diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 74c43bfbb3..8b31ed5170 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -119,8 +119,7 @@ jobs:
           name: kata-static-tarball
       - name: install hub
         run: |
-          HUB_VER=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hub/releases/latest" | jq -r .tag_name | sed 's/^v//')
-          wget -q -O- https://github.com/github/hub/releases/download/v$HUB_VER/hub-linux-amd64-$HUB_VER.tgz | \
+          wget -q -O- https://github.com/mislav/hub/releases/download/v2.14.2/hub-linux-amd64-2.14.2.tgz | \
           tar xz --strip-components=2 --wildcards '*/bin/hub' && sudo mv hub /usr/local/bin/hub
       - name: push static tarball to github
         run: |