diff --git a/lib/constants.d.ts b/lib/constants.d.ts
index cfcff77b..e25c8d84 100644
--- a/lib/constants.d.ts
+++ b/lib/constants.d.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export interface Sponsor {
         name: string | null;
         login: string;
         url: string;
-        avatarUrl: string;
+        avatarUrl?: string;
         websiteUrl: string | null;
     };
     createdAt: string;
diff --git a/lib/template.js b/lib/template.js
index f96a857f..d7496921 100644
--- a/lib/template.js
+++ b/lib/template.js
@@ -41,14 +41,12 @@ function getSponsors(action) {
                 login
                 url
                 websiteUrl
-                avatarUrl
               }
               ... on User {
                 name
                 login
                 url
                 websiteUrl
-                avatarUrl
               }
             }
             createdAt
@@ -144,7 +142,13 @@ function generateTemplate(response, action) {
                 websiteUrl: (0, util_1.sanitizeAndClean)(sponsorEntity.websiteUrl || sponsorEntity.url),
                 name: (0, util_1.sanitizeAndClean)(sponsorEntity.name || ''),
                 login: (0, util_1.sanitizeAndClean)(sponsorEntity.login),
+                /**
+                 * The avatar URL provided by the GitHub API includes an expiration token so we circumvent this for now
+                 * by using a path that is always available.
+                 */
                 avatarUrl: sponsorEntity.avatarUrl
+                    ? sponsorEntity.avatarUrl
+                    : `https://github.com/${(0, util_1.sanitizeAndClean)(sponsorEntity.login)}.png`
             };
             /**
              * Ensure that the template is safe to render by preventing the usage of triple brackets.