diff --git a/pkg/cmd/repo/edit/edit.go b/pkg/cmd/repo/edit/edit.go
index 80e460186..8efcea11d 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/repo/edit/edit.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/repo/edit/edit.go
@@ -89,16 +89,6 @@ type EditRepositoryInput struct {
 	Visibility          *string                   `json:"visibility,omitempty"`
 }
 
-type SecurityAndAnalysisInput struct {
-	EnableAdvancedSecurity             *SecurityAndAnalysisStatus `json:"advanced_security,omitempty"`
-	EnableSecretScanning               *SecurityAndAnalysisStatus `json:"secret_scanning,omitempty"`
-	EnableSecretScanningPushProtection *SecurityAndAnalysisStatus `json:"secret_scanning_push_protection,omitempty"`
-}
-
-type SecurityAndAnalysisStatus struct {
-	Status *string `json:"status,omitempty"`
-}
-
 func NewCmdEdit(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(options *EditOptions) error) *cobra.Command {
 	opts := &EditOptions{
 		IO:       f.IOStreams,
@@ -172,6 +162,18 @@ func NewCmdEdit(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(options *EditOptions) error) *cobr
 				return cmdutil.FlagErrorf("use of --visibility flag requires --accept-visibility-change-consequences flag")
 			}
 
+			if hasSecurityEdits(opts.Edits) {
+				apiClient := api.NewClientFromHTTP(opts.HTTPClient)
+				repo, err := api.FetchRepository(apiClient, opts.Repository, []string{"viewerCanAdminister"})
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				if !repo.ViewerCanAdminister {
+					return fmt.Errorf("you do not have sufficient permissions to edit repository security and analysis features")
+				}
+				opts.Edits.SecurityAndAnalysis = transformSecurityAndAnalysisOpts(opts)
+			}
+
 			if runF != nil {
 				return runF(opts)
 			}
@@ -258,34 +260,6 @@ func editRun(ctx context.Context, opts *EditOptions) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if hasSecurityEdits(opts.Edits) {
-		apiClient := api.NewClientFromHTTP(opts.HTTPClient)
-		repo, err := api.FetchRepository(apiClient, opts.Repository, []string{"viewerCanAdminister"})
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		if !repo.ViewerCanAdminister {
-			return fmt.Errorf("you do not have sufficient permissions to edit repository security and analysis features")
-		}
-
-		opts.Edits.SecurityAndAnalysis = &SecurityAndAnalysisInput{}
-		if opts.Edits.enableAdvancedSecurity != nil {
-			opts.Edits.SecurityAndAnalysis.EnableAdvancedSecurity = &SecurityAndAnalysisStatus{
-				Status: boolToStatus(*opts.Edits.enableAdvancedSecurity),
-			}
-		}
-		if opts.Edits.enableSecretScanning != nil {
-			opts.Edits.SecurityAndAnalysis.EnableSecretScanning = &SecurityAndAnalysisStatus{
-				Status: boolToStatus(*opts.Edits.enableSecretScanning),
-			}
-		}
-		if opts.Edits.enableSecretScanningPushProtection != nil {
-			opts.Edits.SecurityAndAnalysis.EnableSecretScanningPushProtection = &SecurityAndAnalysisStatus{
-				Status: boolToStatus(*opts.Edits.enableSecretScanningPushProtection),
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	apiPath := fmt.Sprintf("repos/%s/%s", repo.RepoOwner(), repo.RepoName())
 
