diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 3002c3d..1a3da48 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -1090,8 +1090,9 @@ exports.context = new Context.Context();
  * @param     token    the repo PAT or GITHUB_TOKEN
  * @param     options  other options to set
  */
-function getOctokit(token, options) {
-    return new utils_1.GitHub(utils_1.getOctokitOptions(token, options));
+function getOctokit(token, options, ...additionalPlugins) {
+    const GitHubWithPlugins = utils_1.GitHub.plugin(...additionalPlugins);
+    return new GitHubWithPlugins(utils_1.getOctokitOptions(token, options));
 }
 exports.getOctokit = getOctokit;
 //# sourceMappingURL=github.js.map
@@ -1173,7 +1174,7 @@ var __importStar = (this && this.__importStar) || function (mod) {
     return result;
 };
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
-exports.getOctokitOptions = exports.GitHub = exports.context = void 0;
+exports.getOctokitOptions = exports.GitHub = exports.defaults = exports.context = void 0;
 const Context = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(4087));
 const Utils = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(7914));
 // octokit + plugins
@@ -1182,13 +1183,13 @@ const plugin_rest_endpoint_methods_1 = __nccwpck_require__(3044);
 const plugin_paginate_rest_1 = __nccwpck_require__(4193);
 exports.context = new Context.Context();
 const baseUrl = Utils.getApiBaseUrl();
-const defaults = {
+exports.defaults = {
     baseUrl,
     request: {
         agent: Utils.getProxyAgent(baseUrl)
     }
 };
-exports.GitHub = core_1.Octokit.plugin(plugin_rest_endpoint_methods_1.restEndpointMethods, plugin_paginate_rest_1.paginateRest).defaults(defaults);
+exports.GitHub = core_1.Octokit.plugin(plugin_rest_endpoint_methods_1.restEndpointMethods, plugin_paginate_rest_1.paginateRest).defaults(exports.defaults);
 /**
  * Convience function to correctly format Octokit Options to pass into the constructor.
  *