diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/utilities/github.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/utilities/github.py
index 6c2950dcc9..410fdb494b 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/utilities/github.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/utilities/github.py
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ class GitHubAPIWrapper(BaseModel):
             str: A string containing the first 5 issues and pull requests
         """
         search_result = self.github.search_issues(query, repo=self.github_repository)
-        max_items = min(5, len(search_result))
+        max_items = min(5, search_result.totalCount)
         results = [f"Top {max_items} results:"]
         for issue in search_result[:max_items]:
             results.append(
diff --git a/libs/community/tests/integration_tests/utilities/test_github.py b/libs/community/tests/integration_tests/utilities/test_github.py
index 6e21a8a9c1..77b87ec64f 100644
--- a/libs/community/tests/integration_tests/utilities/test_github.py
+++ b/libs/community/tests/integration_tests/utilities/test_github.py
@@ -19,3 +19,9 @@ def test_get_open_issues(api_client: GitHubAPIWrapper) -> None:
     """Basic test to fetch issues"""
     issues = api_client.get_issues()
     assert len(issues) != 0
+
+
+def test_search_issues_and_prs(api_client: GitHubAPIWrapper) -> None:
+    """Basic test to search issues and PRs"""
+    results = api_client.search_issues_and_prs("is:pr is:merged")
+    assert len(results) != 0