diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-test.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-test.yml
index 34e0305..36b2e63 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-test.yml
@@ -27,14 +27,15 @@ jobs:
         ]'
       version: ${{ steps.etherpad-version-cleaned.outputs.version }}
     steps:
-      - id: etherpad
-        uses: pozetroninc/github-action-get-latest-release@master
-        with:
-          repository: ether/etherpad-lite
       - id: etherpad-version-cleaned
         run: |
-          LATEST_RELEASE=${{ steps.etherpad.outputs.release }}
-          CLEANED_VERSION="${LATEST_RELEASE//v/}"
+          set -euo pipefail
+          LATEST_TAG="$(curl -fsSL \
+            -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
+            -H 'Authorization: Bearer ${{ github.token }}' \
+            https://api.github.com/repos/ether/etherpad-lite/releases/latest \
+            | python3 -c "import json,sys; print(json.load(sys.stdin)['tag_name'])")"
+          CLEANED_VERSION="${LATEST_TAG#v}"
           echo "version=$CLEANED_VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
   EtherpadWithNginxReverseProxy:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-file-hashes.yml b/.github/workflows/test-file-hashes.yml
index 9876a2a..faf1979 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-file-hashes.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-file-hashes.yml
@@ -29,14 +29,15 @@ jobs:
         ]'
       version: ${{ steps.etherpad-version-cleaned.outputs.version }}
     steps:
-      - id: etherpad
-        uses: pozetroninc/github-action-get-latest-release@master
-        with:
-          repository: ether/etherpad-lite
       - id: etherpad-version-cleaned
         run: |
-          LATEST_RELEASE=${{ steps.etherpad.outputs.release }}
-          CLEANED_VERSION="${LATEST_RELEASE//v/}"
+          set -euo pipefail
+          LATEST_TAG="$(curl -fsSL \
+            -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
+            -H 'Authorization: Bearer ${{ github.token }}' \
+            https://api.github.com/repos/ether/etherpad-lite/releases/latest \
+            | python3 -c "import json,sys; print(json.load(sys.stdin)['tag_name'])")"
+          CLEANED_VERSION="${LATEST_TAG#v}"
           echo "version=$CLEANED_VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
   TestFileHashes: