diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/exceptions.rb b/Library/Homebrew/exceptions.rb
index 3c88e79015..273d240e0e 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/exceptions.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/exceptions.rb
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ class BuildError < RuntimeError
 
   sig { returns(T::Array[T.untyped]) }
   def fetch_issues
-    GitHub.issues_for_formula(formula.name, tap: formula.tap, state: "open")
+    GitHub.issues_for_formula(formula.name, tap: formula.tap, state: "open", type: "issue")
   rescue GitHub::API::RateLimitExceededError => e
     opoo e.message
     []
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils/github.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils/github.rb
index 6fcd91181c..b0b77393ee 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils/github.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils/github.rb
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ module GitHub
     API.open_rest(url_to("repos", user, repo))
   end
 
-  def self.issues_for_formula(name, tap: CoreTap.instance, tap_remote_repo: tap&.full_name, state: nil)
+  def self.issues_for_formula(name, tap: CoreTap.instance, tap_remote_repo: tap&.full_name, state: nil, type: nil)
     return [] unless tap_remote_repo
 
-    search_issues(name, repo: tap_remote_repo, state: state, in: "title")
+    search_issues(name, repo: tap_remote_repo, state: state, type: type, in: "title")
   end
 
   def self.user