diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3a637f2227..25340a1c27 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>github-api</artifactId>
-  <version>1.77</version>
+  <version>1.78</version>
   <name>GitHub API for Java</name>
   <url>http://github-api.kohsuke.org/</url>
   <description>GitHub API for Java</description>
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:git@github.com/kohsuke/${project.artifactId}.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/kohsuke/${project.artifactId}.git</developerConnection>
     <url>http://${project.artifactId}.kohsuke.org/</url>
-    <tag>github-api-1.77</tag>
+    <tag>github-api-1.78</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <distributionManagement>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHCommit.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHCommit.java
index 6e606ef603..5872233567 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHCommit.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHCommit.java
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 import com.infradna.tool.bridge_method_injector.WithBridgeMethods;
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressFBWarnings;
-
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.AbstractList;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 
 /**
@@ -42,11 +42,19 @@ public GitUser getAuthor() {
             return author;
         }
 
+        public Date getAuthoredDate() {
+            return GitHub.parseDate(author.date);
+        }
+
         @WithBridgeMethods(value = GHAuthor.class, castRequired = true)
         public GitUser getCommitter() {
             return committer;
         }
 
+        public Date getCommitDate() {
+            return GitHub.parseDate(author.date);
+        }
+
         /**
          * Commit message.
          */
@@ -63,6 +71,7 @@ public int getCommentCount() {
      * @deprecated Use {@link GitUser} instead.
      */
     public static class GHAuthor extends GitUser {
+        private String date;
     }
 
     public static class Stats {
@@ -272,10 +281,29 @@ public GHUser getAuthor() throws IOException {
         return resolveUser(author);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets the date the change was authored on.
+     * @return the date the change was authored on.
+     * @throws IOException if the information was not already fetched and an attempt at fetching the information failed.
+     */
+    public Date getAuthoredDate() throws IOException {
+        return getCommitShortInfo().getAuthoredDate();
+    }
+
     public GHUser getCommitter() throws IOException {
         return resolveUser(committer);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets the date the change was committed on.
+     *
+     * @return the date the change was committed on.
+     * @throws IOException if the information was not already fetched and an attempt at fetching the information failed.
+     */
+    public Date getCommitDate() throws IOException {
+        return getCommitShortInfo().getCommitDate();
+    }
+
     private GHUser resolveUser(User author) throws IOException {
         if (author==null || author.login==null) return null;
         return owner.root.getUser(author.login);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHOrganization.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHOrganization.java
index 0c62fd8a2a..f174decf2f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHOrganization.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHOrganization.java
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ public GHTeam createTeam(String name, Permission p, GHRepository... repositories
      */
     public List<GHRepository> getRepositoriesWithOpenPullRequests() throws IOException {
         List<GHRepository> r = new ArrayList<GHRepository>();
-        for (GHRepository repository : listRepositories()) {
+        for (GHRepository repository : listRepositories(100)) {
             repository.wrap(root);
             List<GHPullRequest> pullRequests = repository.getPullRequests(GHIssueState.OPEN);
             if (pullRequests.size() > 0) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHPerson.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHPerson.java
index ef93dd75aa..f8aae9a487 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHPerson.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHPerson.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ protected synchronized void populate() throws IOException {
      */
     public synchronized Map<String,GHRepository> getRepositories() throws IOException {
         Map<String,GHRepository> repositories = new TreeMap<String, GHRepository>();
-        for (GHRepository r : listRepositories()) {
+        for (GHRepository r : listRepositories(100)) {
             repositories.put(r.getName(),r);
         }
         return Collections.unmodifiableMap(repositories);