diff --git a/lib/init-action.js b/lib/init-action.js
index fc69e0ec2..d4aa4d0a5 100644
--- a/lib/init-action.js
+++ b/lib/init-action.js
@@ -86128,6 +86128,12 @@ function computeAutomationID(analysis_key, environment) {
   }
   return automationID;
 }
+async function getRepositoryProperties(repositoryNwo) {
+  return getApiClient().request("GET /repos/:owner/:repo/properties/values", {
+    owner: repositoryNwo.owner,
+    repo: repositoryNwo.repo
+  });
+}
 
 // src/caching-utils.ts
 var core6 = __toESM(require_core());
@@ -86257,13 +86263,7 @@ var RepositoryPropertyName = /* @__PURE__ */ ((RepositoryPropertyName2) => {
 })(RepositoryPropertyName || {});
 async function loadPropertiesFromApi(logger, repositoryNwo) {
   try {
-    const response = await getApiClient().request(
-      "GET /repos/:owner/:repo/properties/values",
-      {
-        owner: repositoryNwo.owner,
-        repo: repositoryNwo.repo
-      }
-    );
+    const response = await getRepositoryProperties(repositoryNwo);
     const remoteProperties = response.data;
     if (!Array.isArray(remoteProperties)) {
       throw new Error(
diff --git a/src/api-client.ts b/src/api-client.ts
index 207b3c86a..8e4a30c57 100644
--- a/src/api-client.ts
+++ b/src/api-client.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import * as retry from "@octokit/plugin-retry";
 import consoleLogLevel from "console-log-level";
 
 import { getActionVersion, getRequiredInput } from "./actions-util";
-import { getRepositoryNwo } from "./repository";
+import { getRepositoryNwo, RepositoryNwo } from "./repository";
 import {
   ConfigurationError,
   getRequiredEnvParam,
@@ -240,6 +240,14 @@ export async function deleteActionsCache(id: number) {
   });
 }
 
+/** Retrieve all custom repository properties. */
+export async function getRepositoryProperties(repositoryNwo: RepositoryNwo) {
+  return getApiClient().request("GET /repos/:owner/:repo/properties/values", {
+    owner: repositoryNwo.owner,
+    repo: repositoryNwo.repo,
+  });
+}
+
 export function wrapApiConfigurationError(e: unknown) {
   if (isHTTPError(e)) {
     if (
diff --git a/src/feature-flags/properties.ts b/src/feature-flags/properties.ts
index fc0905e55..4e9f25c20 100644
--- a/src/feature-flags/properties.ts
+++ b/src/feature-flags/properties.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getApiClient } from "../api-client";
+import { getRepositoryProperties } from "../api-client";
 import { Logger } from "../logging";
 import { RepositoryNwo } from "../repository";
 
@@ -41,13 +41,7 @@ export async function loadPropertiesFromApi(
   repositoryNwo: RepositoryNwo,
 ): Promise<RepositoryProperties> {
   try {
-    const response = await getApiClient().request(
-      "GET /repos/:owner/:repo/properties/values",
-      {
-        owner: repositoryNwo.owner,
-        repo: repositoryNwo.repo,
-      },
-    );
+    const response = await getRepositoryProperties(repositoryNwo);
     const remoteProperties = response.data as GitHubPropertiesResponse;
 
     if (!Array.isArray(remoteProperties)) {