diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 83b5633..8a6fd9a 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -18,9 +18,13 @@ async function main() {
 
     // workaround for https://github.com/octokit/request-action/issues/71
     // un-encode "repo" in /repos/{repo} URL when "repo" parameter is set to ${{ github.repository }}
-    const options = octokit.request.endpoint(route, parameters);
+    const { url, body, ...options } = octokit.request.endpoint(
+      route,
+      parameters
+    );
     const requestOptions = {
       ...options,
+      data: body,
       url: options.url.replace(
         /\/repos\/([^/]+)/,
         (_, match) => "/repos/" + decodeURIComponent(match)