diff --git a/tools/@aws-cdk/prlint/lint.ts b/tools/@aws-cdk/prlint/lint.ts
index d4c38e04a4b73..9f7904f4c501f 100644
--- a/tools/@aws-cdk/prlint/lint.ts
+++ b/tools/@aws-cdk/prlint/lint.ts
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ export class PullRequestLinter {
     const pr = (await this.client.pulls.get(this.prParams)).data;
 
     console.log(`⌛  Fetching files for PR number ${number}`);
-    const files = (await this.client.pulls.listFiles(this.prParams)).data;
+    const files = await this.client.paginate(this.client.pulls.listFiles, this.prParams);
 
     console.log("⌛  Validating...");
 
diff --git a/tools/@aws-cdk/prlint/test/lint.test.ts b/tools/@aws-cdk/prlint/test/lint.test.ts
index 9a22289c7589d..ca417917af878 100644
--- a/tools/@aws-cdk/prlint/test/lint.test.ts
+++ b/tools/@aws-cdk/prlint/test/lint.test.ts
@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ function configureMock(pr: linter.GitHubPr, prFiles?: linter.GitHubFile[]): lint
     client: {
       pulls: pullsClient as any,
       issues: issuesClient as any,
+      paginate: (method: any, args: any) => { return method(args).data },
     } as any,
   })
 }