diff --git a/jobs/create-group-version-branch.js b/jobs/create-group-version-branch.js
index 0bee7ee3..42ad08ea 100644
--- a/jobs/create-group-version-branch.js
+++ b/jobs/create-group-version-branch.js
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ const {
   generateGitHubCompareURL,
   hasTooManyPackageJSONs,
   getSatisfyingVersions,
-  getOldVersionResolved
+  getOldVersionResolved,
+  getLicenseAndAuthorFromVersions
 } = require('../utils/utils')
 const {
   isPartOfMonorepo,
@@ -361,9 +362,7 @@ module.exports = async function (
 
   const dependencyLink = getFormattedDependencyURL({ repositoryURL: transforms[0].repoURL })
 
-  const license = versions[version].license
-  const licenseHasChanged = oldVersionResolved ? versions[oldVersionResolved].license !== license : false
-  const publisher = versions[version]['_npmUser'].name
+  const { license, licenseHasChanged, publisher } = getLicenseAndAuthorFromVersions({ versions, version, oldVersionResolved })
 
   // maybe adapt PR body
   const body = prContent({
diff --git a/jobs/create-version-branch.js b/jobs/create-version-branch.js
index a2473afc..13f6d32b 100644
--- a/jobs/create-version-branch.js
+++ b/jobs/create-version-branch.js
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ const { createTransformFunction,
   generateGitHubCompareURL,
   hasTooManyPackageJSONs,
   getSatisfyingVersions,
-  getOldVersionResolved
+  getOldVersionResolved,
+  getLicenseAndAuthorFromVersions
 } = require('../utils/utils')
 
 const prContent = require('../content/update-pr')
@@ -336,9 +337,7 @@ module.exports = async function (
     dependency: dependencyKey,
     prTitles: config.prTitles })
 
-  const license = versions[version].license
-  const licenseHasChanged = versions[oldVersionResolved].license !== license
-  const publisher = versions[version]['_npmUser'].name
+  const { license, licenseHasChanged, publisher } = getLicenseAndAuthorFromVersions({ versions, version, oldVersionResolved })
 
   const body = prContent({
     dependencyLink,
diff --git a/utils/utils.js b/utils/utils.js
index 7f5b6384..eeb0535e 100644
--- a/utils/utils.js
+++ b/utils/utils.js
@@ -323,6 +323,16 @@ const hasTooManyPackageJSONs = function (repo) {
   return repo.packages && Object.keys(repo.packages).length > 300
 }
 
+const getLicenseAndAuthorFromVersions = function ({ versions, version, oldVersionResolved }) {
+  const license = versions[version].license
+  return {
+    license,
+    licenseHasChanged: versions[oldVersionResolved].license !== license,
+    publisher: versions[version]['_npmUser'].name
+
+  }
+}
+
 module.exports = {
   compactArray,
   seperateNormalAndMonorepos,
@@ -341,5 +351,6 @@ module.exports = {
   updateNodeVersionToNvmrc,
   addNewLowestAndDeprecate,
   hasTooManyPackageJSONs,
-  getLockfilePath
+  getLockfilePath,
+  getLicenseAndAuthorFromVersions
 }