diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/github/helpers.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/github/helpers.ts
index 2affcb5a45..29997e5843 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/github/helpers.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/github/helpers.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import {
 import { OctokitOptions } from '@octokit/core/dist-types/types';
 import { parseRepoUrl } from '../publish/util';
 
+const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS = 60_000;
+
 export async function getOctokitOptions(options: {
   integrations: ScmIntegrationRegistry;
   credentialsProvider?: GithubCredentialsProvider;
@@ -30,9 +32,10 @@ export async function getOctokitOptions(options: {
 }): Promise<OctokitOptions> {
   const { integrations, credentialsProvider, repoUrl, token } = options;
   const { owner, repo, host } = parseRepoUrl(repoUrl, integrations);
+
   const requestOptions = {
     // set timeout to 60 seconds
-    timeout: 60_000,
+    timeout: DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS,
   };
 
   if (!owner) {