diff --git a/pkg/cmd/create.go b/pkg/cmd/create.go
index 3be38632..8d0aac1f 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/create.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/create.go
@@ -152,6 +152,11 @@ func GetCreateOptions(ctx context.Context, clusterStackPath string) (*CreateOpti
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to download release asset: %w", err)
 			}
 
+			createOption.LatestReleaseHash, err = hash.ParseReleaseHash("./.tmp/release/hashes.json")
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read hash from the github: %w", err)
+			}
+
 			createOption.Metadata, err = clusterstack.HandleStableMode("./.tmp/release/", createOption.CurrentReleaseHash, createOption.LatestReleaseHash)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to handle stable mode: %w", err)
diff --git a/pkg/github/release.go b/pkg/github/release.go
index 8162e41e..a6afb483 100644
--- a/pkg/github/release.go
+++ b/pkg/github/release.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func DownloadReleaseAssets(ctx context.Context, releaseTag, downloadPath string,
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch release tag %s with status code %d", releaseTag, resp.StatusCode)
 	}
 
-	assetlist := []string{"metadata.yaml", "cluster-addon-values.yaml", "cluster-addon", "cluster-class"}
+	assetlist := []string{"hashes.json", "metadata.yaml", "cluster-addon-values.yaml", "cluster-addon", "cluster-class"}
 
 	if err := gc.DownloadReleaseAssets(ctx, repoRelease, downloadPath, assetlist); err != nil {
 		// if download failed for some reason, delete the release directory so that it can be retried in the next reconciliation
diff --git a/pkg/hash/hash.go b/pkg/hash/hash.go
index a5ba1605..1b432695 100644
--- a/pkg/hash/hash.go
+++ b/pkg/hash/hash.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package hash
 import (
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"encoding/base64"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
@@ -43,6 +44,21 @@ type ReleaseHash struct {
 	NodeImageDir       string `json:"nodeImageDir,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// ParseReleaseHash parses the cluster-stack release hash.
+func ParseReleaseHash(path string) (ReleaseHash, error) {
+	latestGitHubReleaseHashData, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Clean(path))
+	if err != nil {
+		return ReleaseHash{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to read hash: %q: %w", path, err)
+	}
+
+	var releaseHash ReleaseHash
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(latestGitHubReleaseHashData, &releaseHash); err != nil {
+		return ReleaseHash{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal json: %q: %w", path, err)
+	}
+
+	return releaseHash, nil
+}
+
 // GetHash returns the release hash.
 func GetHash(path string) (ReleaseHash, error) {
 	entries, err := os.ReadDir(path)