diff --git a/pkg/registry/http.go b/pkg/registry/http.go
index 9d342d2..5c76315 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/http.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/http.go
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/yannh/kubeconform/pkg/cache"
 )
 
-type httpGetter interface {
-	Get(url string) (resp *http.Response, err error)
+type httpDoer interface {
+	Do(*http.Request) (resp *http.Response, err error)
 }
 
 // SchemaRegistry is a file repository (local or remote) that contains JSON schemas for Kubernetes resources
 type SchemaRegistry struct {
-	c                  httpGetter
+	c                  httpDoer
 	schemaPathTemplate string
 	cache              cache.Cache
 	strict             bool
@@ -72,8 +72,13 @@ func (r SchemaRegistry) DownloadSchema(resourceKind, resourceAPIVersion, k8sVers
 			return url, b.([]byte), nil
 		}
 	}
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
 
-	resp, err := r.c.Get(url)
+	if token, exist := os.LookupEnv("GITHUB_TOKEN"); exist {
+		req.Header.Add("Authorization", fmt.Sprintf("token %s", token))
+	}
+
+	resp, err := r.c.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		msg := fmt.Sprintf("failed downloading schema at %s: %s", url, err)
 		if r.debug {
diff --git a/pkg/registry/http_test.go b/pkg/registry/http_test.go
index 53962c9..9376b63 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/http_test.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/http_test.go
@@ -9,23 +9,23 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
-type mockHTTPGetter struct {
-	httpGet func(string) (*http.Response, error)
+type mockHTTPDoer struct {
+	httpDo func(*http.Request) (*http.Response, error)
 }
 
-func newMockHTTPGetter(f func(string) (*http.Response, error)) *mockHTTPGetter {
-	return &mockHTTPGetter{
-		httpGet: f,
+func newMockHTTPDoer(f func(*http.Request) (*http.Response, error)) *mockHTTPDoer {
+	return &mockHTTPDoer{
+		httpDo: f,
 	}
 }
-func (m mockHTTPGetter) Get(url string) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
-	return m.httpGet(url)
+func (m mockHTTPDoer) Do(req *http.Request) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
+	return m.httpDo(req)
 }
 
 func TestDownloadSchema(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, testCase := range []struct {
 		name                                         string
-		c                                            httpGetter
+		c                                            httpDoer
 		schemaPathTemplate                           string
 		strict                                       bool
 		resourceKind, resourceAPIVersion, k8sversion string
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func TestDownloadSchema(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{
 			"error when downloading",
-			newMockHTTPGetter(func(url string) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
+			newMockHTTPDoer(func(req *http.Request) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed downloading from registry")
 			}),
 			"http://kubernetesjson.dev",
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func TestDownloadSchema(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			"getting 404",
-			newMockHTTPGetter(func(url string) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
+			newMockHTTPDoer(func(req *http.Request) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
 				return &http.Response{
 					StatusCode: http.StatusNotFound,
 					Body:       io.NopCloser(strings.NewReader("http response mock body")),
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func TestDownloadSchema(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			"getting 503",
-			newMockHTTPGetter(func(url string) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
+			newMockHTTPDoer(func(req *http.Request) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
 				return &http.Response{
 					StatusCode: http.StatusServiceUnavailable,
 					Body:       io.NopCloser(strings.NewReader("http response mock body")),
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func TestDownloadSchema(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			"200",
-			newMockHTTPGetter(func(url string) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
+			newMockHTTPDoer(func(req *http.Request) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
 				return &http.Response{
 					StatusCode: http.StatusOK,
 					Body:       io.NopCloser(strings.NewReader("http response mock body")),