diff --git a/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory-github-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/github/AbstractGithubURLParser.java b/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory-github-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/github/AbstractGithubURLParser.java
index 008df378a7..382036792f 100644
--- a/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory-github-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/github/AbstractGithubURLParser.java
+++ b/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory-github-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/github/AbstractGithubURLParser.java
@@ -120,11 +120,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractGithubURLParser {
   private boolean isApiRequestRelevant(String repositoryUrl) {
     Optional<String> serverUrlOptional = getServerUrl(repositoryUrl);
     if (serverUrlOptional.isPresent()) {
-      GithubApiClient GithubApiClient = new GithubApiClient(serverUrlOptional.get());
+      GithubApiClient githubApiClient = new GithubApiClient(serverUrlOptional.get());
       try {
         // If the user request catches the unauthorised error, it means that the provided url
         // belongs to GitHub.
-        GithubApiClient.getUser("");
+        githubApiClient.getUser("");
       } catch (ScmCommunicationException e) {
         return e.getStatusCode() == HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED;
       } catch (ScmItemNotFoundException | ScmBadRequestException | IllegalArgumentException e) {
diff --git a/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory-github-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/github/GithubApiClient.java b/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory-github-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/github/GithubApiClient.java
index 4aebfe1440..f31b962c00 100644
--- a/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory-github-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/github/GithubApiClient.java
+++ b/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory-github-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/github/GithubApiClient.java
@@ -269,24 +269,25 @@ public class GithubApiClient {
     try {
       HttpResponse<InputStream> response =
           httpClient.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofInputStream());
-      LOG.trace("executeRequest={} response {}", request, response.statusCode());
-      if (response.statusCode() == HTTP_OK) {
+      int statusCode = response.statusCode();
+      LOG.trace("executeRequest={} response {}", request, statusCode);
+      if (statusCode == HTTP_OK) {
         return responseConverter.apply(response);
-      } else if (response.statusCode() == HTTP_NO_CONTENT) {
+      } else if (statusCode == HTTP_NO_CONTENT) {
         return null;
       } else {
         String body =
             response.body() == null
                 ? "Unrecognised error"
                 : CharStreams.toString(new InputStreamReader(response.body(), Charsets.UTF_8));
-        switch (response.statusCode()) {
+        switch (statusCode) {
           case HTTP_BAD_REQUEST:
             throw new ScmBadRequestException(body);
           case HTTP_NOT_FOUND:
             throw new ScmItemNotFoundException(body);
           default:
             throw new ScmCommunicationException(
-                "Unexpected status code " + response.statusCode() + " " + response.toString());
+                "Unexpected status code " + statusCode + " " + response.toString(), statusCode);
         }
       }
     } catch (IOException | InterruptedException | UncheckedIOException e) {
diff --git a/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory-github/src/test/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/github/GithubURLParserTest.java b/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory-github/src/test/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/github/GithubURLParserTest.java
index 50cb3623f3..69c3c8c94e 100644
--- a/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory-github/src/test/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/github/GithubURLParserTest.java
+++ b/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory-github/src/test/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/github/GithubURLParserTest.java
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
  */
 package org.eclipse.che.api.factory.server.github;
 
+import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.aResponse;
+import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.get;
+import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.stubFor;
+import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.urlEqualTo;
+import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.core.WireMockConfiguration.wireMockConfig;
+import static java.net.HttpURLConnection.HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
@@ -22,6 +28,9 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
 
+import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.WireMockServer;
+import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock;
+import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.common.Slf4jNotifier;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import org.eclipse.che.api.core.ApiException;
 import org.eclipse.che.api.factory.server.scm.PersonalAccessToken;
@@ -49,9 +58,17 @@ public class GithubURLParserTest {
   /** Instance of component that will be tested. */
   private GithubURLParser githubUrlParser;
 
+  WireMockServer wireMockServer;
+  WireMock wireMock;
+
   /** Setup objects/ */
   @BeforeMethod
   protected void start() throws ApiException {
+    wireMockServer =
+        new WireMockServer(wireMockConfig().notifier(new Slf4jNotifier(false)).dynamicPort());
+    wireMockServer.start();
+    WireMock.configureFor("localhost", wireMockServer.port());
+    wireMock = new WireMock("localhost", wireMockServer.port());
     this.personalAccessTokenManager = mock(PersonalAccessTokenManager.class);
     this.githubApiClient = mock(GithubApiClient.class);
 
@@ -315,4 +332,17 @@ public class GithubURLParserTest {
     verify(personalAccessTokenManager, times(2))
         .get(any(Subject.class), eq("https://github-server.com"));
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldValidateGitHubServerUrl() throws Exception {
+    // given
+    String url = wireMockServer.url("/user/repo");
+    stubFor(get(urlEqualTo("/api/v3/user")).willReturn(aResponse().withStatus(HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED)));
+
+    // when
+    boolean valid = githubUrlParser.isValid(url);
+
+    // then
+    assertTrue(valid);
+  }
 }