diff --git a/github/actions/client.go b/github/actions/client.go
index 51fe75d8..bea3e9b2 100644
--- a/github/actions/client.go
+++ b/github/actions/client.go
@@ -921,6 +921,16 @@ func (c *Client) getActionsServiceAdminConnection(ctx context.Context, rt *regis
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
+	if resp.StatusCode < 200 || resp.StatusCode > 299 {
+		registrationErr := fmt.Errorf("unexpected response from Actions service during registration call: %v", resp.StatusCode)
+
+		body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%v - %v", registrationErr, err)
+		}
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%v - %v", registrationErr, string(body))
+	}
+
 	var actionsServiceAdminConnection *ActionsServiceAdminConnection
 	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&actionsServiceAdminConnection); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/github/actions/github_api_request_test.go b/github/actions/github_api_request_test.go
index fef7b58f..da43a1b3 100644
--- a/github/actions/github_api_request_test.go
+++ b/github/actions/github_api_request_test.go
@@ -122,6 +122,28 @@ func TestNewActionsServiceRequest(t *testing.T) {
 			assert.Equal(t, "Bearer "+newToken, req.Header.Get("Authorization"))
 		})
 
+		t.Run("admin token refresh failure", func(t *testing.T) {
+			newToken := defaultActionsToken(t)
+			errMessage := `{"message":"test"}`
+			unauthorizedHandler := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+				w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusUnauthorized)
+				w.Write([]byte(errMessage))
+			}
+			server := testserver.New(t, nil, testserver.WithActionsToken("random-token"), testserver.WithActionsToken(newToken), testserver.WithActionsRegistrationTokenHandler(unauthorizedHandler))
+			client, err := actions.NewClient(server.ConfigURLForOrg("my-org"), defaultCreds)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			expiringToken := "expiring-token"
+			expiresAt := time.Now().Add(59 * time.Second)
+			client.ActionsServiceAdminToken = expiringToken
+			client.ActionsServiceAdminTokenExpiresAt = expiresAt
+			_, err = client.NewActionsServiceRequest(ctx, http.MethodGet, "my-path", nil)
+			require.Error(t, err)
+			assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), errMessage)
+			assert.Equal(t, client.ActionsServiceAdminToken, expiringToken)
+			assert.Equal(t, client.ActionsServiceAdminTokenExpiresAt, expiresAt)
+		})
+
 		t.Run("token is currently valid", func(t *testing.T) {
 			tokenThatShouldNotBeFetched := defaultActionsToken(t)
 			server := testserver.New(t, nil, testserver.WithActionsToken(tokenThatShouldNotBeFetched))
diff --git a/github/actions/testserver/server.go b/github/actions/testserver/server.go
index 49ff7073..e5148e41 100644
--- a/github/actions/testserver/server.go
+++ b/github/actions/testserver/server.go
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ func NewUnstarted(t ginkgo.GinkgoTInterface, handler http.Handler, options ...ac
 		server.Close()
 	})
 
+	server.setDefaults(t)
+
 	for _, option := range options {
 		option(server)
 	}
@@ -42,18 +44,13 @@ func NewUnstarted(t ginkgo.GinkgoTInterface, handler http.Handler, options ...ac
 	h := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		// handle getRunnerRegistrationToken
 		if strings.HasSuffix(r.URL.Path, "/runners/registration-token") {
-			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusCreated)
-			w.Write([]byte(`{"token":"token"}`))
+			server.runnerRegistrationTokenHandler(w, r)
 			return
 		}
 
 		// handle getActionsServiceAdminConnection
 		if strings.HasSuffix(r.URL.Path, "/actions/runner-registration") {
-			if server.token == "" {
-				server.token = DefaultActionsToken(t)
-			}
-
-			w.Write([]byte(`{"url":"` + s.URL + `/tenant/123/","token":"` + server.token + `"}`))
+			server.actionRegistrationTokenHandler(w, r)
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -73,10 +70,44 @@ func WithActionsToken(token string) actionsServerOption {
 	}
 }
 
+func WithRunnerRegistrationTokenHandler(h http.HandlerFunc) actionsServerOption {
+	return func(s *actionsServer) {
+		s.runnerRegistrationTokenHandler = h
+	}
+}
+
+func WithActionsRegistrationTokenHandler(h http.HandlerFunc) actionsServerOption {
+	return func(s *actionsServer) {
+		s.actionRegistrationTokenHandler = h
+	}
+}
+
 type actionsServer struct {
 	*httptest.Server
 
-	token string
+	token                          string
+	runnerRegistrationTokenHandler http.HandlerFunc
+	actionRegistrationTokenHandler http.HandlerFunc
+}
+
+func (s *actionsServer) setDefaults(t ginkgo.GinkgoTInterface) {
+	if s.runnerRegistrationTokenHandler == nil {
+		s.runnerRegistrationTokenHandler = func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusCreated)
+			w.Write([]byte(`{"token":"token"}`))
+		}
+	}
+
+	if s.actionRegistrationTokenHandler == nil {
+		s.actionRegistrationTokenHandler = func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			if s.token == "" {
+				s.token = DefaultActionsToken(t)
+			}
+
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusCreated)
+			w.Write([]byte(`{"url":"` + s.URL + `/tenant/123/","token":"` + s.token + `"}`))
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 func (s *actionsServer) ConfigURLForOrg(org string) string {