diff --git a/downloadLatest.sh b/downloadLatest.sh
index 9e2af1470..2266bc7e5 100755
--- a/downloadLatest.sh
+++ b/downloadLatest.sh
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ fi
 
 # Determine the latest apigeecli version by version number ignoring alpha, beta, and rc versions.
 if [ "${APIGEECLI_VERSION}" = "" ] ; then
-  location=$(curl  -si https://github.com/apigee/apigeecli/releases/latest | grep location)
-  APIGEECLI_VERSION="${location##*/}"
+  APIGEECLI_VERSION="$(curl -si  https://api.github.com/repos/apigee/apigeecli/releases/latest | grep tag_name | sed -E 's/.*"([^"]+)".*/\1/')"
+  APIGEECLI_VERSION="${APIGEECLI_VERSION##*/}"
 fi
 
 LOCAL_ARCH=$(uname -m)