diff --git a/plugins/python-build/scripts/add_cpython.py b/plugins/python-build/scripts/add_cpython.py
index 3d9a3d1d..77c1dfe9 100755
--- a/plugins/python-build/scripts/add_cpython.py
+++ b/plugins/python-build/scripts/add_cpython.py
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ import tqdm
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+
+def _fetch(url: str) -> requests.Response:
+    response = requests.get(url, timeout=30)
+    response.raise_for_status()
+    return response
+
+
 CUTOFF_VERSION=packaging.version.Version('3.10')
 EXCLUDED_VERSIONS= {
 }
@@ -542,8 +549,7 @@ class OpenSSLVersionsDirectory(KeyedList[_OpenSSLVersionInfo, packaging.version.
 
         url = "https://api.github.com/repos/openssl/openssl/releases"
         while url:
-            response = requests.get(url, timeout=30)
-            response.raise_for_status()
+            response = _fetch(url)
             matching = [
                 release
                 for release in response.json()
@@ -568,7 +574,7 @@ class OpenSSLVersionsDirectory(KeyedList[_OpenSSLVersionInfo, packaging.version.
             for asset in j_release['assets']
             if urllib.parse.urlparse(asset['browser_download_url']).path.split('/')[-1].endswith('.sha256')
         )
-        shasum_text = requests.get(shasum_url, timeout=30).text
+        shasum_text = _fetch(shasum_url).text
         shasum_data = jc.parse("hashsum", shasum_text, quiet=True)[0]
         package_hash, package_filename = shasum_data["hash"], shasum_data["filename"]
         del shasum_data, shasum_text, shasum_url