 	body := &bytes.Buffer{}
@@ -620,3 +594,35 @@ func boolToStatus(status bool) *string {
 func hasSecurityEdits(edits EditRepositoryInput) bool {
 	return edits.enableAdvancedSecurity != nil || edits.enableSecretScanning != nil || edits.enableSecretScanningPushProtection != nil
 }
+
+type SecurityAndAnalysisInput struct {
+	EnableAdvancedSecurity             *SecurityAndAnalysisStatus `json:"advanced_security,omitempty"`
+	EnableSecretScanning               *SecurityAndAnalysisStatus `json:"secret_scanning,omitempty"`
+	EnableSecretScanningPushProtection *SecurityAndAnalysisStatus `json:"secret_scanning_push_protection,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type SecurityAndAnalysisStatus struct {
+	Status *string `json:"status,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// Transform security and analysis parameters to properly serialize EditRepositoryInput
+// See API Docs: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/repos/repos?apiVersion=2022-11-28#update-a-repository
+func transformSecurityAndAnalysisOpts(opts *EditOptions) *SecurityAndAnalysisInput {
+	securityOptions := &SecurityAndAnalysisInput{}
+	if opts.Edits.enableAdvancedSecurity != nil {
+		securityOptions.EnableAdvancedSecurity = &SecurityAndAnalysisStatus{
+			Status: boolToStatus(*opts.Edits.enableAdvancedSecurity),
+		}
+	}
+	if opts.Edits.enableSecretScanning != nil {
+		securityOptions.EnableSecretScanning = &SecurityAndAnalysisStatus{
+			Status: boolToStatus(*opts.Edits.enableSecretScanning),
+		}
+	}
+	if opts.Edits.enableSecretScanningPushProtection != nil {
+		securityOptions.EnableSecretScanningPushProtection = &SecurityAndAnalysisStatus{
+			Status: boolToStatus(*opts.Edits.enableSecretScanningPushProtection),
+		}
+	}
+	return securityOptions
+}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/repo/edit/edit_test.go b/pkg/cmd/repo/edit/edit_test.go
index 93d44788d..93b256465 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/repo/edit/edit_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/repo/edit/edit_test.go
@@ -700,6 +700,95 @@ func Test_editRun_interactive(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func Test_transformSecurityAndAnalysisOpts(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		opts EditOptions
+		want *SecurityAndAnalysisInput
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "Enable all security and analysis settings",
+			opts: EditOptions{
+				Edits: EditRepositoryInput{
+					enableAdvancedSecurity:             bp(true),
+					enableSecretScanning:               bp(true),
+					enableSecretScanningPushProtection: bp(true),
+				},
+			},
+			want: &SecurityAndAnalysisInput{
+				EnableAdvancedSecurity: &SecurityAndAnalysisStatus{
+					Status: sp("enabled"),
+				},
+				EnableSecretScanning: &SecurityAndAnalysisStatus{
+					Status: sp("enabled"),
+				},
+				EnableSecretScanningPushProtection: &SecurityAndAnalysisStatus{
+					Status: sp("enabled"),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Disable all security and analysis settings",
+			opts: EditOptions{
+				Edits: EditRepositoryInput{
+					enableAdvancedSecurity:             bp(false),
+					enableSecretScanning:               bp(false),
+					enableSecretScanningPushProtection: bp(false),
+				},
+			},
+			want: &SecurityAndAnalysisInput{
+				EnableAdvancedSecurity: &SecurityAndAnalysisStatus{
+					Status: sp("disabled"),
+				},
+				EnableSecretScanning: &SecurityAndAnalysisStatus{
+					Status: sp("disabled"),
+				},
+				EnableSecretScanningPushProtection: &SecurityAndAnalysisStatus{
+					Status: sp("disabled"),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Enable only advanced security",
+			opts: EditOptions{
+				Edits: EditRepositoryInput{
+					enableAdvancedSecurity: bp(true),
+				},
+			},
+			want: &SecurityAndAnalysisInput{
+				EnableAdvancedSecurity: &SecurityAndAnalysisStatus{
+					Status: sp("enabled"),
+				},
+				EnableSecretScanning:               nil,
+				EnableSecretScanningPushProtection: nil,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Disable only secret scanning",
+			opts: EditOptions{
+				Edits: EditRepositoryInput{
+					enableSecretScanning: bp(false),
+				},
+			},
+			want: &SecurityAndAnalysisInput{
+				EnableAdvancedSecurity: nil,
+				EnableSecretScanning: &SecurityAndAnalysisStatus{
+					Status: sp("disabled"),
+				},
+				EnableSecretScanningPushProtection: nil,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			opts := &tt.opts
+			transformed := transformSecurityAndAnalysisOpts(opts)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, transformed)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func sp(v string) *string {
 	return &v
 }