diff --git a/lib/discourse_api/api/categories.rb b/lib/discourse_api/api/categories.rb
index 0437f15..03bc6e1 100644
--- a/lib/discourse_api/api/categories.rb
+++ b/lib/discourse_api/api/categories.rb
@@ -6,65 +6,15 @@ module Categories
       # :permissions is a hash with the group name and permission_type which is
       # an integer 1 = Full 2 = Create Post 3 = Read Only
       def create_category(args = {})
-        args =
-          API
-            .params(args)
-            .required(:name, :color, :text_color)
-            .optional(
-              :slug,
-              :permissions,
-              :auto_close_hours,
-              :auto_close_based_on_last_post,
-              :position,
-              :email_in,
-              :email_in_allow_strangers,
-              :logo_url,
-              :background_url,
-              :allow_badges,
-              :topic_template,
-              :custom_fields,
-              :description,
-              :reviewable_by_group_name,
-              :show_subcategory_list,
-              :subcategory_list_style,
-              :allowed_tags,
-              :allowed_tag_groups,
-              :required_tag_group_name,
-            )
-            .default(parent_category_id: nil)
-        response = post("/categories", args)
+        params = common_category_params(args)
+        response = post("/categories", params.to_h)
         response["category"]
       end
 
       def update_category(args = {})
         category_id = args[:id]
-        args =
-          API
-            .params(args)
-            .required(:id, :name, :color, :text_color)
-            .optional(
-              :slug,
-              :permissions,
-              :auto_close_hours,
-              :auto_close_based_on_last_post,
-              :position,
-              :email_in,
-              :email_in_allow_strangers,
-              :logo_url,
-              :background_url,
-              :allow_badges,
-              :topic_template,
-              :custom_fields,
-              :description,
-              :reviewable_by_group_name,
-              :show_subcategory_list,
-              :subcategory_list_style,
-              :allowed_tags,
-              :allowed_tag_groups,
-              :required_tag_group_name,
-            )
-            .default(parent_category_id: nil)
-        response = put("/categories/#{category_id}", args)
+        params = common_category_params(args, include_id: true)
+        response = put("/categories/#{category_id}", params.to_h)
         response["body"]["category"] if response["body"]
       end
 
@@ -144,6 +94,42 @@ def category_set_user_notification_level(category_id, params)
         params = API.params(params).required(:notification_level)
         post("/category/#{category_id}/notifications", params)
       end
+
+      private
+
+      def common_category_params(args, include_id: false)
+        params = API.params(args)
+        params = params.required(:id) if include_id
+        params
+          .required(:name)
+          .optional(
+            :color,
+            :text_color,
+            :slug,
+            :permissions,
+            :auto_close_hours,
+            :auto_close_based_on_last_post,
+            :position,
+            :email_in,
+            :email_in_allow_strangers,
+            :logo_url,
+            :background_url,
+            :allow_badges,
+            :topic_template,
+            :custom_fields,
+            :description,
+            :reviewable_by_group_name,
+            :show_subcategory_list,
+            :subcategory_list_style,
+            :allowed_tags,
+            :allowed_tag_groups,
+            :required_tag_group_name,
+            :topic_featured_links_allowed,
+            :search_priority,
+            :form_template_ids,
+          )
+          .default(parent_category_id: nil)
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 945b626..c4f2aee 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 require "discourse_api"
 require "rspec"
 require "webmock/rspec"
+require "ostruct"
 
 RSpec.configure do |config|
   config.expect_with :rspec do |c|