diff --git a/src/rtk/devcontainer-feature.json b/src/rtk/devcontainer-feature.json
index 9af8f14..aeb349a 100644
--- a/src/rtk/devcontainer-feature.json
+++ b/src/rtk/devcontainer-feature.json
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 {
     "name": "rtk",
     "id": "rtk",
-    "version": "1.0.0",
+    "version": "1.1.0",
     "description": "CLI proxy that reduces LLM token consumption by 60-90% on common dev commands. Single Rust binary, zero dependencies.",
     "options": {
         "version": {
             "type": "string",
             "default": "latest",
             "description": "Version of rtk to install from GitHub releases e.g. v0.38.0"
+        },
+        "ghtoken": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "default": "",
+            "description": "GitHub token to use for accessing 'latest' release API (optional, but recommended to avoid rate limits)"
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/rtk/install.sh b/src/rtk/install.sh
index c3c1b28..c37d9e6 100644
--- a/src/rtk/install.sh
+++ b/src/rtk/install.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,13 @@ check_packages curl jq ca-certificates
 
 # Function to get the latest version from GitHub API
 get_latest_version() {
-    curl -s "${GITHUB_API_REPO_URL}/latest" | jq -r ".tag_name"
+    if [ -n "$GHTOKEN" ]; then
+        # Use the token for authentication to avoid rate limits
+        AUTH_HEADER="-H \"Authorization: Bearer $GHTOKEN\""
+    else
+        AUTH_HEADER=""
+    fi
+    curl -s ${AUTH_HEADER} "${GITHUB_API_REPO_URL}/latest" | jq -r ".tag_name"
 }
 
 # Check if a version is passed as an argument