diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 19d3994a54..060c965152 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.kohsuke</groupId>
   <artifactId>cortexapps-github-api</artifactId>
-  <version>1.328</version>
+  <version>1.329</version>
   <name>GitHub API for Java</name>
   <url>https://github-api.kohsuke.org/</url>
   <description>GitHub API for Java</description>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java
index aa6d7fcdc0..f618dcbe31 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java
@@ -3516,7 +3516,14 @@ public PagedIterable<GHSecretScanningAlert> listSecretScanningAlerts(GHSecretSca
         return listSecretScanningAlerts(Collections.singletonMap("state", state.name().toLowerCase()));
     }
 
-    private PagedIterable<GHSecretScanningAlert> listSecretScanningAlerts(Map<String, Object> filters) {
+    /**
+     * Lists the secret scanning alerts for this repository filtered based on passed query params
+     *
+     * @param filters
+     *            query param passed to request
+     * @return the paged iterable
+     */
+    public PagedIterable<GHSecretScanningAlert> listSecretScanningAlerts(Map<String, Object> filters) {
         return new GHSecretScanningAlertsIterable(this,
                 root().createRequest().withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("secret-scanning/alerts")).with(filters).build());
     }