diff --git a/python/lib/dependabot/python/metadata_finder.rb b/python/lib/dependabot/python/metadata_finder.rb
index 6e699583598..09e7fca0120 100644
--- a/python/lib/dependabot/python/metadata_finder.rb
+++ b/python/lib/dependabot/python/metadata_finder.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 require "dependabot/metadata_finders"
 require "dependabot/metadata_finders/base"
-require "dependabot/shared_helpers"
+require "dependabot/registry_client"
 require "dependabot/python/authed_url_builder"
 require "dependabot/python/name_normaliser"
 
@@ -65,11 +65,7 @@ def source_from_description
         @source_from_description ||=
           potential_source_urls.find do |url|
             full_url = Source.from_url(url).url
-            response = Excon.get(
-              full_url,
-              idempotent: true,
-              **SharedHelpers.excon_defaults
-            )
+            response = Dependabot::RegistryClient.get(url: full_url)
             next unless response.status == 200
 
             response.body.include?(normalised_dependency_name)
@@ -94,11 +90,7 @@ def source_from_homepage
         @source_from_homepage ||=
           potential_source_urls.find do |url|
             full_url = Source.from_url(url).url
-            response = Excon.get(
-              full_url,
-              idempotent: true,
-              **SharedHelpers.excon_defaults
-            )
+            response = Dependabot::RegistryClient.get(url: full_url)
             next unless response.status == 200
 
             response.body.include?(normalised_dependency_name)
@@ -116,11 +108,7 @@ def homepage_body
 
         @homepage_response ||=
           begin
-            Excon.get(
-              homepage_url,
-              idempotent: true,
-              **SharedHelpers.excon_defaults
-            )
+            Dependabot::RegistryClient.get(url: homepage_url)
           rescue Excon::Error::Timeout, Excon::Error::Socket,
                  Excon::Error::TooManyRedirects, ArgumentError
             nil
@@ -153,15 +141,15 @@ def fetch_authed_url(url)
            Regexp.last_match.captures[1].include?("@")
           protocol, user, pass, url = Regexp.last_match.captures
 
-          Excon.get(
-            "#{protocol}://#{url}",
-            user: user,
-            password: pass,
-            idempotent: true,
-            **SharedHelpers.excon_defaults
+          Dependabot::RegistryClient.get(
+            url: "#{protocol}://#{url}",
+            options: {
+              user: user,
+              password: pass
+            }
           )
         else
-          Excon.get(url, idempotent: true, **SharedHelpers.excon_defaults)
+          Dependabot::RegistryClient.get(url: url)
         end
       end
 
diff --git a/python/lib/dependabot/python/update_checker.rb b/python/lib/dependabot/python/update_checker.rb
index f7e18f8dd0a..87064b2eee1 100644
--- a/python/lib/dependabot/python/update_checker.rb
+++ b/python/lib/dependabot/python/update_checker.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 require "dependabot/dependency"
 require "dependabot/update_checkers"
 require "dependabot/update_checkers/base"
-require "dependabot/shared_helpers"
+require "dependabot/registry_client"
 require "dependabot/errors"
 require "dependabot/python/requirement"
 require "dependabot/python/requirement_parser"
@@ -274,10 +274,8 @@ def poetry_library?
         details = TomlRB.parse(pyproject.content).dig("tool", "poetry")
         return false unless details
 
-        index_response = Excon.get(
-          "https://pypi.org/pypi/#{normalised_name(details['name'])}/json/",
-          idempotent: true,
-          **SharedHelpers.excon_defaults
+        index_response = Dependabot::RegistryClient.get(
+          url: "https://pypi.org/pypi/#{normalised_name(details['name'])}/json/"
         )
 
         return false unless index_response.status == 200
diff --git a/python/lib/dependabot/python/update_checker/latest_version_finder.rb b/python/lib/dependabot/python/update_checker/latest_version_finder.rb
index c60c1c4f796..f59f8d46183 100644
--- a/python/lib/dependabot/python/update_checker/latest_version_finder.rb
+++ b/python/lib/dependabot/python/update_checker/latest_version_finder.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 require "dependabot/dependency"
 require "dependabot/python/update_checker"
 require "dependabot/update_checkers/version_filters"
-require "dependabot/shared_helpers"
+require "dependabot/registry_client"
 require "dependabot/python/authed_url_builder"
 require "dependabot/python/name_normaliser"
 
@@ -214,18 +214,16 @@ def index_urls
         end
 
         def registry_response_for_dependency(index_url)
-          Excon.get(
-            index_url + normalised_name + "/",
-            idempotent: true,
-            **SharedHelpers.excon_defaults(headers: { "Accept" => "text/html" })
+          Dependabot::RegistryClient.get(
+            url: index_url + normalised_name + "/",
+            headers: { "Accept" => "text/html" }
           )
         end
 
         def registry_index_response(index_url)
-          Excon.get(
-            index_url,
-            idempotent: true,
-            **SharedHelpers.excon_defaults(headers: { "Accept" => "text/html" })
+          Dependabot::RegistryClient.get(
+            url: index_url,
+            headers: { "Accept" => "text/html" }
           )
         end