diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-github/src/index.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-github/src/index.ts
index 8b4276eb78..27e6ae60a5 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-github/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-github/src/index.ts
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@
 
 export * from './actions';
 export { githubModule as default } from './module';
-export { getOctokitClient, getOctokitOptions } from './util';
+export { getOctokitClient, getOctokitOptions, type RetryOptions } from './util';
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-github/src/util.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-github/src/util.ts
index e4965bff5b..f9cd695b83 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-github/src/util.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-github/src/util.ts
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS = 60_000;
 // By default, octokit/plugin-retry will retry 3 times with a 1 second delay
 // between retries.
 const DEFAULT_RETRY_ATTEMPTS = 3;
-const DEFAULT_RETRY_DELAY_MS = 1000;
+const DEFAULT_RETRY_DELAY_MS = 1_000;
 
-type RetryOptions = {
+export type RetryOptions = {
   // The number of retry attempts for failed requests
   retries?: number;
   // The delay in milliseconds between retry attempts