diff --git a/src/scripts/tools/protoc.ps1 b/src/scripts/tools/protoc.ps1
index 3b51b2fe..adecad4c 100644
--- a/src/scripts/tools/protoc.ps1
+++ b/src/scripts/tools/protoc.ps1
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 Function Get-ProtobufTag() {
+  $releases = 'https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases'
   if("$protobuf_tag" -eq "latest") {
-    $protobuf_tag = (Invoke-RestMethod https://api.github.com/repos/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases).tag_name | Where-Object { $_ -match "v\d+.\d+.\d+$" } | Select-Object -First 1
+    $protobuf_tag = (Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Uri $releases/latest).BaseResponse.RequestMessage.RequestUri.Segments[-1]
   } else {
     try {
-      [net.httpWebRequest] $request = [net.webRequest]::create("https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/tag/v$protobuf_tag")
-      $req.Method = "HEAD"
+      $protobuf_tag = $protobuf_tag -replace '^v', ''
+      [net.httpWebRequest] $request = [net.webRequest]::create("$releases/tag/v$protobuf_tag")
+      $request.Method = "HEAD"
       [net.httpWebResponse] $response = $request.getResponse()
       $response.Close()
       $protobuf_tag = "v$protobuf_tag"
     } catch {
-      $protobuf_tag = (Invoke-RestMethod https://api.github.com/repos/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases).tag_name | Where-Object { $_ -match "v\d+.\d+.\d+$" } | Select-Object -First 1
+      $protobuf_tag = (Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Uri $releases/latest).BaseResponse.RequestMessage.RequestUri.Segments[-1]
     }
   }
   return $protobuf_tag