diff --git a/lib/releases.sh b/lib/releases.sh
index e213e51fa..9bc2a7437 100644
--- a/lib/releases.sh
+++ b/lib/releases.sh
@@ -1,44 +1,27 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 function get_latest_release() {
-  # get last page
+  
+  # fail when release_path is not passed
+  local release_path="${1:?no release path is given}"
+  
+  # set url to get all releases from github
+  url="${release_path}?per_page=100"
+
+  # fail when release is not passed
+  local release="${2:?no release given}"
+  
+  # This gets the latest release as vx.y.z or vx.y.z-rc.0, including any version with a suffix starting with - , for example -rc.0
+  # The order is exactly as released in Github.
+  # Downside is that selecting official releases only isn't possible, while pre-release
+  # selection is possible given specific enough prefix, like v1.3.0-pre
+
   if [ -z "${GITHUB_TOKEN:-}" ]; then
-    last_page="$(curl -s -I "${1}" | grep '^link:' | sed -e 's/^link:.*page=//g' -e 's/>.*$//g')"
+    release_tag=$(curl -sL "${url}" | jq .[].name -r | grep -E "${release}" -m 1)
   else
-    last_page="$(curl -s -I "${1}" -H "Authorization: token $GITHUB_TOKEN" | grep '^link:' | sed -e 's/^link:.*page=//g' -e 's/>.*$//g')"
+    release_tag=$(curl -sL "${url}" -H "Authorization: token ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" | jq .[].name -r | grep -E "${release}" -m 1)
   fi
-  # default last page to 1
-  last_page="${last_page:-1}"
-
-  set +x
-
-  for current_page in $(seq 1 "$last_page"); do
-
-    url="${1}?page=${current_page}"
 
-    if [ -z "${GITHUB_TOKEN:-}" ]; then
-      release="$(curl -sL "${url}")" || { set -x && exit 1; }
-    else
-      release="$(curl -H "Authorization: token ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" -sL "${url}")" || { set -x && exit 1; }
-    fi
-
-    # This gets the latest release as vx.y.z or vx.y.z-rc.0, including any version with a suffix starting with - , for example -rc.0
-    # The order is exactly as released in Github.
-    # Downside is that selecting official releases only isn't possible, while pre-release
-    # selection is possible given specific enough prefix, like v1.3.0-pre
-    release_tag="$(echo "${release}" | jq -r "[.[].tag_name | select( startswith(\"${2:-}\"))] | .[0]")"
-    # if release tag found
-    if [[ "${release_tag}" != "null" ]]; then
-      break
-    fi
-
-  done
-
-  set -x
-  # if not found
-  if [[ "${release_tag}" == "null" ]]; then
-    exit 1
-  fi
   # shellcheck disable=SC2005
   echo "${release_tag}"
 }