diff --git a/ansible/templates/update-forgejo.sh.j2 b/ansible/templates/update-forgejo.sh.j2
index 713b2e1..fe90dec 100644
--- a/ansible/templates/update-forgejo.sh.j2
+++ b/ansible/templates/update-forgejo.sh.j2
@@ -48,22 +48,16 @@ get_latest_version() {
     log "Checking for the latest Forgejo version..."
     
     # Fetch the latest version from the Forgejo API with error handling
-    local api_response
-    api_response=$(curl -s --max-time 10 https://codeberg.org/api/v1/repos/forgejo/forgejo/releases/latest)
-    
-    # Log the full API response for debugging
-    log "API Response: $api_response"
-    
-    # Extract version using grep and sed
     local latest_version
-    latest_version=$(echo "$api_response" | grep -oP '(?<="tag_name":"v)[0-9.]+')
+    latest_version=$(curl -s --max-time 10 https://codeberg.org/api/v1/repos/forgejo/forgejo/releases/latest | \
+        jq -r '.tag_name' | \
+        sed 's/^v//')
     
     if [ -z "$latest_version" ]; then
-        log "ERROR: Failed to extract version from API response."
+        log "ERROR: Failed to retrieve the latest version from Codeberg API."
         exit 1
     fi
     
-    log "Extracted latest version: $latest_version"
     echo "$latest_version"
 }