diff --git a/lib/build/recipe/thirdparty/providers/github.js b/lib/build/recipe/thirdparty/providers/github.js
index 14b22ce21..83239b76d 100644
--- a/lib/build/recipe/thirdparty/providers/github.js
+++ b/lib/build/recipe/thirdparty/providers/github.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
  */
 const cross_fetch_1 = __importDefault(require("cross-fetch"));
 const custom_1 = __importDefault(require("./custom"));
+const utils_1 = require("./utils");
 function getSupertokensUserInfoFromRawUserInfoResponseForGithub(rawUserInfoResponse) {
     if (rawUserInfoResponse.fromUserInfoAPI === undefined) {
         throw new Error("rawUserInfoResponse.fromUserInfoAPI is not available");
@@ -58,24 +59,22 @@ function Github(input) {
             const basicAuthToken = Buffer.from(
                 `${clientConfig.clientId}:${clientConfig.clientSecret === undefined ? "" : clientConfig.clientSecret}`
             ).toString("base64");
-            const applicationsResponse = await cross_fetch_1.default(
+            const applicationResponse = await utils_1.doPostRequest(
                 `https://api.github.com/applications/${clientConfig.clientId}/token`,
                 {
-                    headers: {
-                        Authorization: `Basic ${basicAuthToken}`,
-                        "Content-Type": "application/json",
-                    },
-                    method: "POST",
-                    body: JSON.stringify({
-                        access_token: accessToken,
-                    }),
+                    access_token: accessToken,
+                },
+                {
+                    Authorization: `Basic ${basicAuthToken}`,
+                    "Content-Type": "application/json",
+                },
+                (status) => {
+                    if (status !== 200) {
+                        throw new Error("Invalid access token");
+                    }
                 }
             );
-            if (applicationsResponse.status !== 200) {
-                throw new Error("Invalid access token");
-            }
-            const body = await applicationsResponse.json();
-            if (body.app === undefined || body.app.client_id !== clientConfig.clientId) {
+            if (applicationResponse.app === undefined || applicationResponse.app.client_id !== clientConfig.clientId) {
                 throw new Error("Access token does not belong to your application");
             }
         };
diff --git a/lib/build/recipe/thirdparty/providers/utils.d.ts b/lib/build/recipe/thirdparty/providers/utils.d.ts
index fe9b9e048..a421649d0 100644
--- a/lib/build/recipe/thirdparty/providers/utils.d.ts
+++ b/lib/build/recipe/thirdparty/providers/utils.d.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ export declare function doPostRequest(
     },
     headers?: {
         [key: string]: string;
-    }
+    },
+    validateStatusCode?: (status: number) => void
 ): Promise<any>;
 export declare function verifyIdTokenFromJWKSEndpointAndGetPayload(
     idToken: string,
diff --git a/lib/build/recipe/thirdparty/providers/utils.js b/lib/build/recipe/thirdparty/providers/utils.js
index 7e5896f2c..6a975517b 100644
--- a/lib/build/recipe/thirdparty/providers/utils.js
+++ b/lib/build/recipe/thirdparty/providers/utils.js
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ async function doGetRequest(url, queryParams, headers) {
     return respData;
 }
 exports.doGetRequest = doGetRequest;
-async function doPostRequest(url, params, headers) {
+async function doPostRequest(url, params, headers, validateStatusCode) {
     if (headers === undefined) {
         headers = {};
     }
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ async function doPostRequest(url, params, headers) {
         body,
         headers,
     });
+    // This lets callers verify the status code, if invalid this function should throw an error
+    if (validateStatusCode !== undefined) {
+        validateStatusCode(response.status);
+    }
     if (response.status >= 400) {
         logger_1.logDebugMessage(
             `Received response with status ${response.status} and body ${await response.clone().text()}`
diff --git a/lib/ts/recipe/thirdparty/providers/github.ts b/lib/ts/recipe/thirdparty/providers/github.ts
index e9307658d..38dde239d 100644
--- a/lib/ts/recipe/thirdparty/providers/github.ts
+++ b/lib/ts/recipe/thirdparty/providers/github.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import fetch from "cross-fetch";
 import { ProviderInput, TypeProvider, UserInfo } from "../types";
 import NewProvider from "./custom";
+import { doPostRequest } from "./utils";
 
 function getSupertokensUserInfoFromRawUserInfoResponseForGithub(rawUserInfoResponse: {
     fromIdTokenPayload?: any;
@@ -64,27 +65,23 @@ export default function Github(input: ProviderInput): TypeProvider {
                 `${clientConfig.clientId}:${clientConfig.clientSecret === undefined ? "" : clientConfig.clientSecret}`
             ).toString("base64");
 
-            const applicationsResponse = await fetch(
+            const applicationResponse = await doPostRequest(
                 `https://api.github.com/applications/${clientConfig.clientId}/token`,
                 {
-                    headers: {
-                        Authorization: `Basic ${basicAuthToken}`,
-                        "Content-Type": "application/json",
-                    },
-                    method: "POST",
-                    body: JSON.stringify({
-                        access_token: accessToken,
-                    }),
+                    access_token: accessToken,
+                },
+                {
+                    Authorization: `Basic ${basicAuthToken}`,
+                    "Content-Type": "application/json",
+                },
+                (status) => {
+                    if (status !== 200) {
+                        throw new Error("Invalid access token");
+                    }
                 }
             );
 
-            if (applicationsResponse.status !== 200) {
-                throw new Error("Invalid access token");
-            }
-
-            const body = await applicationsResponse.json();
-
-            if (body.app === undefined || body.app.client_id !== clientConfig.clientId) {
+            if (applicationResponse.app === undefined || applicationResponse.app.client_id !== clientConfig.clientId) {
                 throw new Error("Access token does not belong to your application");
             }
         };
diff --git a/lib/ts/recipe/thirdparty/providers/utils.ts b/lib/ts/recipe/thirdparty/providers/utils.ts
index 28dcf6e26..f13f47bed 100644
--- a/lib/ts/recipe/thirdparty/providers/utils.ts
+++ b/lib/ts/recipe/thirdparty/providers/utils.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ export async function doGetRequest(
 export async function doPostRequest(
     url: string,
     params: { [key: string]: any },
-    headers?: { [key: string]: string }
+    headers?: { [key: string]: string },
+    validateStatusCode?: (status: number) => void
 ): Promise<any> {
     if (headers === undefined) {
         headers = {};
@@ -59,6 +60,11 @@ export async function doPostRequest(
         headers,
     });
 
+    // This lets callers verify the status code, if invalid this function should throw an error
+    if (validateStatusCode !== undefined) {
+        validateStatusCode(response.status);
+    }
+
     if (response.status >= 400) {
         logDebugMessage(`Received response with status ${response.status} and body ${await response.clone().text()}`);
         throw new Error(`Received response with status ${response.status} and body ${await response.clone().text()}`);