diff --git a/utils/checkLabels.sh b/utils/checkLabels.sh
index c682717..90b9433 100755
--- a/utils/checkLabels.sh
+++ b/utils/checkLabels.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ versionFromGit() { # $1 git user name, $2 git repo name
     gitusername=${1?:"no git user name"}
     gitreponame=${2?:"no git repo name"}
     
-    appNewVersion=$(curl --silent --fail "https://github.com/$gitusername/$gitreponame/releases/latest" | sed -E 's/.*tag\/(.*)\">.*/\1/g' | sed 's/[^0-9\.]//g')
+    appNewVersion=$(curl -sLI "https://github.com/$gitusername/$gitreponame/releases/latest" | grep -i "^location" | tr "/" "\n" | tail -1 | sed 's/[^0-9\.]//g')
     if [ -z "$appNewVersion" ]; then
         printlog "could not retrieve version number for $gitusername/$gitreponame: $appNewVersion"
         exit 9