state.retryLimiter.on("failed", async function (error, info) {
     const options = info.args[info.args.length - 1];
@@ -4193,12 +4196,12 @@ function throttling(octokit, octokitOptions = {}) {
       retryAfter
     } = await async function () {
       if (/\bsecondary rate\b/i.test(error.message)) {
-        // The user has hit the abuse rate limit. (REST and GraphQL)
-        // https://docs.github.com/en/rest/overview/resources-in-the-rest-api#abuse-rate-limits
-        // The Retry-After header can sometimes be blank when hitting an abuse limit,
+        // The user has hit the secondary rate limit. (REST and GraphQL)
+        // https://docs.github.com/en/rest/overview/resources-in-the-rest-api#secondary-rate-limits
+        // The Retry-After header can sometimes be blank when hitting a secondary rate limit,
         // but is always present after 2-3s, so make sure to set `retryAfter` to at least 5s by default.
-        const retryAfter = Math.max(~~error.response.headers["retry-after"], state.minimumAbuseRetryAfter);
-        const wantRetry = await emitter.trigger("abuse-limit", retryAfter, options, octokit);
+        const retryAfter = Math.max(~~error.response.headers["retry-after"], state.minimumSecondaryRateRetryAfter);
+        const wantRetry = await emitter.trigger("secondary-limit", retryAfter, options, octokit);
         return {
           wantRetry,
           retryAfter
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c804b3c8..02de1774 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "repo-file-sync-action",
-  "version": "1.17.5",
+  "version": "1.17.6",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index faeebc4c..07a23449 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "repo-file-sync-action",
-  "version": "1.17.5",
+  "version": "1.17.6",
   "description": "GitHub Action to keep files like Action workflows or entire directories in sync between multiple repositories.",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "scripts": {